Defense vs Offense

[CptCav]

Dog Soldier,

I find it interesting that in military doctrine you will find the comment that in order to be able to mount an offensive a minimum three-to-one force ratio is necessary. Yet, in these games, if you have a three-to-one force ratio you are pretty much guaranteed an overrun. In fact, if you have a one-and-a-half-to-one force ratio, you will probably win. So, you are correct as far as these games are concern, "the best defense is an offense" because the game system is designed that way.

What Andrew is pointing out is that units in a defensive position benefit from more than just protection and the game system ignores this fact. As I had mentioned in earlier posts the process to prepare defensive positions include steps that increase the effectiveness of a unit's fires, but the game does not simulate this.

Regards,
CptCav