Battles of North Africa 1941 released!

[Strela]

Thanks, sorry to introduce a headache in a happy day.

Well, i was in a review of Crusader OOB (the scen where you can review the full OOB) and find a pair of strange things in italian RECAM:

-The "HQ III/32º Rgt Carristi" is a regiment in name but is a battalion in the OOB (HQ counter has the battalion symbol II).

-The last 2 sections of the previous "32º Rgt Carristi"  are assignated to the HQ of "Gruppo Giovani Fascisti" not to the "32º Rgt Carristi" HQ.

These 2 things are intentional???

Saddly i am going to be AFK a certain amount of time... my happy moment after solve problem and can finally play game was shot down by real life AA 

PD: if i cant post it later, great job with the game, the few i see was better than i expected 

Like everything in life, a picture is worth a thousand words;




Firstly, this is correct in the OOB.

The III/32 Rgt Carristi is the 3rd Battalion of the Regiment. The III designates the battalion number (in roman numerals). The 1st two battalions are with the parent regiment in Ariete. The III battalion had been detached to RECAM. The 3rd company of the III battalion had been detached to the Gruppo Giovani Fascisti - hence why you see the different detachment.

RECAM was almost like a German Kampfgruppe. It was intended to be a mobile force with various attached units.

Finally to help with the naming conventions of Italian armoured units; usually if the battalion is part of a regiment the regiment name is included. If it is an independent battalion it will have battaglione (Btg) in their name. You can see an example of battaglione with the LII/ Btg Carri M (an independent battalion of medium tanks).

The arrows above show who each formation was attached to.

Hope that helps.

David