Recon and a Modest proposal...

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Cjsiam,

       I wish I had thought of this.  I am an Infantry Officer by profession.  I have written up thoughts on creating mules (pack trains) for mountainous terrain, and of pack horses with a higher movement rate (4 vs 3) for the Cavalry MGs.   But I never considered something like this.
       What you wrote makes perfect sense.  Reconnaissance elements in modern armies operate in a very decentralized manner. This requires specially trained leadership, and an updated communications array to extend range.  I would add only one thing to what for now unfortunately a house rule.  You are essentially doubling the number of counters and flipping them over (unless you make two single sided section counters).  Typically the morale of a reduced strength unit is lower than a full strength.  You would just need to specify that recon units that did this maintain their morale at the higher level unless, or until one element is destroyed.  Or you will need to make sure that the morale of recon units is different from other units in the scenario and basically remains the same even if reduced by a step.

Mike