France '40 - Panzer-Division composition

[Mike Prucha]

Hi BigDuke66,

ComradeP is correct that the Panzer companies are a bit of an abstraction - this is necessary given that the companies had a mixed composition and the unit values represent an average between several tank models. Though it is not listed on the component name, the presence of Panzer IIIs was taken in to account in the unit values for 3 & 4. Panzer. Simply put, there are not enough of them nor are their hard or soft attack values high enough to have much appreciable difference.

I do have an ongoing project to revamp some some F40 scenarios and the OOB to address balance, historic, and gameplay concerns in the "Prucha" scenarios - I probably shouldn't say too much more about that at this point. It will include some changes to the composition of Panzer companies for increased specificity from division to division, but there really isn't much appreciable change to unit values - as I said, there aren't enough Panzer IIIs to make much difference in hard values given that each company is an average of several tanks.

We are aware that the Hannut and Gembloux scenarios tend to favor the French player too much and have found other solutions to address this.

-Mike P