tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060774784000500705.post4949336422680453137..comments2024-03-27T12:03:28.949+00:00Comments on Jim's Wargames Workbench: Chain of Command Japanese Platoon [10]Jim Jackamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00418123950779160903noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060774784000500705.post-50896600747774774272014-09-01T09:28:15.383+00:002014-09-01T09:28:15.383+00:00In fairness paper strengths are your only fixed re...In fairness paper strengths are your only fixed reference points in terms of organisation when setting rules/lists up for a game system.<br /><br />The Japanese are in a minority of armies which bucked the trend in regards to section sizes, although I believe US Marine squads were the same size on paper too (?).<br /><br />However the extra men within the three squads has less impact on space than if they were to be deployed as an extra fourth squad instead... strange but true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060774784000500705.post-77379203487524779472014-08-31T19:04:09.593+00:002014-08-31T19:04:09.593+00:00It is bonkers..
...but I guess they went by the p...It is bonkers..<br /><br />...but I guess they went by the paper strength c1941/42, as Jim pointed out.<br /><br />Everything I've read about the japs in Burma says they were very tightly stretched by 1944, especially in manpower and supply terms.Jim Jackamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00418123950779160903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060774784000500705.post-64848148187682258352014-08-31T18:49:13.320+00:002014-08-31T18:49:13.320+00:00That does seem a rather excessive figure requireme...That does seem a rather excessive figure requirement given the groundscale at 28mm... will there be room on thetable to deploy them all...? :) Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05916177245242865502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060774784000500705.post-67485644278689496432014-08-31T18:45:59.295+00:002014-08-31T18:45:59.295+00:00A wise decision I think. In all honesty I think we...A wise decision I think. In all honesty I think we tend to be a little over keen to present 'paper strength' units in our games, when other than the first day a unit was formed, they almost certainly were never at full strength in any army.<br /><br />Obviously there is a point where a unit becomes useless due to losses and real units operated somewhere between the two.<br /><br />I suspect your ten man squads (or even 8-10 ten man squads) were probably typical for most Japanese platoons truth told.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com