Newbie Question

[Dog Soldier]

I think VST is the best trade of real supply issues versus time needed for housekeeping. With out VST weird things happen. Units cross over rivers behind enemy lines by "little rubber boats" and as long as there is a board edge free of enemy ZOC, even leading to the enemy rear, supply is not an issue without VST.

In larger scenarios and games like M41, WW2 organizations had to move along the road network to maintain supply to the forward units. VST simulates the problems with sending a regiment on a wide left hook through the swamps or forests.

Check the hard attack value (HA) of the infantry. My guess is it is something like 6/0. The zero means that the effective range of the AT weapons is inside the unit's own hex. The HA value will not be used to attack tanks unless the Russian tanks assault you or you assault them. I assume you did not turn on the alt assault optional rule. In M41, it is still early in the war. The scale is 1,000 meters per hex. The fighting is not considered to be across the adjacent hex sides, but instead over the area of the two hexes.

Dog Soldier