bdtj1815 Wrote:for instance the infantry battalion in 4th Armoured Brigade was the 1st Bn. The Irish Guards. The names of some of the British units are a little strange, I know this has always confused everyone, but would be happy to help if you would like some input. I was wondering why infantry bns have recce platoons, incidentally rated as battalions in the oob!, but cavalry regts. do not have a recce troop. There are a lot of other bits and pieces I have noticed but probably too much for a forum post!
Even though the post is about the ALT OOB, some of the issue likely stem from the original and I will attempt to answer some of those here.
> the infantry battalion in 4th Armoured Brigade was the 1st Bn. The Irish Guards.
The OOB is based on the Janes book by Kemp. I will check the source to be sure as it is always possible that a error was made. But if Kemp has it this way as I suspect it does - and as the name has no impact on play, I think I would leave it as it was.
> I was wondering why infantry bns have recce platoons, incidentally rated as battalions in the oob!
Because independant Coys incurr Battle Fatigue at a rate 6 time the normal amount. As these coys cannout combine to escape this BF, I've rated the COYs as Btln in game terms to make them have what I think is the correct game effect.
> but cavalry regts. do not have a recce troop. There are a lot of other bits and pieces I have noticed ....
As I've said in another post - more detail can often make the game bog down with too many units so at some point you have to decide which units to include as separate game counters. I am not sure exactly which Brit Cav unit you are looking at here but I suspect we included only the major components.
That all said - if the ALt OOB person wants to make a bunch of changes than that is of course up to them.
Glenn
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