[GZG] "Realistic" Mercenary TO&E

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comments made in a reply to the new 15mm Vehicle announcement
have got me to thinking, "What is a -realistic- way to do sci-fi mercs" 
The
usual tendency seems to be to try to recreate one of the great merc
units
from books and other games - Hammer's Slammers, Wolf's Dragoons, etc. 
But
are these units representative of what we think merc units would be?  Is
there a way to build less amazing, but still effective mercenary units? 
Is
so, what are people's thoughts on them?



Some ideas I have had are - 



1) An all infantry force with no armor but a good number of man-portable
anti-tank weapons.



2) Conventional mobile infantry force with mid-tech resources.



3) Small, but elite and hi-tech unit of combat walkers.



These are just off the top of my head.



Thanks,



Eli