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| In article <37E3E697.B91FCC2B@p....msu.edu>, Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> writes (...) And how big would you be thinkin' a platoon is? (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) I've got meeself five and twenty Imperial soldiers with twenty three Cap'n's 'n one admiral... would that be qualifyin' for a platoon? Dave Arrr Eaton (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| In article <FIGv03.F9y@lugnet.com>, David Eaton <wpieaton@wpi.edu> writes (...) I work in an organisation like that :-) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) And how big would you be a-thinkin' a platoon be? Remember, no conjugating! :-) How the heck big is a platoon of Imperial Guards? Red or blue? I think 3 modern squads make a platoon, but 1600-1800? Bruce (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| In article <FIH4ot.A6A@lugnet.com>, Bruce Schlickbernd <corsair@schlickbernd.org> writes (...) Oh arr, oi be fergettin :-) (...) Sorry, but I don't even know how big a squad is. On the basis that everything Lego is a scaled down version of reality (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) 10-12 more or less, kinda-sorta, depending on who's army you are talking about. (...) I'd probably make it 12 (three squads of four, officer in each squad, with one officer being the overall platoon leader). I don't know if that should be two (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) I envy you horribly. I'm lucky enough to have four bluecoats and twelve redcoats...sigh. On the other hand, I use them to staff WWI-era warships' marine detachments, so they become largely insignificant for combat anyhow. But hoo-whee, if you (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) That's not a platoon. That's an unholy amount of Imperials destined for world domination! Remember that Legoland is scaled down from reality. A crew of a large ship in Lego would be 8 or 9 instead of 1600-1800 in real life. Heck, I only own 12 (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Blink - talk about delayed reaction. (9 month hesitiation) That's 1600-1800 AD, as in year, not amount. In the military, 3 squads (vaguely around 10-12 men depending) make a platoon, 3 platoons make a company, and on up the scale. But those (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Modern US Light Infantry platoons are comprised of 3-4 squads of 9 men each (1 squad leader, 2 teams of 4 men each), so that makes platoons have either 29 or 38 men (includes a platoon sergeant and a lieutenant). Modern companies are comprised (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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