MC NATO national army doctrine design question

[bdtj1815]

Hope this is helpful.

In 1985 I served in 4th Armoured Brigade of 3rd Armoured Division based in Munster. The Brigade was composed of the 17th/21st Lancers, the Queens Royal Hussars, 1st Bn. The Irish Guards and 2nd Regiment Royal Artillery. I was serving in 2nd Regt RA as an FOO and BK in L (Nery) Battery supporting the 17th/21st Lancers.

The usual way the Brigade operated is as below:

QRIH Battlegroup: 2 Sqdrns QRIH
1 Coy 1.IG
supported by O Battery(The Rocket) Troop RA

IG Battlegroup: 1 Sqdrn QRIH
1 Sqdrn 17/21 L
1 Coy 1.IG
supported by N Battery(The Eagle) Troop RA

17/21L Battlegroup: 3 Sqdrn 17/21L
1 Coy 1.IG
supported by L (Nery) Battery RA

I think your approach to try to represent the all-arms "battle-groups" as used by NATO is a much better approach to the oob than in the original game. It was certainly a very strong part of BAOR thinking, especially helped by the fact that most of the officers, especially in a Brigade like 4th Armoured, had gone to school together!!

I can also give you some help with how other Brigades/Divsions were organised as well, though with less precision. If you would like I could also help with the Regimental and Battalion names used in the British Army which are sometimes not accurately represented, especially when abbreviations have to be used, in games.