Unit Sizes

[lion_of_judah]

are the Rifle, Tank, Paratroopers and others battalion level or squad? I'm thinking battalion level.

[Ande]

you can have 100 rifles in a hex whithout penalty, so it depends of the scale of the scenario. I think the largescale scenarios is at about 15-25 km per hex(diplomacy) and the smallscale ones (Ardennes) 2-5km.

[Gresbeck]

A long debated question. The size depends on scale and is defined by scenario designers. See for example tm.asp?m=1627523&mpage=1&key=&#1627765.

[Captain Cruft]

A Rifle is a Rifle

[ShadowB]

If a rifle is a rifle, then a unit with around 200 of them would be a rifle company. If you take each rifle as an infantry squad, for example, you can get larger units (rifle x 250 would be a battalion) much more easily.

[lion_of_judah]

it makes sense in my opinion that each rifle = a battalion level unit.

[Twotribes]

Depends on the size of the scenario and what it represents. In WAW one TANK may be a regiment, but one Infantry is no regiment. Nor a battalion. A Division would have 9 rifle Battalions. 3 per Regiment.

[ShadowB]

ORIGINAL: lion_of_judah

it makes sense in my opinion that each rifle = a battalion level unit.

That seems a bit excessive, from my point of view. Units with around 100 rifles (and other sub-formation types) are common, and with that scale, such unit would be an entire army (as in a collection of corps, which are made of divisions)!

Anyway, as Twotribes said, it depends on the size of the scenario and the intention of the author.

[lion_of_judah]

so as in TOAW they should be based on squad level units? That is how I'm using them in a scenario I'm working on, but for the tanks and artillery they should be at least Battalion level.

[Pyrrhos1976]

Question/test for everybody:

Supposition: I create a german infantry division with 100 rifles. Period: 1939-1940.

How many MG, Mortar... should I put inside ?

Second supposition: after this infantry division, I want to create a PanzerDivision:
How many tanks (light and medium)... ??