Question about equiping Nid-late war US Marine NCOs with pistols

[invisible officer]

That gamy discussions about words.   I can just repeat, officers and NCO are with a unit to lead, not to kill themselves.  Serving a LMG makes their true job impossible.

 

So they should loose any officer / NCO Bonus.

 

And yes, it’s no historical simulation. But based on history.       And real world. You can’t do many things at same time. There are reasons why writing SMS is forbidden in car driving……….

[Master Chief]

Do explain how holding a rifle, pistol, SMG, BAR or LMG would affect the NCO’s “leadership”. But as I said, players can believe what they will, and if they want to blame, blame it on the way the rules or FAQs are written, not on “interpretation”. If they want to complain, submit it to Warlord Games. I for one am waiting to see how Warlord Games will resolve this inconsistency.

[invisible officer]

I wrote LMG, not SMG.  It surely affects the leaders job. A good leader is not just showing his rank signs, he commands.  And for that he needs all his senses to control the fight.

 

Holding that weapon is no problem but serving it is.   A LMG demanded a lot of “love” to work. So both crewman had to focus on that job. No time left to look what the others do. Or what the enemy is doing. Tunnel view syndrome.

 

In German army the leader was allowed to carry a SMG. For self defense in close fighting. But a Unteroffizier that used his as just another Gruppe weapon never got Feldwebel rank. In BA we might ignore that small difference.

 

The junkyards are full with cars from drivers that thought that they could do some things simultane. And car driving is simple compared to control men in a fight.

 

[Master Chief]

Yes and the world is also filled with teams who failed because the leader wouldn’t or couldn’t do a “lower” level task, with the excuse that it is not their role and they have more “important” things to do. Or are you saying it is OK for the NCO to be a loader but not a gunner?

Whatever the case the FAQ is out there until it is amended. But as I said players can ignore it and the inconsistencies raised as “nonsense”, but don’t blame it on the interptetation which must “logically” follow from the way the latest FAQ is written.

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