how many para units

[keeferon01]

I think im losing it , Japan start with 2 para regiments and 3 battalion para sized units or is it just 1 regiment and 3 battalion units ?

[tsimmonds]

1st and 2nd Parachute Regiments (which are battalion sized) and Yokosuka 1st, 2nd, and 3rd SNLF battalions. Five para battalions.

[keeferon01]

thank you for your answer , I thought I had 5 units, my 1st Para Regiment has vanished from my game, has anyone had this happen before.

[acmejeff]

Was it just sitting someplace or did you air transport it? My paras are all still in the fight as of 6/41 and I use them fairly often. Each unit has made at least one drop and the 1st Para has made four or five. I am always careful never to use enough aircraft to move the entire unit in one drop.

[jwilkerson]

ORIGINAL: Ron James

thank you for your answer , I thought I had 5 units, my 1st Para Regiment has vanished from my game, has anyone had this happen before.

Yup - i've had it happen before ( though it might have been the second instead of the first ) .. but this is probably the infamous "lose the parent fragment - lose the entire unit" bug ... in our case, the decision was made to continue the war !

[keeferon01]

Yep , the 1st para has vanished wow I didnt even get to use them .

[el cid again]

Yep , the 1st para has vanished wow I didnt even get to use them .

FYI in the new releases of CHS and RHS these units will be very light - so that if you actually use them you may indeed lose them! I have decided to turn the JAAF (these are AIR FORCE units) "regiments" into a real regiment (called a "brigade") - that can split into two parts. You start with one - and get another in 1944. By 1944 all the JAAF units should be slightly stronger in heavy weapons. You also get 2 glider regiments (which do not brigade up) and a special unit ( an ultra light battalion of two companies - Taiwanese tribesmen - which were used historically ) and an armored unit and a HQ element (that has an AAA capability). We have added some air transport capability, including gliders with tugs.

On the Allied side I have also added a glider (CG-4A with a C-47 tug) - but not yet the units (basically First Air Commando) to use it. A tiny element was available but not used in New Guinea. A larger formation was used extensively in Burma.

[jwilkerson]

ORIGINAL: Ron James

Yep , the 1st para has vanished wow I didnt even get to use them .

Were you flying them somewhere when they vanished ? Even losing 1 airplane ( the one carrying the "parent fragment" ) is apparently sufficient to cause the loss of the entire unit. Fortunately in 2500 PBEM turns, I've only lost 2 units to this phenomena .. one para unit and one HQ ... and I was able to continue .. but others have lost complete divisions ... and both of those losses were early on in my play ... so over 1 year ago, earth time ... I guess I've had a string of good luck ( as he knocks furiously on wood ) for the past roughly 2200 PBEM turns .. 'cause I haven't had the problem recur anytime recently ! But certainly others have, so you are not alone !

[Terminus]

Wow, there must be quite a dent in that piece of wood you were knocking on...[:D]

[keeferon01]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

ORIGINAL: Ron James

Yep , the 1st para has vanished wow I didnt even get to use them .

Were you flying them somewhere when they vanished ? Even losing 1 airplane ( the one carrying the "parent fragment" ) is apparently sufficient to cause the loss of the entire unit. Fortunately in 2500 PBEM turns, I've only lost 2 units to this phenomena .. one para unit and one HQ ... and I was able to continue .. but others have lost complete divisions ... and both of those losses were early on in my play ... so over 1 year ago, earth time ... I guess I've had a string of good luck ( as he knocks furiously on wood ) for the past roughly 2200 PBEM turns .. 'cause I haven't had the problem recur anytime recently ! But certainly others have, so you are not alone !

No , they was still in the starting position on the island base the name escapes me, oh well ho hum just glad it wasn't the 5th or 18th Div that vanished. I was going to ask if I could borrow your wood, but that just dont sound right [:D]

[aletoledo]

I lost my 2nd para regiment about a week ago in one of my games(ver 1.6). I transported them over to canton to help defend against the chinese onslaught and the 1st made it OK, but something I guess went wrong with the 2nd. so simply going from friendly base to friendly base can be dangerous!

I didn't have big plans for them, so we decided to go on.