Would be nice to see in SBs

[Dog Soldier]

If there was a feature to detach soldiers from their unit and recombine them with another unit, what types of gamey play would have to be excluded in the code?

I can see my Russians breaking up squads of 10 men into ten new one man units. Then I shout URRAH! and charge the enemy positions one man at a time drawing all the enemy defensive fire I can. Keep doing this until I assemble enough survivors next to the target hex for my assault with a new combined squad of heroes. Meanwhile the enemy weapons effectiveness is driven downward by each shot taken at a single man the same as if the weapons were fired at a unit.
Would this be worth it if I had enough units to do this several times? Could I bore my opponent into surrendering by watching replays where one man moves at a time? Could a line of one man units screen from direct fire larger units, ala meat shield tactics?

This might be extreme. Break down all my infantry into a mass of individuals for all movements. The game has difficulty taking out really small units unless a certain OR is used IIRC. Would that OR have to always be on if unit breakdown is allowed? How would that affect current small units like crews, officers and snipers? I think these would become much more vulnerable, right?

I can detach an individual I would call my grenade boy. This one man unit would follow my troops and pick up useful equipment that gets dropped in the normal course of the game by other units. I only risk defensive fire against this one guy for the pick up command and not a whole unit getting pinned while trying to get that vital equipment.
Grenade boy then brings the useful equipment to rendezvous with a unit or just drop it out of enemy LOS so I can pick it up with the unit I really want to have it. Much smaller risk involved for all but poor grenade boy. Grenade boy is worth it though so I can keep my other units fighting and not getting those awful pins trying to pick up needed equipment.
Does the grenade boy concept make sense to those with far more experience than I with the SB system? Is it realistic? A sham?

Anyways, the idea of unit breakdown is not a bad one. The unintended consequences need to be thought out first or you could end up ruining a fine gaming system.

Dog Soldier