Normandy '44 AAR

[ComradeP]

Surprising that Allied interdiction is that deadly as interdiction effectiveness is 25%, or is this one of the scenarios with big 36-48 plane air units?

A recovery percentage of 5% for both sides is generous, it does keep setbacks from permanently ruining units in this longer campaign.

No bunker probability should keep the fighting fluid, as you can't simply fortify a line and wait for the Allies to launch futile attack after futile attack.

I like scenarios where terrain firepower reductions are higher than the fortification bonus from improved positions/trenches, as positioning becomes more important. 40%-50% terrain+fortification firepower reductions are also still levels D quality units can overcome with their additional -20% penalty.

50% stockpiling seems rather extreme.

Excuse the new guy question but is there an optional rule that allows artillery damage to effect all units in a stack not just the one targeted? I find it ridiculous that units in a hex can be immune to artillery just because they were not the selected target - surely the target is the hex not the unit?

With alt indirect fire, that is what happens, just like in FWWC. The effect is distributed amongst the defending units according to size. There are some issues on the high end (close to the stacking limit) but it generally works well.

Keep in mind that a hex covers a 1x1 km area, so it's unrealistic that a unit which can theoretically be almost a 1km away from the frontline is not hit by an artillery barrage. It's a matter of abstraction where the units are within the hex. As artillery is mostly 105mm, and shells are explode-upon-contact rather than air burst shells, a short WWII barrage isn't particularly lethal.

The "cherry picking" that you can do without Delayed Disruption Reporting (I also do it, it's just not very realistic) is a situation where alt indirect fire works better.