Reply To: Bolt Action Update

[khusrau 1169xp 0]

With all due respect, that’s a bit of a cop-out to justify unrealistic numbers. Do your games start after the battle?

Different armies had different practices but most had pretty effective replacement systems including using HQ company ‘spares’ to fill gaps.

Failing that, they would merge under strength platoons and squads because they needed minimum strengths to adopt their tactical doctrine. So for UK forces a fire team and a manoeuvre team, German forces, LMG teams with supports etc.

If you read accounts like With the Jocks, you’ll see they were rarely significantly understrength at the squad level, though other units might be broken up for replacements.