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Brian

I see where you are coming from. But what if a unit was worn down to 50% strength and 50% Effectiveness. Say I move it back to the rear for R&R. I add enough replacments to take it up to 80% of Strength. This in turn will now reduce the units Effectiveness down to 30%. So now the unit will recover on average 1% Effectiveness per turn, each turn being 2 days. So I will have to keep resting the unit while it recovers. If I wait 50 turns I will recover 50% Effectiveness. I will then have a unit at 80% Strength and 80% Effectiveness. Then 'Back to the front boys!'.

So in this example it has taken 50 turns=100 days for a unit to go from 50% Effectiveness and Strength to 80% Effectiveness and Strength.

My question then is does this sound reasonable, for a net increase of 30% in both areas?

If we look at Barbarossa. The Germans attacked from June 22 to early Sept in AGC IIRC. They then halted. I suspect one (of many perhaps)reason may have been because the Panzers needed some R&R. Not an unreasonable proposition to assume they were down to 50% Strength and Effectiveness. They resumed attacking again in October (some never stopped and were diverted to Kiev). Again saying they might have refitted back to 80% Strength and 80% Effectiveness might not seem unreasonable. Yet their rest period was well short of 100 days, and this at the end of a tenuous supply line after some very protracted and prolonged campaigning in very harsh conditions.

I am sure there are many other examples where combat units that were worn down to that 50% mark were back in action within 3 weeks. Not over 3 months. Taking over 3 months to get back to a condition of 80% is an erroneous situation IMO.

Whatever value you put on it, whether 75% or 90% Effectiveness, I say it takes too long to get there. A unit can be worn down to 50% in 2 or 3 turns in TWIE. To say they will then have to wait 50 turns before coming back to just 80% is way too long IMO.

I understand your view Brian. But can you give me what you would think is a reasonable rest period to go from 50% to 80%, assuming replacements are available.

Thanks for your comments and interest. I appreciate it.