Combat on the Russian Front

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I think the most CM relevant thing in all CM battle recreations on the eastern front is to remember that most german formations would be best represented as units that were weakened and at only 70% full staff. I know most will cry foul but the germans really were bled white from 43 on and were suffering heavily even before that, with few exceptions and most of those are propaganda. The Russians suffered suffered heavily which is why the troops are treated as a level less experienced than they were on paper. but people miss construe that in designing scenarios and include fresh troops as conscript rather than green, forgetting that the game already takes the russian inexperience into account.

I recently played a scenario called "the Seam" and while the troops were conscript, I suspect that by the soviet army standards they were actually green if not better. to put troops that unskilled against veteren troops even romanian and italian, is mistake even the soviet command wouldn't make. historically I believe the romanians and italians were routed but in the scenario there is little possibility of that happenning. especially when the germans get a full tiger platoon as reinforcements...