Attacking

[Ratzki]

I ran the first of a couple of tests that I will do. Germans had covered arcs to 230m. The Russian platoons moved in command using from left to right-Move To Contact, Move, Run, Advance, Assualt was too far away to be used for what I thought would be it's intended purpose. Each German squad was allowed 4 shots and I recorded the hits on Russian squads.
The results:
MTC squads moved to within 200m of the enemy.
They took 2 hits.
All squads in good shape and could continue.

MOVE squads moved to within 200m of the enemy.
They took 4 hits.
Most squads in good shape with only 1 squad PINNED, so to continue is possible but there will be a delay due to the PINNED squad.

RUN squads moved to within 180m of the enemy.
They took 5 hits.
HQ eliminated. (at end of turn)
All squads PINNED or PANIC. No way this platoon can continue.

ADVANCE squads moved to within 150m of the enemy.
They took 5 hits.
1/2 the squads are PINNED the others stopped moving but are in good shape, they would probably get up and start advancing again if I let the turn play out, so to continue is possible but there will be a delay due to the PINNED squads.

I ran this test a few times with this being a typical result. I would say that MTC had the fewest men hit but only because the platoon stops moving at a long range when contact is made. RUN and MOVE faired the worst as the men continued to move and moved not using the terrain for the best advantage. As stated open ground does give some cover if used, and these two moves do not use the cover effectively. ADVANCE worked as well, as even though the squads took more hits, they gained an extra 50m over the MTC and are still in good shape to keep moving.