Is assaulting Bunkers too hard ?

[Ricky B]

Some have agreed that 5-8 men holding off an assault is not the norm, but I am saying that I don't agree, at least in as black and white a statement as above. It depends on what you consider the norm, but in the game sometimes these 5-8 will fall the first time, sometimes the second. I have played through Omaha enough to know that by around 0900 I have some bunkers begin to fall whether it is against a human or the AI, and that others are going to still be holding out.

As I mentioned running the same save over and over, at the point of the assault, is not a valid test as there is very limited variation in the results (I believe to prevent replays to get the desired results) and so for all I know your save is seeded such a way that the assault will absolutely never result in a success, whereas maybe if you fire a unit in a different area first, and then try the assault, it will work 75% of the time. For a valid test, start at the beginning of the turn and try different actions and see how often the engineers win the assault, but with various actions by other forces prior to the assault.

As to what I posted above, being officially confirmed, what would you consider "official"? There is no judge for this, and no video replay. It is supported by the US Army's official history based on their interviews with survivors, of the landings - these positions began to fall around 0900 with some others holding out until the next day. That much is confirmed across almost all sources.