Platoon ZOC rule

[HMCS Rosthern]

The rule summary is "- Change so that platoon units that are not combined with other platoons do not exert a Zone-of-Control." I wonder what the justification for this to apply only to platoon-sized units. There have been many discussions about why a decimated battalion with only one tank left can still exert a zone of control (arguments like, the one-tank battalion represents more than just the single tank, fields of fire, fog of war, the unit is actually deployed in multiple hexes comprising the ZOC, etc.). So perhaps if one is going to have this platoon rule, one must have a "minimum size to assert a ZOC rule".

I think of Brian Jennings "wacht am Rhein" B'44 scenario where one can play it without ZOCs. Perhaps ZOCs are not appropriate for this game system (heresy!) :eek1:.

I see VMs point in terms of T'41 play balance. However, I am not sure if the way that armoured cars can be used in the game to form screening lines is accurate, even though the screening lines are porous. Some accounts I have read of the Desert war indicate that the armoured cars usually hung back, and warily watched as enemy forces passed by, or shadowed the enemy forces as they moved. But on the other hand, what can one do with the game system which is just an approximate simulation.