Just playing a couple of scenarios from OST Vol II recently got me looking at the collective counter mix for the base game and its 3 expansions, (yes, I know, too much time on my hands).
I find the the US forces can call on the following;
4 x LMG19
2 x HMG .50 cal
3 x MMG .30 cal
9 x BAR.
On the other hand, the Germans have in their armoury:
1 x HMG34
8 x LMG42
I thought this was abit odd given how many LMG's you would expect the Germans to be able to call on, so I posed the question on BGG and did get a reply from Designer, Shayne Logan, to the effect that they only included in the counter mix what was required for the scenario's in the games.
Fair enough so why, I wondered, do we get;
18 Sherman's ( of different flavours)
22 Rifle squads
44 Airborne Squads
and for the Germans;
3 Jagd Tigers (out of only 80-odd ever produced)
4 Tiger II's but only 2 Tigers I's
12 Panthers (almost a full company!)
11 Pz IV H (ditto)
26 rifle squads plus another 12 '2nd line' squads
28 SS rifle squads.
“O Lord God, let me not be disgraced in my old days.”
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'
