Paratrooper LMG support squad

[Mobhack]

What you are actually asking, in a long-winded sort of way, is "why no 44 org Fj co/platoon".

We have only the one Fj co/platoon org, and this is a 45 or so man platoon - as your original link shows in passing [" the original Parachute Company seems to have used a twelve man squad as its foundation, with four Squads per Platoon. By 1944, each Platoon had lost a full Squad"]. That was probably the org we made in game terms 3 10xman gruppe with 3x5 man LMG support teams as the best way to represent the thing way back. probably to fit into the actual planes and gliders as well?. who knows. long time ago.

So - you are actually querying the lack of a 44 org Fj company. We had no knowledge of such an item.

I'll look into this, and see if there is a way to do this within the limited number of unit slots available (maybe by reducing 1944 fj gruppe to 8, and post 44 LMG teams to 3 - size 0 would then be justifiable), and then changing the code for the AI pick for a new formation. and adding [A] formations and so on.

If not feasable, the old formations/units will have to do.

Cheers
Andy

[Mobhack]

OK - the KISS method was simply to terminate the 2 LMG teams that extend past 12/43 at that date, copy to 2 new slots, reduce to 3 men, and size 0. Points remain at 18 for these (crew reduction balanced by size 0).

No need to change formations stuff - after 12/43 you are into the 44 org, with 3 10 man sections and 3 3 man LMG groups, which gives 39 men in the platoon. Which is OK as we are folding the platoon HQ into the units. (3x11 man gruppe, hq of about 6).

Cheers
Andy

[chuckfourth]

Hi Andy
Not sure if I understand the content of both your posts, and of course I dont know if it would be too expensive in time and unit slots, but if I could make one other suggestion for you to consider....
Maybe it would be possible to just replace the current pre 43 German paratrooper coy structure, with the 'correct' 4 squad platoon plus the 4 small LMG teams and add the extra 4th junkers or glider to the coy when (a) or (g)
Apologies if this is what you have already said in your post. Chuck