AndrewAAGamer’s principles implies that only infantry should be built at first.
Mechanized Infantry
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I have another question; Why aren’t the French and Russian mech infantry, actually mech infantry? Mech infantry is supposed to provide a modicum of protection, otherwise it’s just motorized infantry. If you look at French and Russian mech infantry they look more like a brigade of armed milkmen (which is where i got my name), and has been a running joke within my circles of play. Both France and Russia had real mech infantry during the war, but for some reason they gave us motorized instead. Why is that?
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The French got what was provided for use by the Soviet players as all of the French pieces (excepting the infantry) are Soviet pieces in blue.
As for the Soviets in half-tracks, it’s 1) distinctive (you can tell what it’s supposed to be from across the board) and 2) it’s not the only half-track design used in the game.
In fact in the First Editions of 1940 Europe and Pacific, all of the mechanized infantry units were represented by half-tracks: Germany, Italy, and Japan used German Sd.Kfz-251; France and the Soviet Union used Soviet Zis-42; and everybody else (ANZAC, UK, and USA) used American M3 Half-tracks.
It wasn’t until the Second Editions of the 1940s games that Italians got SPA Dovunque 35 trucks, Japanese got Type 1 Ho-Ha half-tracks, ANZAC got Ram Kangaroo turretless-tanks-turned APCs, and the UK got Priest Kangaroo defanged self-propelled-artillery-turned APCs.
So, why half-tracks for mechanized infantry? Because that was what was used at the time. It wasn’t until after WW2 that armored personnel carriers became a thing.
My 2 IPCs,
-Midnight-Reaper
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@Midnight_Reaper TIL!
The amount of non-A&A military knowledge people have on this forum always astounds me. Thanks for the great comment.
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