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Unit IDs: How I distinguish my Portuguese Colonial War units
Posted 11 July 2010 3:49 p.m
I'm still debating what rules to use for the Portuguese Colonial War but I am likely to start with something from Two Hour Wargames or Two Page Skirmish Rules. Both of which use individual based figures with individual characteristics. Because of that I have uniquely identified each figure with a label similar to those I use for Crossfire Unit IDs.
Figure C2 where
C=Cazadore in Camo Cap and
1=Rifleman 1.
The ID has two alpha-numeric characters. The first is a letter identifying the unit then a letter or digit to identify the stand / figure within the unit. For example "YL" is the section leader ("L") in the Special Group (GE) who have yellow berets ("Y").
| Code | Unit | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | Rifleman | |
| A | Artillery | Assistant for MG or RPG |
| B | Commandos with Brown berets | Bazooka gunner |
| C | Cazadores with Camo cap | |
| D | ||
| E | Engineer | |
| F | Marines, i.e. Fuzileiros | |
| G | Paratrooper with Green berets | |
| H | ||
| I | Insurgents | |
| J | Insurgents | |
| K | Insurgents | |
| L | Section Leader | |
| M | Militia | |
| N | Light Machine Gunner | |
| P | ||
| O | ||
| Q | ||
| R | RPG gunner | |
| S | ||
| T | ||
| U | ||
| V | ||
| W | ||
| X | ||
| Y | GE and GEP with yellow berets | |
| Z |