Unit Organization and Nomenclature

[ainamacil]

So I was having a debate with a friend about this the other day (though it involved both M2:TW and the American Civil War, for context), and thought I might see what other Medieval players have to say about it.

When you refer to units, what do you call them?

To clarify:

I generally call one unit of troops a company. Three to four units are a battalion, two or more battalions are a division. A full stack is a corps, and three or more stacks are an army. But these are only my terms and specifications, based partly on the unit organization of the American Civil War.

I was just wondering if anybody else views their units in a breakdown like this, and what terminology/sizes you use. Of course, it's very possible that this is already established within the community, in which case I'll look like an idiot.

Wouldn't be the first time.

[TeutonicKnight]

To me it's all an army. I guess I do think of the units in terms of companies, but I tend to look at it as a bulk item. For example, my spears are just "my spears", not "nine companies of spears".

I'll try thinking of it like that tonight though. Wonder if it'll change anything.

[Midnight]

Unit. Army.

Perhaps multiple artillery pieces would be a 'Battery'.

It's simple, but it works.

Then again, I'm only loosely part of the community.

[Kadagar_AV]

what midnight said:)

[Gorm]

It is quite variable and it depends on the nationality of the army. Try this article here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batallion

[ainamacil]

Thanks for the link, Gorm, but I've done the reading.

I was mainly looking to see if anybody else was as big a nerd about their units as I was, really.

[Tiberius maximus]

to me a full stack is an army, a half stack of gold or silver chevron troops is a corps, the rest are divisions, simple and easy