Assault planning questions

[Kool Kat]

Let's say there is an entrenched enemy infantry position.  At my disposal, I have both infantry and armor.  There would be nothing inherently "bad" about using both infantry and armor in my assault - in fact, including armor is in all likelihood going to increase the likelihood of a successful assault (i.e., increased likelihood of displacing enemy forces with fewer losses than if the assault was conducted without armor).  

Gent: 

Be cautious about lumping all armor into a collective "bucket." 

Armor is not treated equally! You need to check armor units' assault and defense factors prior to assault attempts. For example, in Budapest '45, an Axis player cannot utilize Hungarian armor as you prescribe in your scenario match ups. Armor assault and defense factors are low making any assault attempts problematic at best. Instead, Hungarian armor is best used as recon or in supportive roles with infantry - never as a brute force to overwhelm entrenched infantry.

In my play, I would never commit armor against entrenched infantry until enemy positions had been softened up with artillery bombardments and in extreme cases air strikes. Even then, I would send in the ground pounders first... and save my valuable armor to exploit openings or outflank enemy positions. 

Many times, using your armor and other mobile units to outflank entrenched infantry positions will force your opponent to give ground and retreat without having to close and assault directly with your units.