Galka
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Joined: 4/30/2000 From: Alberta, Canada Status: offline
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Originally posted by pbear:
Yes but by 1943 (according to my source Almark Pub. Panzer Grenadiers) the 14th Company of a PzGrd Regiment contained an Engineering Company with 12 LMG's and Eighteen (18) Flamethrowers.
Yep, that sounds about right.
The problem still remains with the Pioneer platoon, not enough space in the formation for 11 units. So it looks like the only solution is two different engineer squads, one with a FT and one without. And assign one of the FT engineers to each platoon.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the point. If the FT teams were added on the tail end of a company selection couldn't they have their own category.
There are two problems here. 1. Engineers have no Panzerbuche for the early part of the war, then 2. The amount of FT available to German troops rose steadily during the war.
Seems like an easy choice for a company selection. Choose an amount of Panzerbuche and later, FT teams.
The teams are good for several reasons stated in earlier posts, such as they are harder to spot, but are easy to kill.
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