C2 and casualties

[Waaarg]

Pardon the duplicate if this has been brought up before:

I had a platoon HQ take a casualty, the Commander, but the squad still retained the radio. None of the platoon can establish C2 both the icons (voice and sight), and the red dots are on all available links in the C&C chain except the last (BN?)

The platoon is packed next to each other, but no dice. Any ideas on what you need to do once you lose a HQ commander to re-establish C&C?

[argie]

Have you tried with voodoo on commander's dead body?

[ASL Veteran]

Once the commander is dead then that HQ unit is out for the count unless there is an XO present. If there is an XO within the same team as the commander the XO will then take over command if the commander is killed or wounded. If an XO is in a different team as the commander then the XO will only take command after the entire commander's 'team' is killed or incapacitated.

The company commander will command troops within his radius if the platoon commander is killed or incapacitated though so you can still get your squads into command from the company commander. Once the platoon leader is dead though there is no more platoon HQ to establish contact with so the link is permanently broken.

[akd]

The company commander will command troops within his radius if the platoon commander is killed or incapacitated though so you can still get your squads into command from the company commander. Once the platoon leader is dead though there is no more platoon HQ to establish contact with so the link is permanently broken.

ASL Vet, this just got fixed pretty recently. A higher HQ can still take limited command of a unit even if the unit's immediate superior HQ is destroyed, but the same restrictions and limitations still apply.