Normandy Patch Update

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BTW. It suddenly struck me that morale checks also perhaps should be scaled to accommodate for smaller units in Panzer Battles compared to Panzer Campaigns. 

Right now, a company in Panzer Battles has the same chance of  passing a moral check as a battalion in Panzer Campaigns, when they take the same loss in men, which feels wrong?

Panter Campaigns:
"When Morale Checks are applicable, they are determined based on a
probability using the given loss as:
loss / (loss + base-value)
where the base-value depends on the size of the unit and is:
• 5 for platoon and uncombined company units.
• 10 for combined company units consisting of 2 subunits.
• 15 for battalions and combined company units consisting of 3 or more
subunits.
Thus a battalion unit that takes a loss of 15 men has a 50% chance of
requiring a morale check and a battalion unit that takes a loss of 60 men has
about an 80% chance of requiring a morale check."

Panzer Battles:
When Morale Checks are applicable, they are determined based on a probability using the given loss as: 

loss / (loss + base-value) 

where the base-value depends on the size of the unit and is: 

• 5 for squad and uncombined platoon units. 

• 10 for combined platoon units consisting of 2 subunits. 

• 15 for companies and combined platoon units consisting of 3 or more subunits. 


Thus a platoon unit that takes a loss of 15 men has a 50% chance of requiring a morale check and a platoon unit that takes a loss of 60 men has about an 80% chance of requiring a morale check. 

Hi Bayes,

Thanks for the note. I had to hunt where you had seen this. It appears to have come from the combat results section. I think this description is wrong.

In the morale section it lays out the following, which I think is the applicable rule.

David





[9.2] Morale

General

Morale is used to determine effects like Disruption and Broken. Quality is the basis for Morale. Each unit has a Quality rating from A (best) to F (worst). A descriptive way of referring to units by their Quality rating is to say that:

• A units are the Elite units

• B units are the Superior units

• C units are the Average units

• D units are the Below Average units

• E units are the Inferior units

• F units are the Abysmal units.

When a calculation requires a numeric value, these letters are mapped to numbers according to A=6, …, F=1. Quality has effects on the Morale of the unit and on its performance in combat or, for HQ’s, on its command abilities.

Morale Calculation

The nominal Morale of a unit will be the same as its Quality. The following modifiers apply to the Morale value:

• Units with Medium Fatigue have 1 subtracted from their Morale.

• Units with High Fatigue have 2 subtracted from their Morale.

• Units with Maximum Fatigue have 4 subtracted from their Morale.

• Units Low on Ammo or Fuel have 1 subtracted from their Morale.

• Units that are Disrupted or Broken have 1 subtracted from their Morale (Note: Morale F units do not have this modifier when they are attempting to recover from being Disrupted or Broken.)

• Units that are Isolated have 1 subtracted from their Morale.

A unit whose resulting Morale value is 0 or less is said to have No Morale.

Morale Check

When units suffer losses due to Combat Results, they may have to undergo a Morale Check. A random die roll from 1 to 6 is generated and compared with Panzer Battles User Manual Page 75

the unit’s current Morale value. If the die roll is less than or equal to the Morale value, then the unit passes the Morale Check. A unit which fails a Morale Check becomes Disrupted, and if already Disrupted and at Maximum Fatigue, becomes Broken.