Question regarding Mechanized Infantry

I was unable to find a concrete answer in the rules section, hoping for some clarification and possibly to get this kind of play endorsed in your rules as I love to play this way.

In the rules section the following is stated:

Tracked APC and Wheeled APC's are to be combined with a minimum of 6 squad members before being locked and must be named APC, this squad will encompass ALL Armored Pers. Carriers including IFV's

Does this mean Mechanized Infantry squads are prohibited? What is the policy regarding Mechanized Infantry squads who wish to operate an APC or IFV along side their infantry? Does a Mechanized Infantry squad get claim over 1 APC for the duration of the round? Does it matter if a MEC INF squad is made after APC squad while the round start timer is still counting down?

Looking for an official ruling before I try it. Love playing on the =HOG= server, this type of squad is one I would like to lead if permissible.

Thanks,
Bodeswell

Thanks for the quick reply, really appreciate it. Hope to see this kind of gameplay on HOG soon.

I did like the mechanized INF model better but found good success with just finding a good INF squad and working directly with them as an MECH INF squad. The only real hindrance we ran into was a little bit of communication lag from having 2 different squads.

I think in a perfect world I would love to see a MECH INF squad with APCs and a separate IFV squad for IFVs. Again the issue with that goes back to the logistics there only being limited squad slots, and from micromanaging which vehicles are IFVs, which are APCs and then trying to teach a community where 90% of them think that anything with a gun mounted on it is an "APC".

A proper outline for mechanized infantry has not been laid out due to its complexity and how it would most likely cause more trouble than it's worth.

Not only would allocating squads properly be a hassle, but just running a mech-inf squad is pretty challenging for the pubbies.

Beyond that, there hasn't been enough development within the PR community to safely guarantee its place. Just finding people who understand how to make it work is going to be tough.

Until we get a firm grasp on how to implement it, I suggest we keep it as we are at the moment.