Break Down Battalions or No??

[Mr Grumpy]

Excellent thread this....:)

I tend to keep my battalions combined especially when they are A/B quality as the chance of a single disruption shot on the whole unit is lower, if i am worried about losing a vital hex i will detach one company and as long as it is 100+ men, it will show up as XXX strength to the attacker just the same as the rest of the battalion, in this formation the attacker needs two disruptions and if you are lucky his fire will be on the larger unit! ;)

I have had single companies taken out of a game in a single turn by heavy arty fire, so if i can avoid it (and sometimes you cant) i keep my units combined.