Several Moscow 42 Questions

[Liebchen]

I've actually played Mius and Minsk 44 before this game, and it seems like my Sov units are much more fragile in this game--is it because the McNamara database (and thus Moscow 42) generally uses lower morale for Sov units? They are really getting chewed up against the German fortifications...

Keep in mind that the Soviets or 1942 were far less experienced and far more lightly armed than the Soviets of 1944.

Also, the Panzer Campaigns series generally rewards players for not assaulting fortifications where possible, since doing so is so costly. In Normandy is can't be helped, and also to some degree in the African games, but in the vast lands of Russia surely you can find a way around them?