N'44:Scenario #20: Proving them Wrong-Error?

[Volcano Man]

Silly? Sure it is if you have no idea how the system calculates losses and if you think that the rating of a four vehicle unit has any relevance on a standard company or battalion sized unit especially since he cannot be combined with any other unit in his battalion. The result is you have a weak Tiger platoon that is basically worthless.

First off all, you must consider how the system calculates loses and then see that a four vehicle platoon is already at a severe disadvantage when trying to replicate any historical result that Wittman accomplished in that scenario (because of how the combined hard attack and defense strengths are compared). As a matter of fact, I challenge you to repeat it with the standard hard attack rating and get anywhere close to the historical result.

The high rating given to Wittman was a calculation from experimentation on reproducing historical results. This is something in which small units and an individual's exceptional skill cannot be represented properly in the series unless it is done. I did not choose to put Wittman in there as a unit. It was already in the OOB therefore I took action to make it historical.

The only way around it if Wittman had some kind of extended scale quality rating "A+++" or something like what is in the Napoleonic series. But since "A" is the highest then you must boost his ratings by several factors to get any effect. And this is even more complicated since Wittman will naturally loose one or two tanks from his platoon from breakdown and lucky combat results.

Anyway, in the ALT scenario I am happy with the result. Wittman will historically show up make a lot of trouble and then be knocked out of action when the allies concentrate on him. Any other result would warrant Wittman just being part of the rest of his battalion and not a specific platoon. But that is not how the designer made it.