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As some of you might have seen my other thread on converted IG Rough Riders.

Ok so i was thinking wow nice i found extra bits left over to convert ( without thinking how the *extra came to be )
and used it on conversion.

So then today i opened up more old boxes ( infantry part of my IF army ) then i suddenly FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ed.
i realized the bits i used up WERENT extras at all, I didnt finish assembling my weapon teams!!!!

So i sat down counting, lining up my assembled squads trying to figure out what they were supposed to be, i was confused with the codex.
So here are the questions i have.

1) HQ: Command Platoon 0-5 Heavy weapon Squads . 0-2 anti tank , 02-heavy support , 0-2 mortar squad.
Squad: consist of 6 guard into 3 teams.
So from what i read , does that mean: it can be 18 hvy weapon teams maxed? or is it only 15? since its 0-5? as stated earlier?

2) removed Question #2, just realized i didnt read the line above of it only cosist 1 officer and 4 guard.


Im terribly frustrated from all this so im either really dumb or terribly confused. ( or both ) *edit or blind.

A command platoon can have up to 5 support squads. The support squads can be sentinel squads, mortar squads, special weapon squads, anti tank squads, or fire support squads.
You can have up to 5 squads of 3 weapon teams as part of the command platoon.

A command squad only ever has 4 guardsmen in it. You can take two of them and make a heavy weapon team. Any guardsman that is not in a heavy weapon crew can have a special weapon.

It is explained pretty clearly in the unit entry.

I thinks its clear.

0-5 support squads TOTAL

each has its own limits

0-2 fire support
0-2 anti tank
0-2 mortar
0-1 sentinel
0-2 spec. wpn

so you CANNOT have 3 LC squads.
but you can have 2 LC and 2 HB and 1 MOrtar

As smart_alex has already stated, the 0-5 represents the minimum and maximum numbers of support squads that you are allowed to take for a command platoon. However of those 5 support squads, only 0-2 can be anti-tank squads (which are composed of 6 guardsmen carrying 3 lascannons/missile launchers) and only 0-2 can be fire support squads (which are also composed of 6 guardsmen although carrying 3 autocannons/heavy bolters).