Ranks

[Cross]

I play my own PBEM campaign, and this often involves �carrying over� key survivors from a previous battle to subsequent battles. I track this �core� using a spreadsheet, but track them on the battlefield by renaming officers of the same unit type, regiment and rank. Sometimes I even promote deserving officers.

In light of this, I have a few questions about ranks.

These are the ranks listed for the British in the data file:
Pvt.
L/Cpl.
Cpl.
Sgt.
2nd Lt.
Lt.
Cpt.
Maj.
Lt. Col.
Col.
Brigader

I�ve noticed a few changes � for the better � in the ranks recently. For example: I see that transport platoons and detachments are now sensibly commanded by an NCO rather than an Officer, and even some armoured sections have a Sgt as CO.

I assume a sniper is the only time we will see a Pvt?

Where am I likely to see a L/Cpl? I don�t recall seeing a Lance Corporal in the game.

My observation is that Cpl seems more common in infantry companies with Sgt being quite rare; and Sgt and Cpl are more evenly split in armoured squadrons. Is this correct?

2nd Lt seems less common than Lt. Is there a 3 or 4 to one ratio of Lts to 2nd Lts?

It seems like a company commander has about a 50/50 chance of being a Capt or a Major (which I like a lot) am I right about this?

Under what circumstances am I likely to see a Colonel or Brigadier.
NB. It�s spelt �Brigader� in the data file�

Andy and Don, any info. you have on how the somewhat random assignment of ranks works, would be useful.

Thanks in advance.
Simon

[Mobhack]

see "customising WinSPWW2" section of the GG, and the explanation of ranks.txt files for each nation.

Also see the mobhack help section on formation types (section, platoon etc)

Cheers
Andy

[DRG]

...and Brigadier is spelled "Brigader" becasue ranks are only allowed 8 characters and "Brigadier" is nine . I suppose we could shorten that to Brig. or simply "General" but that rank won't show up in the game unless a sceario designer picks it and that's very, very rare


Don