German Motorcycles and their Units

[blitzkreig]

Hello all.

An interesting idea. I can see why you did this and can see why this kind of formation would be of use. There are quite a few sceanrios featuring German MC units however. I would like to raise a few gameplay/realsim points for debate though. The Germans used MC in several ways:

1. Attached to indidual units and formations as dispatch riders and messengers. Not really relevant in game terms.

2. In MC coys in the Recce btl of motorised formations.

3. In MC companies in early war (1939-1941) Schutzen and Kradshutzen btls.

In cases 2&3 the MCs were used as a form of APC or Truck. They were a means to transport the users rapidly around the battlefield before they dismounted and fought as infantry. The MCs withdrwaing out of range. The Krad coys were also equiped with sevral MMGs and mortars both 50 & 81mm to support them in these tasks.

The current use of MC units in the game doesn't reflect this perfectly but does allow them to be used in coy size units reasonably well.

I would like to see a unit of bobs size for recon use reflecting a detachment from the Recce coys in addtion to the current MC or krad coys. Not as a replacemnt. I know there are limited slots left in the German oob so if this doesn't happen perhaps we should leave things as is? what do people think?