Re: [Epic] E40K: Deteachment size.

From: Joseph Michael Looney <mlooney_at_...>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 05:24:42 -0500

Sutherland wrote:
>
> At 08:18 AM 4/17/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Sutherland wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> I was making up my army list tonite and I was going on the idea
> that one
> >> company would be one detachment. It went like this.
> >>
> >> Space marine company
> >> Captain + LandRaider 85
> >>
> >> Marine + Rhino 37 Whirlwind 27
> >> Marine + Rhino 37
> >> Devastator + Rhino 37
> >>
> >> TOTAL 147
> >>
> >> This is 3 platoons plus some support. It looks right but when I compare it
> >> to the detachments in the books it is way small. How big is everyone
> >> making their detachments? Is this too small?
> >
> >Well, this is 3 squads not platoons. Take 3 of these units, with out
> >the captain, plus one with the captian (Company command unit) and you
> >would have a company. You might want to put the 3 Whirlwinds in their
> >own platoon/"detachment" as artillery working under infantry orders
> >doesn't really work that well.
> >
>
> I thought that a 10 man marine unit was 2 5 man squads. Is this wrong??
> >
Yes. A marine "squad" is 10 men. Each squad is 2 5 man "battle squads"
(what a normal army would call a fire team). Of course the fact that GW
is clueless about the layout of real military units shows here. They
don't seem the think there is a level between squad and company and this
shows in their fluff.

My short summary of real units and the rough number of men in them:
Fire team 5
Squad 10
Platoon 30
Company 100
Received on Fri Apr 18 1997 - 10:24:42 UTC