Gpig Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 My opponent and I were playing a TCP/IP battle last night and allowed the computer to pick forces for us. I was the Axis on defense and recieved an regular/veteran force of Romanians. For infantry I got a Pioneer platoon which consisted of one platoon leader and 8 SQUADS!!! This was pretty freaky, as I had lots of terrain to cover but only one leader for my WHOLE DEFENSE! The HQ team did have COMMAND +2, which helped, but still. At least 1/3rd of my infantry was out of command at any given time. I had a lot of fun running the HQ around from trouble spot to trouble spot. It was QUITE the fun battle, however. And I did manage to win. But boy was I surprised at the 8 squad platoon. I'm just assuming this is correct. But I did not go and double check in the unit purchase window afterwards. Can anyone confirm the 8 squad Romanian Pioneer platoon? Is this a regimental unit/asset? Divisional? There was also a light MG team that stated it had 6 men. This seemed odd since the unit was one of those "lie-down" LMG units. I was surprised to see 6 men were needed to operate it. (funny mental image.) Also, the little Renault with the 37mm is a real light UBER tank! Love them little babies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 The pioneer platoons in June 41 consisted of 1 HQ, 9 squads and depending on what division type, 1 or 2 of the 6-man LMG teams (the pioneers for the Security divisions also get 2 flamethrower teams). Fast forward one year and the number of squads drops from 9 to 3, but again depending on the division type you could also get as many as 3 LMG teams, a 60mm mortar and PTRD AT team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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