I tried to post this earlier.
Last night I played a quick 20-move game (Oct 44 Allied Assault, South). It was a small map with trees and hills. I was defending as Axis 4 flags: 100 pt and 300 pt on left on hills and two 300 points on right side with one up front in the open and one in the rear in pines. I choose to defend with two Pioneer platoons, 2 heavy machine guns, about 24 anti-tank mines, and about 10 barbed-wires. My opponent had a 122 mm bombardment, 3 heavy tanks, 1 BA-6, and a lot of infantry.
My opponent tried to get at my position on my left from about move 10 to 15 with infantry and couldn’t do much because of machine gun fire and barbed wire; no incursion there. At about move 15 his tanks started to move in on my right side towards the 300 pt flag in the open. One tank was immobilized and one abandoned at the mine fields. One tank and the BA-6 made it through. From move 16 to move 20 his infantry on my left was stopped by barbed wire and machine guns. On my right, his tank, BA-6, and infantry headed towards the 300 pt flag in the open. At move 20 he had made no progress on the right side and on the left he had the BA-6 destroyed, and the remaining tank and infantry at the 300 pt flag in the open. My score showed 57% to 44% in my favor. The closest he was to the other 3 flags was about 130 meters.
But the result was a draw and I’m trying to figure out why. Tally at the end for the Axis was 106 Men OK, 20 Total Casualties, 5 Men Killed, 700 flag points, 309 enemy casualties. Allied tally was 193 Men OK, 42 Total Casualties, 10 Men Killed, 2 Vehicles Destroyed, 300 flag points, 527 enemy casualties, and 67 Prisoners Taken. Program said a 53% to 47% draw.
I’m puzzled by the draw; I held 3 flags comfortably meaning no enemy was even close. Could it be the presence of tanks on his side, one immobilized and one near a flag?