RS KNIL Molukken scenario designer coherent thoughts and reasoning

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To make a change to the Japanese infantry movement on the platoon21.oob would be not be difficult. Most partisan and commando type units have a higher movement rate (11 or 12) than regular infantry (9-10)because they are traveling lighter and know or are trained to cope with the country. Question is were the Japanese traveling lighter and all that much better than the allies could do? Or were these units deliberately stripped down[/u] to do these raids and movements thru the bush? They seem to have had the advantage of local help in a lot of cases in the DEI with finding pathways thru the bush and geting intel on the allied forces. Also were the allies beacuse of motorization not acustomed to marching and coping with the terrain and climate more the problem.

Need better info on the nature of the Japanese advantage before we go making these changes.