British Commando Units

[Cross]

I just had what may be a better idea.

The current problem is partly caused by the ‘Troop’ confusion. As I said before, a Commando Troop is really a company level organization, but SP only gives it one officer.

This is probably because early SP designers made the ‘mistake’ of modeling the Troop as a (large) platoon, and you can purchase a whole Commando (5 Troops) in SP as a ‘company’ level unit, which IRL was actually a battalion.

In real life (not SP) the unit below the Troop was called the “Assault Section” which was about 30 men commanded by a Lt.

What would possibly work better, is if SP had platoon level ‘Assault Sections’ of three squads of 10 men. One would be a HQ section led by an officer, and one would be a Engineer class, heavy weapons or support section (giving the Assault Section/platoon a wider range of equipment and ability).

Then create a company level Commando Troop of two Assault Sections (platoons) led by a HQ section commanded by a Captain.

This would much better model the officer heavy Commando formations. You’d have 7 sections in a Troop, 3 sections would be officers. Far more realistic than the current 9 ‘sections’ one officer.

If we use 10 men per section you’d have 30 men in an Assault Section (platoon) which historically was about 28 men, and 70 in a Troop which was historically around 66. Or you could go with 9 men sections for 27 in an AS and 63 in a Troop.

cheers,
Cross