Higher fatigue for companies vs battalions

[Ricky B]

That isn't the issue - the reason for the higher fatige for equal casualties/losses is because it is generally a smaller pool of men/manpower, so an equal loss would be a higher percentage of the smaller unit's strength and so would presumably impact that single unit more. Now this comparison only works within a company vs its own battalion's strength, there are companies stonger than entire battalions in some rare cases, but the rule doesn't use the percentage lost.

So that is the reason for company components of a battalion taking triple fatigue compared to the battalion - otherwise you break down all units to companies, gain the same fatigue for that single company that the full battalion would but still have 2 companies with no gain in fatigue, so it would be a gamey way to GREATLY reduce overall fatigue from the same losses. As it is, by having the triple fatigue, it keeps the total fatiuge the same, just all on one company rather than spread across the entire battalion's companies.

Rick