Ideas for small unit encounters

[Olefin]

Some ideas I had for small unit encounters that a typical player group could handle without them having to have a Bradley or tank along for the ride. I based these on the composition of Soviet units, looking at support units and not the combat units themselves.

for instance

Medical aid station for a Motorized Rifle Battalion (MRB) - you are looking at four men, one truck/ambulance, one trailer and one radio

Repair Workshop for a MRB - seven man, one repair truck/van, one trailer

A Supply Platoon for a MRB - nineteen men, one officer, with 8 trucks, 2 tanker trucks, one field kitchen, several trailers (if at full strength, a summer 2000 formation might be half that size), small arms only

A Signal Platoon for a MRB - thirteen men, one officer, 2 BTR's, 2 trucks (at full strength, most likely smaller for a summer 2000 formation), armed with small arms only

all the kind of encounters that a small group of men cut off and on the run are well placed to be able to encounter and survive even if all they rolled is a truck or Hummer or even no vehicles and are on foot

definitely not as hazardous as running into an infantry formation that has BTR's, BMP's or tanks and the kind of encounter a group that is just learning the game could probably survive pretty well