Assaulting

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Exactly - this was first hand experience from Maj Greg 'Sturmer' Smith at the gulf war. Sturmer work with Tiller on the first title where many of the game basics were worked out.

As for the comments on the losses dropping predicably 240, 120, 60 ect, this is not something that you could repeat - each attack is a die roll and the results do NOT in any way relate to the previous attack on the same hex or some other hex for that matter.

Glenn
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Yeah I recognised that losses arent exactly half, but still gives roughly half. The general statement of overall effect held true though, as bourne out by the answers above.
Ricky B has succinctly clarified what I had formulated in my mind about the process I will use in future.
Thanks everyone for your help.
Ian beware!;)