Re: [DS] Mixed units?

At 7:00 AM +0200 10/8/01, Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

>One obvious case is having some but not all vehicles in a unit 
>equipped with LAD (with the others carrying GMS/L or somesuch 
>instead). While not standard TOE organisations, cross-attachments of 
>tanks to infantry on the section level is fairly common for MOUT ops 
>today; such task organisations are best represented as mixed 
>tank/IFV/infantry unit in DS2.

Aye, and Armoured Cav take it a step further (especially with 
Vietnam). Several APCs (AVAC 113s) with tanks (M47s). Something like 
7-8 vehicles per platoon with infantry attached and organic. A very 
potent fighting force in the jungle. Easily a match for a company or 
two of infantry.

I routinely use mixed units in special situations. Some of my 
mechanized scout units include two different types of armoured cars. 
This is backed by historical precedent. Specifically by the British 
use of Saracens, Saladins and Ferret's in concert as well as german 
use of different vehicles during WWII for armed recce Half Tracks, 
ACs and sometimes a tank or two).

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