Moscow 42 Default vs. VMs Optional Rules

[BigDuke66]

Just to get more light on this I compared M42 the old Moscow 41.
The main difference in the German divisions seems to be that M42 now has the Anti-tank & infantry-gun assets of an infantry regiment as as separate units and not added to each infantry battalions values.

Now it is interesting to see that the ALT scenarios of M41 should be played with the Alternate Assault Rule while M42 has this rule not as default.

Just compare some numbers:
M41 400 men infantry battalion has an Assault value of 2400 with the Alternate Assault Rule.
M42 400 men infantry battalion has an Assault value of 800 with the Alternate Assault Rule, but 4800 without the Alternate Assault Rule.
So either the M42 infantry battalion is just a third as strong or twice as strong in assaults compared to M41.

It's hard to believe that the Alternate Assault Rule should not be used as that makes the infantry twice as strong in M42 compared to M41 while still having extra Anti-tank & infantry-gun assets that both give the infantry ranged Anti-tank fire, that was something the M41 infantry regiment was not able to do and by that was not able to disrupted any assaulter before they assaulted.