RockinHarry Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 ...just from my experiences with the demo. In Road to Berlin demo scenario, US HMG sections show gunner and ammo bearer teams. The other demo scenarios do not show splitable HMG sections, neither for US nor germans. Is there different variations of HMG sections in the full game, that can either be split or not? I find german (full strength) HMG sections beeing too large to be actually put into the frontline. Historically, 2-3 guys were forward and the ammo bearers took cover somewhat to the rear. So in the game, the HMG sections show too large of a target and with the ammo beares beeing forward, shooting their rifles as well, concealment/camoflage of the whole unit is almost nil. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Ausf B Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Ammo bearers are separate units, always, even though they are purchased as part of the HMG "team" in the unit menu. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinHarry Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Ammo bearers are separate units, always, even though they are purchased as part of the HMG "team" in the unit menu. Thanks! I already had a guessing about that, since the US HMG and ammo bearer teams did not "recombine" in Road to Berlin scenario. So the full game has 2-3 men german HMG teams purchasable? Or would I need to buy "understrength" HMG teams and ammo bearers (as I guess) to get them properly seperated? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakai007 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Well, that would be one way. You can also buy LMG teams with MG34 and MG42, but no tripods. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Ausf B Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Thanks! I already had a guessing about that, since the US HMG and ammo bearer teams did not "recombine" in Road to Berlin scenario. So the full game has 2-3 men german HMG teams purchasable? Or would I need to buy "understrength" HMG teams and ammo bearers (as I guess) to get them properly seperated? I wish that were an option but it's not, unfortunately, at least for the Germans. All German HMG teams are 6-man teams with no separate ammo bearers. US 1917 HMG teams can be either 6-man teams with no separate ammo bearers, or 5-man teams with a separate 2-man ammo bearer team. The closest thing to what you are looking for is one of the US 1919 MMG teams that is a 3-man team with a 4-man ammo bearer team. The M1919 has a tripod and shoots the same ammo as the M1917, and as far as anyone can tell they are functionally identical in the game except for a very small difference in setup time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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