The Competition & Teaser Thread

[ComradeP]

The Soviets now have ~10 vehicle units as the smallest maneuver element or also ~5 tank units? I half expected that the Soviets would still be able to use ~20 tank battalions, as for mobile units a Soviet battalion is a Western company in effective strength in most cases. I guess it makes sense in this case though, as otherwise they'd automatically suffer more losses due to the new 50%> stacking limit penalties (which might not by itself be a problem, maybe it would add an interesting dimension to Soviet tank tactics: your losses are higher, but single units are bigger).

With small individual Soviet tank units, the effect of the quality penalty might, however, be more severe in relative terms, as you can absorb fewer losses and can't compensate for lack of quality by increasing quantity. Of course, that's difficult to do in PzC as well, at least with single units as the Germans have more Panzers belonging to the same HQ in their units. In a PzC title like Moscow '42, it can still be worth it to form a large stack with units from several different formations as the sheer quantity will compensate for the "units don't have the same HQ" penalty.

After thinking about it, I like the theory behind the stacking penalties, it seems an elegant solution to killer stacks and limits attacks from a single hexside (at least without penalties) thus encouraging spreading your units out a bit in a historical manner.

The lively discussion we've been having about the new series for the last month or two is also interesting