tank ridding

[Walrus]

Hi Guys

Cesar,
surely it is advantage enough to have a mixed formation at the right place at the right time.
What other advantage do you need for doing this mixing of troops types?

Matxer,
Your questions have related to a "normal" mixing of formations to make a mixed company.

When I mentioned Hawks (an old player, very talented) it was in relation to an even more brutal, and IMHO gamey, form of creating mixed units.
In this method you buy a company and delete all but the company commander's platoon. This may give you one tank, or two, or perhaps three, same for infantry etc.
Then you create your mixed company without having to cross attach anyone as they are all company commanders.
It is a company in idea and deployment only, not in terms of cross attachment.
This means they have wicked rally ability and great stats.
You end up with, as an example, two tanks, two APCs, two reg infantry, an engineer, an AT team, a sniper, a scout, an armoured car...you get the picture.
A perfect hand picked uber-force.

He used these very effectively to pick off isolated flags on the map, which are often like that if you let the AI deploy the flags (I never do this anymore).
If one of these forces advanced against an isolated platoon of infantry holding a couple of flags on the flank...you know who got toasted :-)

BTW, he was an expert at this game and could waste you whether he used these formations or standard companies.
I do not wish to infer that he was only a gamey player.
In fact he was so excellent that some thought he must be cheating.
He was not.
He just know the game and the units and how to play...better than all his opponents.

Anyway, just wanted to clear that up a bit.
Interesting point by Narwan about the rally ability of the different branches of your force.
Very handy to know, Thanks Remco.

Cheers all