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US unit designation - 12/21/2021 9:16:18 PM

TomBombadil711

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In the Bastogne scenario there is, for example, a unit in hex 11,30 Bercheux designated II/110th Infantry Battalion.

Should not this be II. Battalion/110th Infantry Regiment?

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RE: US unit designation - 12/21/2021 10:58:53 PM

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Glad to see you enjoying this excellent game, Tom. Very best wishes to you - Mike.

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RE: US unit designation - 12/22/2021 3:22:56 PM

pz501

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Actually the entire designation is wrong.

The U.S. Army has never used Roman numerals or "." in it's unit designations or abbreviations.

The unit in question should look like this: 2nd Bn/110th Infantry. Even 2nd Battalion/110th Infantry would work. Or it could be abbreviated as: 2/110 Infantry, or even 2-110 INF.

There is also a difference between the use of a "/" or "-" in unit designations, but that's probably going too far for this discussion.

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RE: US unit designation - 12/22/2021 5:23:06 PM

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Thanks for reporting, fixed next upcoming scenario version !

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RE: US unit designation - 12/22/2021 5:33:36 PM

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Nikdav, is there anyway to number battalions with in a regiment? Say 1/110th, 2/110, 3/110. Someway to differentiate between battalions of a regiment?

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RE: US unit designation - 12/22/2021 6:08:00 PM

nikdav

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Sadly no, the regiment is a multi unit, so is a single unit divided in sub-units.
With the editor you could made every single battalion but so you must deploy a numbers of units x4 and all names must be fixed manually, and perhaps you need also a regiment HQ.
In little scenarios is possible but in the campaign is a very long work !

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RE: US unit designation - 12/22/2021 6:10:09 PM

Jagger2002

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Ok thanks, I was wondering about that.

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RE: US unit designation - 12/22/2021 7:05:58 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: nikdav

Sadly no, the regiment is a multi unit, so is a single unit divided in sub-units.
With the editor you could made every single battalion but so you must deploy a numbers of units x4 and all names must be fixed manually, and perhaps you need also a regiment HQ.
In little scenarios is possible but in the campaign is a very long work !

Perhaps you should call it Task Force II (or TF Able or TF Baker or ...) of the 110th IR. The USA was fond of task forces!

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