"Balkan war squads" Topic

Dear all, 

I finally took the plunge and bought some Greeks and Turks fromTiger, witht the ideas of expanding them and also go with Bulgarians etc. 

I was thinking either pure skirmish (i.e. figures moving individually) with Fivecore, or more squad-oriented gaming such as Mud & Blood for TFL. This would really be my first choice, but doesn't sound too good if the squads you need to manouver with are 15 rifle-armed guys only, no specialists, no fireteams etc..).

 Can anybody points me toward a good source for Balkan wars armies platoon and squad level tactics, so I can assess which way to go? Which approach sounds more interesting and doable?
Thanks and best valerio

The Balkan Wars is not going to give you what you want then. The Serb's had one machine gun per battalion, while other nationalities had somewhere between a MG platoon or company at the battalion level.

I think the Balkan region offers a lot of skirmish opportunities but, at the scale you are pondering, it is a rifleman's war.

I doubt if squad tactics existed at this time. I would think the smallest units would be platoons/companies.

TMP link to Bloody Big Balkans Battles: TMP link
As the name suggest the Balkans Wars (1912-13) was not a skirmish arena, it was a time for ponderous moving armies with rifles, breech loading artillery and very hard terrain. But still a very good period to play, good luck and enjoy the period.