staying in contact

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Originally Posted by jivemi

True, it doesn't always make sense, but if you've spent any time in the military you'd probably understand. Anyway as Mobhack says, just keep squads within 3 hexes of their platoon leader for maximum rally effect.

A tight formation within shouting distance with leaders is best.
Nothing worse than having just the squads rally when out of contact and getting fire from everywhere.
Sometimes you'll have to stray a bit to achieve something or other, but not too far as the leader can't keep up and/or gets ripped up also, doing so then even with a radio it can't help much.