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I doubt this is a joke. We hear the same thing at least once a year, usually by someone with one post to their credit. Call it a drive by slagging.

No time period mentioned, No formation numbers quoted and gee what a surprise, Andy and I are Scottish and Canadian and the comparison is to " Canadian or British force"

Let's see, the points calculator calculates the price of a unit based on the weaponry or protection is carries. Nationality has nothing whatsoever to do with it. Make a copy of the US OOB to the Brit or Canadian OOB slots and run the points calc and the points calc'd will be the same. The other implication here seems to be that US troops are somehow coded to be more fragile in the game and I suppose I could say from now until the end of time that there is no code in the game to handicap the US forces but I suspect in this case that would fall on deaf ears.

A standard US rifle company is expensive because of the ATGM's it carries. A rifle company without all the toys ( formation 778 'Rifle Co [-AT] ) can be bought for between 411 and 510 points. A comparable Brit Rifle co in 2007 would be Brit formation 4 and that can be bought for 357 - 906 points and a comparable Canadian rifle Co would be formation 29 ( Infantry Co[-] and that can be bought 318 - 460 points. Each has different compositions which account for the difference in cost but none of those, unlike the "standard" US Rifle co ( formation 211 ) carries ATGM and if you don't want them DON'T buy the formation with them.

So, you don't HAVE to pay "three times as much for even a single infantry company" if you bother to look for the proper rifle company. The most that you can "pay" for US Rifle co ( formation 211 ) is 1518 points and that included SIX Javelin ATGM teams ! the most you can pay for a Brit 'Rifle company +" which included only FOUR Javelin ATGM teams is 1609 points so the entire premise as stated in the opening sentence is complete nonsense to anyone who actually LOOKS closely at the game and takes the time to learn how to play. The PROBLEM this player has is illustrated in the same line "but in combat even Zimbabwien troops are treated as their equals" NO, they are not. Zimbabwean troops have a base experience 30 points lower than US troops and have a morale 10 points lower. To say in the game they are "treated as their equals" is a joke.

Don