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Old 10-22-2021, 10:05 AM   #1
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Default What would a Company of units look like?

Sample:
Armored Company (5 armor units)
2 Heavy Tanks
2 Light Tanks
2 Infantry Companies (3/3)
GEV Company (5 armor units)
3 GEVs
4 Light GEVs
GEV Infantry Company (5 armor units)
2 GEV/PCs
2 Infantry Companies (3/3)
2 Light GEVs

Are there different organizations listed somewhere?
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Old 10-22-2021, 10:19 AM   #2
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Have you seen the examples of units in Ogre Miniatures?
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Old 10-23-2021, 06:12 PM   #3
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Default Re: What would a Company of units look like?

I have not bought OGRE miniatures in over 8 years. I should have kept the boxes, I suppose.
What is the ratio of armor units to infantry again from the rules?
Is it 1 armor unit requires 6vp of infantry to be on the board?
I can imagine playing a game where a OGRE 3 (17 armor units worth) faces up against 17 armored units with no infantry but I think that would be against the rules.
Infantry and armor go hand in hand and rely on each other. Infantry screens for other infantry trying to take out the armor. The armor is a giant cannon for infantry support that the infantry cannot carry around.
Imagine a rule that says that infantry has +1 attack on armor with no infantry within 1 hex of the armored unit.
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Old 10-24-2021, 08:41 PM   #4
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Have you seen the examples of units in Ogre Miniatures?
Here we go (this took me about an hour)
This manifest is from the miniatures page and the word squad, company and battalion is thrown around with some rough consistency to today. In game terms, there would be some tradition in keeping with roughly the units size concerning the names squad, company and battalion. So I give kudos to Steve for being relatively consistent to military structure. :-)
As of 2021...
...An infantry squad is between 8 to 14 soldiers.
...An infantry company is 80–250 soldiers.
...An infantry battalion is 300 to 1000 soldiers.
...A tank company is 14 tanks (or in game terms, 14 armored units or 84 victory points).
...A tank squadron is about 19 tanks (or in game terms, 19 armored units or 114 victory points).
...A tank battalion is 56 tanks (or in game terms, 54 armored units or 324 victory points).
...A standard artillery battery has roughly 6 guns and up to 150 marines.
...I am pretty sure that troop and lance are made up military terms for the mid-21st century.
Combine Heavy Armor Company
10 armor units (60vp)
...2 Superheavy Tank (2au each)
...6 Heavy Tank (1au each)
Combine GEV Company
12 armor units (72vp)
...8 GEV (1au each)
...8 LGEV (1/2au)
Combine MSL Tank Squadron
10 armor units (60vp)
...6 MSL Tank (1au each)
Combine Mobile Battery
4 armor units (24vp)
...2 Mobile Howitzers (2au each)
Combine Mech Infantry Company w/ Escort Squadron
11 armor units (66vp)
...4 LGEV (1/2au each)
...4 GEV/PC (1au each)
...3 (3/1)Infantry squads
Combine Fast Convoy
9 armor units (54vp)
...6 Hovertrucks (1/2au each)
...6 LAD howitzers (1au each)
Paneuropean Howitzer Battery
25 armor units (150vp)
...2 Howitzers (2au each)
...2 Light Tanks (1/2au each)
...16 (3/1)Infantry squads (1au each)
...12 Heavy Weapons (1/3au each)
Paneuropean Panzer Company
12 armor units (72vp)
...6 Heavy Tank (1au each)
...6 Light Tanks (1/2au each)
Paneuropean Superheavy Troop
8 armor units (48vp)
...2 Superheavy Tanks
...3 Squads (3/1) Infantry (1au each)
...2 Light Tanks (1/2au)
Paneuropean Missile Tank Lance
6 armor units (36vp)
...3 Missile Tanks (1au each)
...3 Squads (3/1) Infantry (1au each)
Paneuropean Luftpanzer Company
12 armor units (72vp)
...9 GEV (1au each)
...6 LGEV (1/2au)
Paneuropean Mech Infantry Company
12 armor units (72vp)
...6 GEV/PC (1au each)
...6 Infantry (3/1) Squads(1au each)
Paneuropean Howitzer Battery& Mobile Artillery Troop
10 armor units (60vp)
...2 Howitzers (2au each)
...3 Mobile Howitzers (2au each)
Paneuropean Battlesuit Battalions
24 armor units (144vp)
...16 Companies (3/1) Infantry (1au each)
...24 Heavy Weapons (1/3au each)

Hope you enjoyed my little article.
Remember : 6vp equates to 1 armor unit (or 6 Cobb units).

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Old 10-24-2021, 10:39 PM   #5
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Default Re: What would a Company of units look like?

Sorry, I meant the Ogre Miniatures rulebook. That book lists example units from company all the way up to regiment, but generally a company is about a dozen armor units.

Most scenarios in Ogre Miniatures give each side a certain number of AU and don't specify that a percentage has to be infantry. But a good rule of thumb might be that one third of your forces must be infantry (3 infantry squads = 1 armor unit).
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Old 10-25-2021, 02:04 AM   #6
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Most scenarios in Ogre Miniatures give each side a certain number of AU and don't specify that a percentage has to be infantry. But a good rule of thumb might be that one third of your forces must be infantry (3 infantry squads = 1 armor unit).
I thought there was a rule in the original OGRE that a percentage - I think 30% - needed to be infantry and not all armored.
It would stand to reason that armor still needed infantry as badly as infantry needed armor.
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