ORIGINAL: Quixote
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
Question about USMC 43 Squads...
I notice that I'm beginning to get them into my pools, as of 12/42. However, none of my USMC regiments have a scheduled TOE upgrade if I click "Show soft" in the LCU List screen - it shows a "-" for that column, and looking at the TOE of the units shows that USMC 42 Squads are in the TOE at present. Do I need to combine the USMC units into USMC Divisions in order to get the upgraded squads in my TOE? That would be a shame, as I like the regiment-sized invasions for targets such as Maloelap, Jaluit, etc... and I'd like to move on those once I have Essexes, etc.
You don't need to combine units to get the upgrade. I upgraded a regiment-sized unit in San Fran to USMC 43 squads very recently (within the last two or three weeks) with no problems.
Hrm, that's good to know. I'll check it out as I get more squads in the pools. Thus far, I've used 218 squads (base forces and the like, I assume), with 44 in the pools - despite a build rate of 54 and only 23 days of availability. Perhaps the 218 have occurred from upgrades to base forces.
Maybe it's that the standard "USMC Rife Squad" builds through 12/42? I don't know. All of my USMC regiments look like this:
I haven't turned them to upgrade allowed because the LCU List screen doesn't indicate to me that the TOE is due to be upgraded.
Also noticed that the 1942 Combat Engineers just began arriving in pools, with the same situation as the USMC 43 squads. Do they auto-convert to the new device like rifle squads do as I upgrade units?