Ragnar
[8.2] of the Tank rules refer to the "command value" of the GHQ-stand. It should be assigned as part of the scenario. But the W´47 scenarios don´t show me any command value...??? What happens, when my force doesn´t have a GHQ-stand?
The command value is a number that I think you give to your commander depending on their battle experience or level of training. An Example would be Wittman or Meyer. Both were excellent commanders and could have a +2 to their command value. All that does is help out with the number of orders issued per turn.
Now when your force does not have a GHQ, each stand, I think, can move or shoot, but must pass a cohesion roll. There are modifiers for that too, which increases the chances of that unit not making the roll. Basically, if you have a GHQ stand, and you roll for command orders, you can use those orders to move your units around.
Example: British infantry battalion command stand has a +1 CV. Unit cohesion is 16. Rolling 2d6 (say the roll is 7) + 1 for CV = 8. On the Command Efficiency table the GHQ stand can issue 2 orders per turn. It issues the orders for two companies to move forward. 3rd and 4th companies can either attempt to roll to move themselves or stay put. If they choose to roll, they must roll for cohesion with a +3 modifier as they are moving without orders.
That help?
Number two:
What does the [R] in the W´47 TO&Es stand for? I noticed that in the "normal" WWII TO&Es this [R] does not appear...
The [R] stands for Recon. It can be an infantry stand, jeep, recon tank, motorcycle.
And the third one (for today... Wink )
May I designate any stand in my force as GHQ? I saw in the TO&Es, that GHQs are only listed on the Battalion-level or above... So are GHQs only available on that levels? What about platoons - don´t they have any kind of HQ?
What I did was I made a separate stands for GHQ and HQ and labeled them as such. For the labels, I just used Microsoft Excel and put in GHQ, 1 HQ, 2 HQ, 1 Coy, 2 Coy...depending on how many battalions there were and companies too.
How I represented my GHQ was I had 2 officers on a round stand. For HQ I used 1 officer, 1 rifleman or radio man if that option was available.
With the MATG rules, they are based on 1 stand = 30 men, 3 tanks etc etc, so the need for HQ stands at the platoon level are not necessary and because of the scale of the game, when you have a battalion of infantry or tanks, you still need a battalion commander. You can play at this level with just that commander, but a GHQ would be required if you choose to play with 2 battalions and support elements.
Now, at the platoon level like GHQ's 1:1 squad level, then I think each platoon would need a platoon leader as now you have 3 squads which now makes a platoon. So then you would need a platoon command stand. That's where having multiple HQ stands comes in handy.
Hope that helps
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