Locking Zones of Control: Do you use them?

[JDR Dragoon]

No. Emphatically no. An infantry battalion equipped like a german WW2 one is supposed (at full or near full strenght) to be able to comfortably hold a sector of up to 3 kilometers (not frontage, but a sector, this is with a company in reserve behind the two frontline companies and with the heavy weapons company spread out in support). Holding a sector of 3 kilometers is of course dependent on free line of sight, in closed terrain like forests and cities it would of course be less. Battalions of other nationalities with more companies, and modern infantry battalions with armored carriers, utilizing autocannons and ATGMs are supposed to be able to hold even larger frontages (up to 5-7 kilometers, depending upon exact strenght and armaments). A company per kilometer is a luxurious position to be in and only achieveable in the most contested defensive sectors. In most other WW2 cases a company would have to hold longer frontages, possibly up to 2 kilometers (assisted by battalion and regimental heavy weapons of course). The main way of denying terrain to the enemy is through fire, not through presence.