Curious about how units are labeled and organized: I'm playing Modern War and I noticed units within a platoon will have the following designations on their counters:
1st Squad A
2nd Squad A
1st Squad B
2nd Squad B
How are these squads actually organized (command and control-wise) within the platoon in the game?
1st Squad, A and B teams
2nd Squad, A and B teams
Or is it
A team, 1st and 2nd squad
B team, 1st and 2nd squad.
(01-15-2011, 07:42 AM)Ironwulf Wrote: [ -> ]Curious about how units are labeled and organized: I'm playing Modern War and I noticed units within a platoon will have the following designations on their counters:
1st Squad A
2nd Squad A
1st Squad B
2nd Squad B
How are these squads actually organized (command and control-wise) within the platoon in the game?
1st Squad, A and B teams
2nd Squad, A and B teams
Or is it
A team, 1st and 2nd squad
B team, 1st and 2nd squad.
I imagine the example is from a Mech Inf unit?
The game does not make that fine distinction. Inside the platoon , in broad terms, you have a commander and the 4 squads. I split them in A and B teams , but that distinction does not represent some form of in-engine command-and-control.
In that precise example they are slightly different in their individual components, but that's due to their RL organization.
I'll try to explain it, I think I'm right, someone please correct me if you know otherwise.
In a US Mech Inf platoon, there are two squads, and each squad is divided into a A team and a B team. THe platoon is commanded by a lieutenant, and each team gets a sergeant I think. This doesn't really matter gameplay wise, except for how many officers you have to rally pinned units. These guys have good morale, they don't pin anyway. ;)
Platoon
1st squad
A Team
B team
2nd squad
A team
B team
Read the book House to House for a good idea of how they worked in Fallujah.