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Guard units were meant to represent elite divisions of any kind - we just needed a catch-all name for them. In the British Army, for example, the six Regular Army divisions that made up the original BEF would be Guards; later on, the Canadians and ANZACs would be too. For France, the Coloniale divisions were the Guards.
What distinguishes these units was that they had hand-picked men, who would often be volunteers rather than conscripts, with high morale and excellent motivation.
In other words, in game terms organisation and morale should be much higher than standard INF. Attack and defence strength wouldn't be that different, since Guards units generally had the same level of equipment as normal infantry divisions. You might be justified in giving them an extra point or two. Guards units were frequently used as shocktroops, at the spearhead of a major offensive, so a higher attack strength would be more important than defence.
Plus, unless the tech files have been changed since I last saw them, the Imperial German Stormtrooper divisions of Opreation Michael were classed as 1917 Guard Infantry, and they should definitely have high attack value.
Guard units were meant to represent elite divisions of any kind - we just needed a catch-all name for them. In the British Army, for example, the six Regular Army divisions that made up the original BEF would be Guards; later on, the Canadians and ANZACs would be too. For France, the Coloniale divisions were the Guards.
What distinguishes these units was that they had hand-picked men, who would often be volunteers rather than conscripts, with high morale and excellent motivation.
In other words, in game terms organisation and morale should be much higher than standard INF. Attack and defence strength wouldn't be that different, since Guards units generally had the same level of equipment as normal infantry divisions. You might be justified in giving them an extra point or two. Guards units were frequently used as shocktroops, at the spearhead of a major offensive, so a higher attack strength would be more important than defence.
Plus, unless the tech files have been changed since I last saw them, the Imperial German Stormtrooper divisions of Opreation Michael were classed as 1917 Guard Infantry, and they should definitely have high attack value.