German firepower

[Huib Versloot]

Yet, your research showed that; *"Historically however the British managed to get through the Reichswald with less losses than the Germans, even if their losses were high."* Would that not beg the thought that maybe, this day, this battle, this moment, was not their day to warrant a high morale rating?




RR

Perhaps I should have explained. A lot of the Reichswald was NOT held by FJ troops but by the 84 ID.
In those areas historically Brits made the best progress. Our game map is much larger than I could show on the printscreen and most of the FJ troops are not in strength in the Reichswald but elsewhere.

However in our game the Brits were also shot to shreds by the MGs of the 84 ID just the same. Lowering the morale of this unit from 6 to 5 (and raising that of the Brits from 6 to 7) might help resolve this. If that helps we've made good progress in the design, even if in other areas on the map the FJ troops have high morale, in the less forested areas they face hundreds of tanks, massive artillery and airstrikes that can engage them at a distance. With sufficient smoke and all this fire support the Brit infantry might have a shot.