Chibot Mk IX Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 CMCW US 1979 campaign mission 3. The Soviets Motorized Rifle Battalion (BMP) has been totally annihilated before they reached their first objective. It's a great victory, but reading the wounded to killed ratios is a shocking. 310 KIA vs 9 WIA. Is that normal in a modern mechanized warfare? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landser Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 No, it's not, but not a statistical impossibility either. But then, Combat Mission has always been overly lethal in the combat results due to it's nature. It's really like a cage match in a sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domfluff Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 If you're sitting inside a BMP or BTR when it goes up, the chance of survival is pretty low - they're tough to get out of quickly, and full of explosive and burning things. Weapons tend to be rather more powerful in Cold War than in WW2 - calibres are higher, more automatic weapons and the like. You'll see similar casualty figures to the WW2 titles in pure infantry combat, but when you start mechanising things the figures can shoot up significantly (or reduce significantly, if you are doing things properly, and using the advantages in protection and mobility offered). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchenar Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 On 12/17/2022 at 6:39 PM, landser said: No, it's not, but not a statistical impossibility either. But then, Combat Mission has always been overly lethal in the combat results due to it's nature. It's really like a cage match in a sense. This. When you are playing the game you have already filtered for the top 1% most lethal contact situations, and then you play out that scenario with both sides typically being far more willing to be aggressive and accept casualties than they would in reality. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey_Fox Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 The player will often be significantly more willing to get their troops killed than their real life counterparts at every level of the chain of command. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Yeah but the thread is about why there are 310 kia and 9 wia for the entire battle. No survivors from apfsds or whatever was being shot? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey_Fox Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Artkin said: Yeah but the thread is about why there are 310 kia and 9 wia for the entire battle. No survivors from apfsds or whatever was being shot? I mean it's possible if they were all mounted and the vehicle cooked off on impact. TOW missiles do bad things to BMPs and BTRs. Edited December 23, 2022 by Grey_Fox 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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