a little question!

[Glenn Saunders]

I recall 3-4 situations during the war where a single riflemen or MG held up an entire battalion's advance for an hour, so it isn't unheard of.

Rick

Another great example is the Syrian who halted their attack on the Golan Heights in teh Yom Kippur War of '73.

But going right back to the raw numbers.

I've set up an Assault - 579 men D Quality - US INf in N44 - Assault Value 12

vs. 9 C Quality German AC's - hard targets

The odds - FOW OFF is 723 to 28

Both times I tried it the Attacker won.

So off hand I would say what you say nornmally happens may or not happen every time. But it is one possible result only depedning on many variables.

I repeated the test with the Axis unit as A Qaulity - and the Assault was met by OP Fire which caused the assaulting unit to be disrupted - no attack.

Again I repeated the test - this time the Opt fire didn't disrupt the attacker but the Axis unit held.

Then I repeated the test with B Quality Inf from the US Big Red One. Here The attack was meet by op fire - no disruption, but the defender held on with only two remaining vehicles - much like the Israelis on the Golan.

Anyway - my point is, there are lots of variables in a situation you have discribed in your original post that haven't been defined and would have a HUGE impact on the outcome.

Glenn