Lets Talk 2 Types of Infantry

I don’t see the need for more than one type of troop, except some low grade infantry type like Volkstrum or 1941 soviet infantry, or partisans

these would be 1-1 units costing 2 and limited builds. basically they are garrison units or last resort units. The problem is we already are getting Mech infantry and airborne infantry, so you don’t need it.

yes exactly!

Each nation could have some unique infantry unit:

Russians: shock troops, partisans or conscripts
UK: commandos
Italy: Mountain troops?
USA: Marines
Germany: Waffen or Volksstrum
Japan: marines or fanatical island defenders

This may be too complicated for AA50, but what if each nation had its own special infantry unit to go along with the regular one?  Here are some examples

Attack  Defense  Move  Cost  Special abilities

Germany – Paratrooper     1         1           1       4      May be dropped by air transport units in combat.

Japan – Marine                1         2          1        4     +1 attack when participating / +1 defense when defending in amphibious assaults

Italy – Moutain Infantry    0         3           0       3      May only be produced in Italy

Soviet Union – Militia        1         1           1       2      May only be produced in Moscow.

Britain – Colonial Militia     1         2           1       4      1 per turn may be produced in Aus, Ind, Egy, Saf, or Eca with no IC present

East U.S. – Paratrooper    1         1           1       4      May be dropped by air transport units in combat.

West U.S. – Marine          1         2           1       4      +1 attack / +1 defense when participating or defending in amphibious assaults

Now I see that you 2 had the same idea.   :-)

my problem with German or Russian shock troops as infantry is that those units had alot of tanks, so why not just represent them with tanks.

For special  infantry they should be able to fall into one of the four catagories i already listed.