Force Sliders
Posted: 2009-04-07 00:38:51
Hi all.
I am working on a scenario for the Nevada theater, but this would be applicable to any theater.
My question, specifically, is what effect the force sliders have on the number of units within Batallions in Falcon.
The reason I ask this has to do with research I'm doing into NATO vs. Warsaw Pact OOB. Most of the information I have, and have been able to find, breaks down NATO units to the Batallion level. Warsaw Pact/Soviet units are broken down to the Regiment level.
I haven't been able to determine if this is doctrine (Soviet subordinate units were simply bigger than their NATO counterparts), or whether the information WRT Soviet OOBs below the Regiment/Brigade level just isn't available.
This is important for creating a Soviet OOB. If the smallest unit in Soviet OOBs is the Regiment (which appears to be about 3 times bigger than a NATO Batallion), then I can create the Soviet units as Falcon 4 "Batallions", however the number of tanks or BMPs or whatever won't be large enough.
This is where the sliders come in. From what I understand, moving the sliders to favor one side or the other increases/decreases the number of planes/vehicle at the Batallion level. But I have no idea how accurate this is, nor do I know how much each notch of slider impacts the numbers.
So, I am soliciting any information you have on this, with the idea that a campaign could be created from scratch that expects the player to alter the sliders appropriately when starting the campaign for play.
Thanks,
Toonces
I am working on a scenario for the Nevada theater, but this would be applicable to any theater.
My question, specifically, is what effect the force sliders have on the number of units within Batallions in Falcon.
The reason I ask this has to do with research I'm doing into NATO vs. Warsaw Pact OOB. Most of the information I have, and have been able to find, breaks down NATO units to the Batallion level. Warsaw Pact/Soviet units are broken down to the Regiment level.
I haven't been able to determine if this is doctrine (Soviet subordinate units were simply bigger than their NATO counterparts), or whether the information WRT Soviet OOBs below the Regiment/Brigade level just isn't available.
This is important for creating a Soviet OOB. If the smallest unit in Soviet OOBs is the Regiment (which appears to be about 3 times bigger than a NATO Batallion), then I can create the Soviet units as Falcon 4 "Batallions", however the number of tanks or BMPs or whatever won't be large enough.
This is where the sliders come in. From what I understand, moving the sliders to favor one side or the other increases/decreases the number of planes/vehicle at the Batallion level. But I have no idea how accurate this is, nor do I know how much each notch of slider impacts the numbers.
So, I am soliciting any information you have on this, with the idea that a campaign could be created from scratch that expects the player to alter the sliders appropriately when starting the campaign for play.
Thanks,
Toonces