Charles22
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Here's another tip that might be a gem. You could get 2-man recon squads and load them onto the vehicle. Are there any armored cars that allow loading? I don't remember. In any case, there are usually some fairly viable alternatives. In the Gerry OOBs, one could use those PZ1Bs or PZIICs and load them with recon (they definitely allow laoding) and these tanks have recon capabilities too. They're probably more expensive than the armored cars, but they're pretty fast and more surviveable. Halftracks are another thing again, but they are open-topped. Having rear-attacking units towing ATGs sounds like a pretty fascinating adventure (just think how awesome it would be to have halftracks towing the 75L48 later in the war!).
My experience has been that while speedy recon type vehicles may cause a little mayhem when used on the rear of the enemy, I rarely see them come out better then inflicting 2 losses to 1 of theirs, which is a pretty high loss factor in your disfavor, though when the factor of the units costs are factored in, the ratio may be closer to 4-to-1, but if you're interested in those units surviving, there's way too many units that easily knock them out (one often has to hope the attacked unit has it's attention elsewhere and has little or no reactive capability).
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