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LDRG trucks, hmm I had forgot about them, They are rubbish though..I think the designers made a mistake giving them a defence of 1. They are just too brittle to be used in their historical capacity. The same mistake was made with those 60mm French Mortars and 25mm ATGS, a defence of 1 is just not warranted.

The game is way too tough on unarmoured transport units, indirect fire will kill hordes of motorcyclists, horses, bicycles. They should make the unit a bit more vulnerable, but not that vulnerable. The inability of the carrier unit to retreat, almost always leads to total extermination of teh passenger, NOT great to see those "reduced by 1, passenger eliminated results".

The LRDG trucks and jeeps should have a defense of at least 2 based on their size and therefore difficulty to hit. Otherwise they always get killed. When EF first came out the assault boats and rafts all had a defense of 1 this was changed so that the infantry carrying them didnt get mowed down. I am surprised that when this was changed the designers didn't address other units as well, especially motorcyles and horses.

As for the carriers in your scenario, I would have kept the carrier rifles with the carriers, myself, no problem with overruns with passengers loaded. Some may argue that the carriers should be loitering around the infantry anyway, not off with the tanks. But like I said, that all depends on what you decide with your oppponent. I rarely whinge about stuff like that as if I feel my rear may be threatened, then it is up to me to kept adequate units back for local defense.

In a recent scenario I played, I kept a company of Engineers and a couple of Panzer II's back to cover my artillery along with 50mm and 88mm ATG's. This allowed me to repel a two company sized armoured attempt at my rear area. If you don't defend your back, it is pretty lame to have ago at your opponent about what they use to stab it.

Rear area security is an important part of the game, commiting all your forces to the offensive, is historically inaccurate in most cases. If you play an opponent, who likes to slip units around your flanks, then leave them a greeting party. After all if they can afford to spare the units then so can you...