(05-26-2010, 06:56 AM)Volcano Man Wrote: Well, it is certainly debatable either way, but generally a company level breakdown approach should be reserved for "western style" armies where small unit tactics and lower level command initiative are encouraged and relied upon. Soviet (but probably not modern Russian) units in a wargame should have some sort of command and control limitation and generally speaking the approach of restricting them to battalion sized units covers this nicely.
You can think of it better that, in maneuver, the WP wields companies as NATO used platoons, and they used battalions in a similar way that NATO used companies (in so much even that a "common" matchup would have been a NATO company versus a WP battalion). Having said that, and barring any Russophiles out there, you can of course make your mod however you see fit. :)
Aaaand how many coys would have a btn in the early 70s? because according to my sources, each WP btn was formed by three coys, and considering that each coy was only 90 men strong... it would be only 270 men... the smallest btn ever.
BTW, when i say WP i mean egypt in 1973, well, screw the secrecy...
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