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Deadeye said:
Not being a military person at all & looking at other DW formations (such as the Inf Co DW/T) that do have 3 AT units - one per platoon, I made the assumption that the Inf Co Det Wpn should also have 3 AT Units - one per platoon.
Inf Co DW+ has 5 AT units.
So are you saying that the Inf Co Det Wpn Formation is correct and all the other DW formations are incorrect?
I'd just like it to be consistent one way or the other.
Deadeye
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It is consistent. The answer is just hidden from view and is not immediately obvious
A standard Canadian infantry platoon ( formation 34 ) in this OOB
uses 1 hvy infantry squad and 3 infantry squads.
The Hvy infantry have the MG, the ATW and the 60mm mortar.
This gives a standard Canadian infantry platoon ( formation 34 )
access to .....
1 MG,
1 ATW
and 1 60mm Mortar.
But all bundled together.
The standard Infantry Co ( Formation 28 ) has three of those
infantry platoons ( and therefore 3 MG, 3 ATW and 3 60mm Mortars bundled
up ) PLUS the Inf Co Spt Pl ( formation 153 ) -- SFMG Section ( 2 MG's ) 1
60mm mortar section ( 2 tubes ), 2 Piat teams and one sniper ( I am
ignoring the sniper for this ) and therefore a total of
5 MG's
5 ATW
5 60mm mortars tubes total
The "Inf Co-det wpns" ( formation 30 ) has
1 Rifle Section- which is regular UC 1 infantry so no MMG or ATW or mortar integrated into it's structure
1 60mm Mortar Sec --which has two tubes
1 SFMG Section -- two GPMG's
1 infantry platoon--formation 34 ( see above, the "Hvy infantry" component
has 1 MG, 1 ATW , and 1 60mm Mortar )
1 If-AT team ( one ATW )
1 infantry platoon--formation 34 ( see above, the "Hvy infantry" component
has 1 MG, 1 ATW , and 1 60mm Mortar )
If-AT team ( one ATW )
1 infantry platoon--formation 34 ( see above, the "Hvy infantry" component
has1 MG, 1 ATW , and 1 60mm Mortar )
The grand total of "support weapons" for this formation is....
5 MG's
5 ATW
5 60mm mortars tubes total
So that all adds up to the total of support type weapons that formation 28 has.
The "Inf Pl Det Wpn" ( formation 313 ) has.......
3 regular UC 1 Infantry sections ( so no support weapons included ) and
1 GPMG
1 ATW
1 60mm Mortar
so that matches formation 34's support weapon count
The "Inf Co DW+" is built using formation 313 ( formation 334, it's the only one
that uses formation 313 ) and that formation uses...
1 rifle section which is regular UC 1 infantry so no MMG or ATW or mortar
3 of the Inf Pl Det Wpn platoons <<each>> of which has 3 regular UC 1
Infantry sections ++plus++ 1 GPMG and 1 ATW and 1 60mm Mortar
so we now have a subtotal of ..
3 MG's
3 ATW
3 60mm mortars tubes total
then Co Spt Pl (formation 153)is added in and that adds a SFMG
Section ( 2 MG's ) 1 60mm mortar section ( 2 tubes ), 2 Piat teams and one
sniper ( I am ignoring the sniper for this too ) and therefore a total of
5 MG's
5 ATW
5 60mm mortars tubes total
So it all adds up to the same number of
support weapons for all three formations
Formation 28 -Infantry Co ( Formation 28 )
equals
Formation 30 - Inf Co-det wpns
which also equals
Formation 334 - Inf Co DW+
for the overall count of MG's ATW and 60mm mortars
Don
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