(10-05-2011, 03:58 AM)FM WarB Wrote: I wish I had the German version of the Cron work as I read German. I wonder if any confusion occurs due to the use of the German word "Abteilung" which can mean either battalion or detachment.
Indeed, I had to get a German copy of Cron because the English translation is HORRIBLE. My English copy, which is around here somewhere, has pencil marks throughout. Mass confusion. I think the issue is that the person who made the translation didn't have a lot of familiarity with German military terms and in many places literal translations are made.
(10-05-2011, 05:19 AM)JohanIV Wrote: By your reaction I assume that you feel offended. I apologize, I'm not an Anglophone and nuances easily escape me. It's a great and even addictive game and I enjoy it immensely.
I am/was NOT offended. What is with all the words being put into my mouth. ;)
What I meant was, the MG units already have horses factored into them, they all had horses. This was true for all armies, they had horses and wagons to pull the MGs around, they didn't carry a hundred pound machine gun across France.
Where I draw then line is with cavalry formation MG detachments/companies/section, where I do give them a speed of 4 instead of 3. It is assumed that although all MG sections do have horses to move them long distances, they don't move tactically with horses. However, cavalry formation MGs typically had a higher degree of mobility out of necessity to (naturally) keep up with the cavalry. So, the speed difference is not so much who had more horses or how many, but rather how they were employed. IIRC, the foot MG units used wagons to transport the troops and MGs long hauls, where as the cavalry MGs units were trained to pack the MGs on horses and the MG troops rode their own horse, while one man held the bridle of the horse that had the MG, allowing them to move quickly, even in a tactical situation.
If I am wrong about that and the German Army was unique here from others, then I am open to further information. I do have Cron and have read it quite extensively cover to cover during the making of F14 however. ;) I just think that there is a fine line here between having horses and being able to move around quickly as if you were limbered up or packed on horses. I just don't see a historical unique strength here for the Germans.
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