Slow Pacing in Panzer Campaigns?

[LordDeadwood]

This C morale foot unit just moved four hexes while deployed. I'm not following you.

You don't say which game/scenario you're playing, or what the ground conditions are, but I have never had any infantry unit move more than two hexes, and usually it is one (any terrain other than two open hexes means max one hex move).  Four?  Haven't seen even close.  I'm playing the Kiev '43 campaign, generally soft ground conditions. 

If you have normal ground conditions, great.  That's why I usually only play PzC games set in the summer.  I stopped buying winter games after Moscow '42 and won't buy any more--moving every unit one hex at a time across a campaign map for 300 turns (or whatever) is beyond tedious.

Four hexes per turn over level, clear terrain in normal conditions is "normal"; I've seen it many times. Don't forget elevation changes affect movement as well. I can't remember the exact movement cost, but it's X mp per 50 meters of elevation. I've been playing Salerno for a while now and there are quite a few hexsides that change 100 or 150 m in elevation, so moving across those hexsides will cost just about your entire movement allowance. And I think units with a quality rating below C have a lower movement allowance as well.

The real question here is: is the movement allowance realistic? Four hexes/turn = 2 kph = 1.25 mph. Consider that a normal walking pace is usually 3-4 mph (no load, level firm ground). Now consider a soldier carrying anywhere from 25-50 (70?) lbs. of gear in combat conditions and I think 1.25 mph is reasonable. Idk, I've never been in combat so I'm just riffing here. But yeah, if you don't like the slow pace then staying away from the winter/mud scenarios is the answer I think.