Re: DS II - Unit sizes?

>On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 02:13:42PM -0500, Indy wrote:
>
>>I think 3-4 is typical size for tank platoons. At least that's what
>>all *mine* are ;-)  I can't recall anyone else fielding larger (unless
>>they were GW-monkeyboys, that is ;-)
>
>The biggest I've heard of is 5, which I think the Germans and Americans
>both (sometimes) used during WW2. 3 and 4 are much more common. 2 is
too
>few to guard all directions, and by the time you get to 6 you tend to
>subdivide the unit instead.

Agreed; I've never heard of 6-tank platoons in reality, though I 
suppose there is nothing to prevent them in SF... though as Roger 
says, you'd be likely to divide a 6-tank plt into 2 sections of 3.

As an aside re: 2-tank platoons, Soviet early WW2 heavy tank 
companies were often just a command tank plus 2 platoons of 2 tanks 
each - ie: just 5 x KV-1 to a full company! Still, makes them cheaper 
to field on the table!!  ;-)

Jon (GZG)

>
>Roger