movie 'FURY' with Brad Pitt

[Scud]

I watched some of it on UT, that opening scene really makes me go WTF?  Why the hell is the MG42 ammo three miles away, and then he goes and grabs a single can, brillant!

I think what's happened is that their commander has placed the Battalion HQ so far out of harms way, it has a negative effect on the platoons Combat Effectiveness. 

As seen in the beginning, the platoon begins their turn watching the replay of the enemy artillery phase, then seeing the enemy come out in mass. They are out of HQ Range in the beginning, but get a lucky roll and regain their Supply. Yet they seem to be in risk going out of Supply again for the very next turn. Luckily, their Mortars were not Out of Ammo for this crucial turn. 

Then, they played it clever, caused first Disruptions to so many Soviet units as possible, and then destroyed them as they were not able to approach. Helping in this effect was the fact that the German Sniper unit was able to kill the Soviet Leader which was alone in its hex.

Also, they are obviously playing with Armored Facing = OFF, for even their 45mm ATG seemed to score a frontal hit on a T-34. The 45mm was unlucky to have lost its Concealment after firing though, and got wiped out pretty soon. 

Let's not forget the Soviets were overstacked as well.