I to was playing that scenario, things were going well, I engaged/was engaged by the german armour things turned from good to general order for retreat very quickly.
What we have to remember is that we are CMBB newbies. I think every one is relying too heavily on there experience with CMBO and as such consider themselves experienced when they approach the CMBB battlefield.Hence when the AI hands them a heavy defeat they blame force inequalities rather than there own inexperience. We should realize that we all on a steep lurning curve, delving into a game of great depth that punishes mistakes.As we (I) am ignorant of many of the variables in CMBB ( the main reason my armour failed was it due to my tank crews (lots of green and inexperienced)behaving in a way they never would have done in CMBO, and thus I didnt factor this in when framing my attack, I also have a better idea of the relative capabilities of units I have never used/encountered before. I am crawling my way up the curve. CMBB demands more of the attacker, but in my opinion CMBO demanded to little and therefore things are as they should be. It is true that in Directive number 3 there is an avneue of attack that if used by the attacker will help his chances immensly, but this is our job as commanders in the field, to identify them.