I just completed a substantial battle, and I can't say I'm too happy with the results.
I attacked a 15-unit stack with a 24-unit stack. It was in clear terrain, no forts, and same levels of tech for all units. Morale almost 100% on both sides.
He had 13 inf and 2 light tanks. I had 14 inf, 6 light tanks and 4 ACs.
Since I had a total of 10 AFVs to his 2 - a 5 to 1 advantage - I was expecting a massacre. Instead, here are the combat results:
Round 1: He loses 7 inf, I lose 4 inf and an LT. He has 8 units left, I have 19.
Round 2: He loses 3 inf and 1 LT, I lose 3 inf. He has 4 units left, I have 16.
Round 3: He loses 3 inf, I lose 1 inf. He has 1 LT left, I have 15 units.
Round 4: He loses his LT, I lose nothing.
To summarize, he lost a total of 15 units, I lost 9.
I think this is a pretty poor result given that I had a massive 5:1 advantage in AFV, fighting in ideal AFV terrain. An advantage like that ought to result in a massacre IMO, but instead my units killed only about 50% more units than the enemy did, with his pitiful 2 LTs. I should have got a result like that just from sheer weight of numbers, let alone any AFV advantage.
It makes me wonder - is this just an especially bad result, or are tank units - light tank units at least - underpowered?
I attacked a 15-unit stack with a 24-unit stack. It was in clear terrain, no forts, and same levels of tech for all units. Morale almost 100% on both sides.
He had 13 inf and 2 light tanks. I had 14 inf, 6 light tanks and 4 ACs.
Since I had a total of 10 AFVs to his 2 - a 5 to 1 advantage - I was expecting a massacre. Instead, here are the combat results:
Round 1: He loses 7 inf, I lose 4 inf and an LT. He has 8 units left, I have 19.
Round 2: He loses 3 inf and 1 LT, I lose 3 inf. He has 4 units left, I have 16.
Round 3: He loses 3 inf, I lose 1 inf. He has 1 LT left, I have 15 units.
Round 4: He loses his LT, I lose nothing.
To summarize, he lost a total of 15 units, I lost 9.
I think this is a pretty poor result given that I had a massive 5:1 advantage in AFV, fighting in ideal AFV terrain. An advantage like that ought to result in a massacre IMO, but instead my units killed only about 50% more units than the enemy did, with his pitiful 2 LTs. I should have got a result like that just from sheer weight of numbers, let alone any AFV advantage.
It makes me wonder - is this just an especially bad result, or are tank units - light tank units at least - underpowered?
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