PB Kursk '43 South impressions/discussion

[Jeff Conner]

That may have been the intention, but it actually makes it easier to encircle a defensive position as you can move between units unless there is a continuous line. It also makes it easier to escape from encirclement, however. IMHO, it makes it easier to attack a defensive line of bunkers rather than to defend one.

The rational, at least the way it was explained to me way back when, was that the general idea that units could not move from one zone of control to another was because of the amount of fire generated by the defenders. And I am at a loss to explain another reason for this fairly general idea in wargaming. The smaller the scale, generally the less this rule is relied on. Which is why it makes a lot of sense that it is used in Panzer Battles. I just wanted to point out that it is not a new rule change, but has been a part of Panzer Campaigns all along.