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Siddhi said:
My perfered solution for the above mentioned problem of too many units for the jäger platoon:
- 1 sniper as marksman in the platoon command section (slot 2), 1 sniper independant
- M2HMG mounted on the Puch halflinger (1st vehicle) as AAMG, Puch to be "up armoured" with 1 armor value
In contrast, we can say the "Gaurd" BN does not have assigned transport (they do, but..) but in contrast has the "original" Jäger OOB listed above, i.e. all support sections seperate. NB: this is not really accurate, but it'll do!
So, the difference in the "Garde" to the "Jäger" OOB is
- no vehicles attached
- all support units independant
- Experience +3, Moral + 5 (compared to the "average" Jäger)
The "Honor Gaurd" Company is a bit different. These guys get additional training and have their own specific Company layout. Besides being the "parade soldiers" they also had very challanging war duties, such as protecting the government on evacuation.
- Experience +6, Moral + 10
"Ehrengarde" Company
1 x CO Command Section (4 men) (stg-77, pistol)
1x XO Section (4 men) (stg-77, pistol)
3 x "Ehrengard" Platoon
1 x Command Section (4 men): Stg-77, Grenade,SMG,(SCOUT)
2 x Medium Squads (same as Jäger squad)
2 x Heavy Squad (Stg-77, MG72, CG, Grenade)
1 x Engineer Platoon
1 x Command Section (4 men): Stg-77 Pistol, Grenade (SCOUT)
3 x "Pioneer" Section (8 men): Stg-77, MG72 Satchel Charge (8), SMG
1 x Sniper Group
1 x Command Section (4 men): Stg-77 Pistol, Grenade (SCOUT)
5x Heavy Sniper / Recce Teams ( 2 men):
Heavy Sniper Rifle, Stg-77, Gernade (Vision 40)
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I'll have a version of the Jaeger Company ready soon, I'll post it here then. If all transport is pooled at company level, then we have no problems with attached support units - the only problem will be playability, with 9 squads in a platoon... also, the platoon command section cannot be up-rated in morale as I said, and it's pretty useless in the fight with 5 (?) men and poor armament... one sniper rifle for it wold be good, the other one independent as a compromise.
I'd create at least two versions of the whole company anyway- one as mentioned, the other one with the heavy weapons retained in the heavy platoon-- and maybe a third one with the heavy MGs mounted on the light vehicles (Haflinger, also representing Puch G, or better Pinzgauer 4x4?) - but I have my doubts about up-armoring them, even if its L1 and only on the sides of course--- crazy commanders would use them as their support platforms...
A general question: The standard Jaeger company had no orgaic engineers, only at battalion level? But the Garde company did have them?
And the snipers you mentioned - we are talking about 1979-2004--- uprated vision should IMO therefore be gradually introduced..
Also: light anti-armor weapons --- was the M-72 LAW (designation in German??) truly used until 2004? I was told the PAR-70 (Miniman) was the standard weapon, by the way... and the other thing: The Jaeger platoon with Par66 will be erased as it never existed - is that correct?
I haven't heard from you on this, but I'd keep all the designations in German - in a way still understandable for everyone. This is common practice, look at the trends of other modified OOBs, and it's not that bad anyway in our case - take Sweden or Canada where all aircraft have changed designations, etc...