Ranks Guide
This is a colllection of all the ranks represented in Atomic's
Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far Game. Some of these insignias are very rare in
the game. Since I found this rather intriguing I set out to collect them all and
show them to everybody interested. A little information on the chart is given
below.
|
|
GB
|
POL
|
USA
|
|
|
GER
|
GER
|
GER
|
CC2 Â rank-ID #Â |
|
Army,   Airborne  |
  Airborne  |
Army,   Airborne  |
|
|
 Wehrmacht |
  Luftwaffe  |
|
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
In the Close Combat 2 game engine the soldiers' ranks are identified with
numbers from 0 through 9. The highest four (#9 - 6) are generally officer -
grade ranks, the middle ranks are usually non-commissioned officer (NCO) ones,
the lower numbers are enlisted men's ranks. Note that the lowest rank #0
(sometimes also rank #1) in many services is only a blank black field. Soldiers
can be promoted when showing good performance (kills, esp. tank kills by
infantry, acts of bravery, medals) over a series of battles. Promotion generally
occurs rather seldom, though. Also, a soldier cannot be promoted
indefinitely:
A gap between ranks  means that the next higher rank cannot be achieved through
promotion in CC2
Example: An american Private  (#1) can -in theory- be promoted all the way up to Staff
Sergeant  (#4), but no further.
Therefore, a polish soldier 'born' with the rank of  (#5) can never be anything else during his entire (short)
life in CC2.
|