Gansters was so fun, but nearly impossible! I could never get enough mobsters recruited to attack the rivals gangs. I might have to get this game out and play it again.
I'd always have different capos in charge of certain things. Intimidation, Shooting, and always a "bomb squad" made up of a few good bombers and some scrubs. The intimidation crew goes and gets more territory which gives you more power which makes recruiting easier.
I'd send in a bomb squad somewhere and have the shooters hang around to kill the people that try to help