Highlander

What is the current status of the AAR game? Have they completed it? And when might we be likely to see some more AARs? Thanks, Scott

Stephen, The action you refered to which was mentioned in a Squad Leader article some years ago took place in Tunisa during the closing days of the campaign there. It was a battle for a certain hill, don't remember the number. Given that it was fought at close range, I believe that was the difference. At longer ranges, the Germans definitely had the advantage with their MG42s vs the BARs, but at close range the advantage shifted to the Americans who could wield more firepower with the semi-automatics vs bolt action rifles. Scott

Thanks Steve, That sounds like exactly what I wanted to hear. You guys are really on the ball. Scott

Steve, Question about fog of war with regard to number of men in an enemy unit. When you click on an enemy unit that you have been observing for awhile, do you get an estimate of how many men it contains? My thoughts go back to the German advance across the river towards the southern hills. Fionn I believe had split his units into half squads to give the apperance of a bigger force. I know each squad had 3 men which is reduced as they take casulties, but when you split squads, how many figures does each have? If a force is observed for several turns advancing across the open, you should be able to get a reasonable count (taking into account incoming fire of course as to how much 'watching' you are doing). In this way, Martin should have been able to realize he was only facing two platoons instead of 4, and Fionns ruse should not have worked. Thoughts? Scott

Martin, Sorry, I didn't make my question clear enough. I understand why you are withdrawing them now after losing the HQ and other men. My question was to why you started moving them in the first place, which led to the heavier casulties from the artillery? Scott

Martin, In regard to your decisions about your southern platoons. I thought initially you planned on leaving them there and making the Germans fight through you. The Germans were crossing open ground and if you had stayed down until they closed the range you could have caused considerable casulaties to them. Now admittedly, you had bad luck on timing, that the artillery fell just as you started to move them, but I would think you could have hunkered down and waited for the Germans to come to you. I might understand some reluctance to fight it out after seeing you forces out east decimated, but these troops had cover behind them, and were only facing infantry approaching them. I'm just curious as to what made you decide to initially start withdrawing them. Scott Beall