The Art of Force Composition

[herroberst]

I generally always have a balanced combined arms force weighting it one way or the other depending on the terrain.

At least one infantry company, one platoon tanks or SPs, one to three anti-tank guns, couple of mortars, couple of snipers, some carriers, and an FO.

If lots of forest or city would use more SMGs and short range antitank weapons and more heavy caliber infantry support weapons

If in the open, more tanks, rifle infantry and mg's.

You will also get to know your opponents and expect certain picks from them, e.g. M1A1 likes lots of armor and he picks uber tanks to overmatch yours if possible. Counter to that when I play him is Crack or vet antitank guns in a PAK front.

If you have the luxury of seeing the map before you play then you can tailor for special missions, e.g. running a platoon of infantry up in carriers to seize an objective early or something like that.