ZOC'S again

[fastphil]

I understand about being shot at from the far bank, and would be prepared to take casualties, but in my case have 4 regiments of infantry stuck,just seems to me to be wrong.[/i]

Just because your prepared to take casualties(although no one hopefully is shooting at you), doesn't mean the members of those four regiments are.:stir:
Remember that the 'regiment' also means all the service troops that provide direct support to those regiments and other forces represented by that one 'unit' but not given separate counters are also being exposed to direct fire and to spotting for indirect fire. It's a game gents.:whis:
The problem is not with ZOC anyway but the limited fog of war. If a unit moving in battle runs into an AFV or a 88mm, the 'smart' commander is usually going to stop, deploy, recon trying to find what else is there before plunging head long into battle. The Birds eye view of the map even with FOW gives the 'GAME' commander too much certainty. The player seldom has to worry about units getting lost(unless he lets the AI move them for him) and has a much better overall view of the battle field than most WWII commander had.
With no ZOC for small units, the concept of having a reargard defense then becomes meaningless.