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[Tanker]

Here's one for you.

The Reds have the Human Wave attack - i've used it on a very few occasions to good effect. Then there is the Assault command, which got me shot to shreds once or twice during a two player.

The manual says on page 75-6

Quote:
Advance - tactical move when advancing under fire in view of the enemy. This assumes dashing from cover to cover, using covering and suppressive fire and movement by bounds.

Assault - similar to Advance, but especially useful for covering those last 10 or 20 meters into an enemy position. Increases morale slightly while allowing units to return suppressive fire, but too tiring to be used over longer stretches.


Human wave is how communists storm a position - get to zero range among the defenders, and see who's left a minute later.

Is Assault the way the Germs take a position? Or are germ infantry tactics modeled with the idea that they preferred not to close with the asiatic enemy but instead to blast them out of a position from long range where their weapons are superior, and then occupy it?

Is it a useless command? Is it more effective than advance? It seems that speed is slower in an Assault, therefore exposure time is greater. Is firepower increased?