tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post5572981474292217674..comments2024-03-28T01:22:13.683-03:00Comments on Battle Game of the Month: The Great Machine Gun CompromiseRoss Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-141339431094458012018-04-25T09:32:15.999-03:002018-04-25T09:32:15.999-03:00Thanks for those thoughts. 1914 is still fairly ne...Thanks for those thoughts. 1914 is still fairly new for me as mg's were for the armies involved. Later the MG's seemed to have been increasingly grouped at higher levels and distributed to best effect but from the little I've read I have trouble seeing the Umpteenth Foot sending their pair of MG's over the the Such and Such Rifles a mile away let alone to support an adjacent French battalion. <br /><br />However my current practice is similar on a lower level as I do not have a battalion's MG section as a separate unit but have combined them with an infantry company which is providing support and covering the rest of that section (<i>the grids being 150-200 yds across and a unit of 4 figures being 100-200 men </i>) <br /><br />The 'jam' rule is interesting but from what I've read it was unusual for all the guns in a section to break down for an extended period of time so I assume any breakdowns are included in the turns when no hits are scored. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-30910921403624040332018-04-25T02:13:05.338-03:002018-04-25T02:13:05.338-03:00It might be worth driving the allocation by situat...It might be worth driving the allocation by situation rather than by organisation, working on the basis that regardless of organisation, machine guns would have been allocated to positions that they were most effective and from where they would provide interlocking fire zones. So in some regard, their location / placement is somewhat abstract to provide that effect. It would be one step up from saying 'there in there somewhere attached to a company' to actually having the lovely models on the table.<br /><br />So perhaps allocating per army and deploying as the situation / terrain warrants would give the right effect, while in truth not being that different in outcome to how you would deploy under organisation restrictions (i.e. it gets the job done without the mind being distracted by what is right). <br /><br />I would put pairs down to show fixed positions and a single model to show mobile capable or HMG's in motion. To differentiate the troop type, it might be worth having a 'gun jam' rule that would encompass jams, technical problems and low ammo events. In my own rules, I roll 3xD6 for HMG, hitting on 6's against cover and 5' and 6' in the open, but if the three dice combine to a total of 15 or more, the HMG is broken for the rest of the game, it just adds a brake to make the player use reasoned and more thoughtful fire instead of unrealistic none stop fire.<br /><br />Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-10446059626270409892018-04-24T16:29:36.672-03:002018-04-24T16:29:36.672-03:00Thanks Lee, they look pretty dodgy to me but withi...Thanks Lee, they look pretty dodgy to me but within the spirit of the project.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-41408739491698259382018-04-24T16:28:43.763-03:002018-04-24T16:28:43.763-03:00Thanks Kev, they look best a a distance.Thanks Kev, they look best a a distance.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-91016098057749795292018-04-24T16:24:35.593-03:002018-04-24T16:24:35.593-03:00Good idea. I was 1/2 way along that route but thin...Good idea. I was 1/2 way along that route but thinking from a different angle. The player with the Jaeger regiment will have his 2 unit MG company but the infantry players sharing an infantry regiment will have 2 guns and 2 MG between them. Either they have 1@ apiece or 1 will have 2 guns and the other 2 mg or one could provide fire support while the other takes more infantry and assaults. I could let them decide, may have to wait and see what sort of players I have re experience etc Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-53208802524283336692018-04-24T16:17:14.200-03:002018-04-24T16:17:14.200-03:00I think it might feel quite appropriate esp in tha...I think it might feel quite appropriate esp in that context. It was nt my original intent to give each battalion its own mg model but here I am.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-35526809334882007972018-04-24T07:42:07.257-03:002018-04-24T07:42:07.257-03:00Agree with Kev, awesome scratch building skillz! Agree with Kev, awesome scratch building skillz! BigLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960213980906190335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-44155068611511781932018-04-23T21:58:08.771-03:002018-04-23T21:58:08.771-03:00Very nice bit of Scratch Modelling there Ross- wel...Very nice bit of Scratch Modelling there Ross- well done!KEV. Robertson.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03057624752614080866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-40661083257222057512018-04-23T19:30:50.733-03:002018-04-23T19:30:50.733-03:00The doctrinal difference between the organic vs ce...The doctrinal difference between the organic vs centralized mg elements is that the central version allows more flexibility in employment (in theory). Perhaps you might give the Germans an option whereas the allied mg assignment would be fixed. Might be easier said than done (you know your system & what might work better than I). Just tossing it out there.Ed Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-65824596839845211062018-04-23T17:30:58.787-03:002018-04-23T17:30:58.787-03:00My current intention is to cheat - and pretty much...My current intention is to cheat - and pretty much treat a machine gun as an infantry battalion but on a smaller frontage of course - and counting it as 4 infantry for casualty purposes. This would be 2 crew and 2 for the gun itself. Not sure yet how well this would work, but don't see why it shouldn't.Rob Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533996736711014752noreply@blogger.com