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Jan 13 04 10:03 PM

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A few questions:

Q1 In large games where a Battlegroup HQ and a Battalion HQ are used, can the Battalion HQ give orders to any troops on the table or should the Battalion HQ have specific units under its command?
I am thinking of cases where there is a single nationality only.

Q2 If I buy off-board artillery missions, do I need to assign these to the Battlegroup HQ or Battalion HQ, or can either use them.

Q3 Can command units form combat groups from inf units in different companies but the same nationality? I expect the answer is yes, but this has come up in some of our games so best to check.

Andy
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Jan 16 04 3:08 PM

Andy,

Q1 In large games where a Battlegroup HQ and a Battalion HQ are used, can the Battalion HQ give orders to any troops on the table or should the Battalion HQ have specific units under its command?
I am thinking of cases where there is a single nationality only.

A - Strictly speaking if its a different nationality only the battalion HQ should issue orders to its units.

Q2 If I buy off-board artillery missions, do I need to assign these to the Battlegroup HQ or Battalion HQ, or can either use them.

A - They should be assigned, though one could see a situation where the Battlegroup HQ would request Battalion HQ arty missions to be used on its behalf.

Q3 Can command units form combat groups from inf units in different companies but the same nationality? I expect the answer is yes, but this has come up in some of our games so best to check.

A - Yes!

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Jan 16 04 6:09 PM

Dave,

Thanks for the answers, however...

What I mean by Q1 is if I deploy the following formations for example:

Russians only:
Battlegroup HQ
Medium Tank Company (Tank commander + 3 Squadrons of 4 T34/76's)
Heavy Mortar Support (2 Batteries of 2 120mm Mortars each)
Motor Rifle Battalion + Battalion HQ (2 Rifle Companies + SMG Company)

Can the Battalion HQ give orders to the tanks and mortars or is it restricted to gving orders to the Motor Rifle Battalion only, as I have essentially deployed the Battalion HQ as leading that formation?

I assume the Battlegroup HQ can give orders to all troops as all are Russians.

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Jan 17 04 5:02 PM

Andy,

Depends on how strict you wish to be. If it's an infantry Battalion HQ then you should just restrict it to the infantry.

But one could also have some of the other assets attached to the Inf battalion or allow it to have access to them, so enabling the Battalion HQ to issue orders to those units as well. e.g. the mortars.

Very much depends on how you wish to play it.

DB

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