FRENCH 1:1 1987 BATTLEGROUP
HQ Element: 2 AMX10P, 2 sqds, 1 AMX30132,2 AMX30 DCA, 6 Jeep w/MG, 3 sqds, 2 Jeep w/Milan ATCW
Infantry Company: 18 AMX10P, 4 Milan ATGW, 16 LMG, 18 sqds (2 AMX and 2 sqds in HQ 4AMX, 4 sqds, 4 LMC, and 1 Milan in each of 4 plts)
Tank Company: 17 AMX30 (1 in HQ 4 each in 4 plts)
AT Section: 2 VAB w/HOT ATGW
This is a really cut and dried list! It runs $60.50 to purchase the whole thing. Using CinC, the cost drops to $57.25 (pre-discount). Using ROS, the cost drops to $47.75. Actually, the French list is not at all cut and dried -- CinC and ROS make a number of interesting (unusual) armored cars and recon vehicles whose organizations would fill an article by themselves; infantry and tank platoon strengths vary; numerous antitank weapons are used. The above list is simply a basic force with which to start gaming!
FRENCH 1:5 1987 DIVISIONAL BATTLEGROUP
HQ Element: 1 AMXIOP, 1 plt, 1 AMX30B2
Armored Regiment: 17 AMX30B2, 5 AMX10P, 4 pits (4 AMX30B2s in each of 4 Tank cos 4AMX10P and 4 plts in Infantry co, 1 AMX10P and 1 AMX30B2 in HQ)
Mechanized Regiment: 4 AMX30B2, 9 AMX10P, 8 plts, 1 VAB/VTT, 1 120mm Mtr (1 AMX10P in HQ, 1 VAB/VTT and 1 120mm Mtr in Mtr bty, 4 AMX30B2 in Tank co, 4 plt and 4 AMX10P in each of two Mech cos)
Artillery Regiment (-): 1 AMX30 DC A, 2 AMX30 GCT
Recce Company: 3 jeep w/HMG, 1 jeep w/Milan ATGW
AT Company: 2 VAB/HOT ATGW
Engineer Company: 1 AMX30 AVLB, 1 VAB VTT, 1 plt
This Battlegroup contains about half the assets of an Armored Division, and should be manageable by one player. The list runs to approximately $69.75. If CinC were substituted, the cost would (pre-discount) fall to $65.75. The use of ROS models would result in a cost of $53.75.
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