Combat - what am I doing wrong?

[podcat]

Someone suggested Semper Fi is the solution. To be honest, at the moment I can see everyone fights to 0 organisation and probably that is the main reason of long lasting battles. Is there Mac version?

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[GAGA Extrem]

I am curious: What is your division setup?

Remember that each province can only provide a certain frontage for your troops: 10 base + 5 for each other province you attack from. So even if you bring 5 panzer divisions to the front, they will not be able to fight simultaneously unless you attack from multiple directions.

And remember, tanks have a frontage of 2 per brigade before you research spearhead - that means a single ARM-ARM-MOT division will have a basic frontage of 5 without spearhead and 3 with spearhead - quite a difference!

Same goes for your infantry: Infantry has a frontage of 1, while all support brigades (ART, SP-ART, ENG, etc.) have a frontage of 0. That means a setup like INF-INF-INF has a frontage of 3, while INF-INF-ART-ART has a frontage of 2. So use support brigades in your division once you can cover the whole frontline. As germany I recommend INF-INF-ART-ART division to allow schwerpunkt offensives.

 

[Darkrenown]

Armor units get a bonus when it comes to inflicting additional organization losses on the enemy. At 49% softness (or is it 50% I forget) you now get five dice rolls instead of three whne it comes to lowering organization. This means troops break faster. So use the armor as the tip of the spear and break deep into the rear. Then who cares how long it takes for the infantry to clear out the pockets.

IIRC the cut off is 50%, a div 50% hard or more does increased org damage vs a unit less than 50% hard.