Question on tactics: Assault, assault and assault

[Mike Abberton]

I don't think a CS assault is necessarily a banzai charge/human wave type of attack, but simply close quarters fighting. Some examples from WWII:

The famous Easy Company attack on the gun emplacement at Brecourt Manor just after D-Day.

Street fighting in Stalingrad or really just about any close urban combat (or other close terrain like dense woods).

Looking at it another way, the Soviets used large numbers of SMG squads in WWII. The effective range of the SMG was probably something like 100m, much less than a CS hex. The SMG squads were intended to fight up close and personal.

In fact, every combat in WWII that came down to bayonets, pistol fire and H2H fighting would probably be considered an assault for CS purposes.