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CONVENTIONAL INFANTRY FORMATIONS (BY TECH BASE) TABLE
Force Size (Troopers per Squad / Squads per Platoon)
Tech Base (Affi liation) Foot Motorized Jump Mech: Hover Mech: Wheeled Mech: Tracked
Clan (All)
Inner Sphere
5 / 5 5 / 5 5 / 4 5 / 4 5 / 4 5 / 4
Generic / Mercenary 7 / 4 7 / 4 7 / 3 5 / 4 6 / 4 7 / 4
Capellan Confederation 7 / 4 7 / 4 7 / 3 5 / 4 6 / 4 7 / 4
Draconis Combine 7 / 4 7 / 4 7 / 3 5 / 4 6 / 4 7 / 4
Federated Suns 7 / 4 7 / 4 7 / 3 5 / 4 6 / 4 7 / 4
Free Rasalhague Republic 7 / 4 7 / 4 7 / 3 5 / 4 6 / 4 7 / 4
Free Worlds League 7 / 4 7 / 4 7 / 3 5 / 4 6 / 4 7 / 4
Lyran Alliance 7 / 4 7 / 4 7 / 3 5 / 4 6 / 4 7 / 4
ComStar / Word of Blake 6 / 6** 6 / 6** 6 / 5 5 / 4 6 / 4 6 / 4
Periphery (Major)* 7 / 4 7 / 4 7 / 3 5 / 4 6 / 4 7 / 4
Marian Hegemony 10 / 10** 10 / 10** 10 / 5** 5 / 4 5 / 4 5 / 4
Taurian Concordat 10 / 3 10 / 3 10 / 3 5 / 4 5 / 4 5 / 4
Calderon Protectorate 10 / 3 10 / 3 10 / 3 5 / 4 5 / 4 5 / 4
*Includes Circinus Federation, Magistracy of Canopus, Niops Association, Outworlds Alliance, Nueva Castile, Hanseatic League and Pirates
**Oversized Platoons such as these must be divided as evenly as possible and treated as multiple sub-platoons during game play.
Darrell picks a Generic Inner Sphere platoon affi liation,
so his motorized infantry will use Inner Sphere
technology. He fi nds that the platoon will contain 4
squads of 7 troops each, for a total of 28 troopers per
platoon (7 troops per squad x 4 squads per platoon
= 28). Because the number of troops is less than the
platoon maximum of 30 given in the Motive Types
Table, Darrell need not divide these troops into subplatoons,
and will need only one line on the Infantry
Record Sheet after blacking out troopers 30 and 29 on
that line.
Eberhard chooses an Inner Sphere Technology Base
as well for his foot infantry platoon, but picks a Marian
Hegemony formation style. He fi nds from the Conventional
Infantry Formations Table that his platoon will
consist of 10 squads of 10 troops each, yielding a total
of 100 troopers in the platoon (10 troops per squad x
10 squads = 100). Because the platoon size exceeds the
maximum of 30 listed on the Motive Types Table, Eberhard
needs to subdivide his unit as evenly as possible
into sub-platoons of 30 or less. He soon fi nds that the
most even division breaks his platoon into 4 sub-platoons
of 25 troopers each. Eberhard will use four lines
on the record sheet, each with Troopers 26 through 30
blacked out.
Glenn decides his Mechanized Hover Infantry Platoon
will use an Inner Sphere Tech Base. Regardless
of the affi liation chosen, he fi nds that the platoon will
always number 4 squads of 5 troops each (for a total of
20 troopers). He blacks out Troopers 21 through 30 on
a single line of his Infantry Record Sheet.
Jason chooses a Clan Technology Base for his
Tracked conventional infantry, and thus limits his
soldiers to Clan technology. His mechanized platoon
(Point) numbers 25 troopers; the Formations Table
indicates it will be composed of 4 squads of 5 troops
each. Jason also blacks out Troopers 26 through 30 for
his Clan platoon’s line on the Infantry Record Sheet.
Laser Rifl e Platoon, Third Crucis Lancers (House Davion)
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INTRODUCTION
CONSTRUCTION
BASICS
BATTLEMECH
CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRIALMECH
CONSTRUCTION
PROTOMECH
CONSTRUCTION
COMBAT VEHICLE
CONSTRUCTION
SUPPORT VEHICLE
CONSTRUCTION
CONV. INFANTRY
CONSTRUCTION
BATTLE ARMOR
CONSTRUCTION
AEROSPACE UNIT
CONSTRUCTION
WEAPONS AND
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
INFANTRY WEAPONS
AND EQUIPMENT
COSTS AND
AVAILABILITY
BATTLE VALUE
INDEX
RECORD SHEETS
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