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Originally Posted by hcobb
From the published rulebook I got the mental image of three Lt Tanks (French of course) carrying three separate squads of squads of infantry through the Ardennes Forest come under attack from a NAC GEV. The French tankers note the incoming rounds and the infantry vanish, to be found next turn huddled together as a platoon under the trees.
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That scenario seems consistent with the rules -- as soon as they dismount (and hide under the trees) the infantry can re-form into a full-strength platoon.
The issue in the errata/FAQ instead seems to be what happens while the infantry is still hanging on to the tanks. In that case, I think that each vehicle of infantry should be considered a separate squad:
* 1 INF riding a LT has a defense of 1 for combat purposes.
* 2 INF riding a SHVY has a defense of 2 for combat purposes (see the example in 5.11.2).
* 3 INF riding 3 LT each have a defense of 1 for combat purposes.
This does raise another issue for 5.11.1 -- what happens if a scenario permits INF to ride a Mark III (or larger) Ogre? That Ogre can carry 4-6 squads, which presumably need to group in 3s per 7.12.1.