Eastern Front book - this surprised me.

[korvessa]

I kind of goofed this up - Looks like my old eyes got a couple of columns confused.
Post below has been edited

When it comes to WWII - both study and gaming - I have two passions: American Airborne and Finland in WWII
I recently purchased the PDF version of Eastern Front.
While I was skimming through the Finnish list, I was quite surprised by the treatment of the Finnish Jaegars (Jääkärit to the cool kids - LOL).

The list calls them "Mountain Troops" but as Finland doesn't really have any mountains, the Jääkärit were really elite light infantry.
They were the best units in the Finnish army. Given that, I am wondering why, in terms of "Individual Rep" they are actually worse than standard Finnish line infantry:

Rep	Infantry	Jääkärit
Rep 3	DR1	DR1-2
Rep 4	DR2-4	DR3-4
Rep 5	DR5-6	DR5
Rep 6		DR6

I originally got the Jääkärit and cavalry columns mixed up in my tiny brain. It was good to see that the Jääkärit can have a Rep 6.
But I am still puzzled why the Jääkärit would have such a high probability of getting a DR3 leader, when compared to the other Finnish units

I am curious, anybody know why that was done?

[easyeight]

Just an author interpretation that early in the conflict these troops were drawn from a range of woodsmen, trappers and hunters, which is why they can be both lower and higher rep, including Rep 6 which very few units get. But if you feel that's wrong, then try this:

Rep  Jääkärit

Rep 3    -
Rep 4 DR1-3

Rep 5 DR4-5  
Rep 6 DR 6

Cheers!
Btw, if you ever want to collaborate on a Winter War and Continuation War book, let me know!

[korvessa]

Aug 5, 2024 18:39:32 GMT easyeight said:

Cheers!
Btw, if you ever want to collaborate on a Winter War and Continuation War book, let me know!

That would be awesome.
I have read what I could on the subject (a dozen or so) and I have a kind of generic book of scenarios on the Winter War.
They are mostly company or battalion level. I was planning on trying to see if I cold adapt them to this game.
As well as a few ideas of my own.

I am retired, so time isn't an issue - LOL