manchildstein (ii) Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 think of defending just a small portion of the map. consider that in general, for every large flag you defend you can leave 3 flags open. regardless of what happens, a basic idea when the shooting starts is to have more of your stuff firing - with effect - than your opponent does in return. by defending just a small area, if your opponent attacks piecemeal, there is a good chance of your getting an advantage. as for the mines, you can use them to 'funnel' the opponent, or as part of your main defensive line... you might even want to take a large chunk of your infantry and actively 'hunt' for small groups of attacking units, wipe them out, and withdraw further back before your opponent can react... see if you can find an after action report (AAR) for the 'sunken lane' by fionn for an example of this 'active defense' tactic... of course on a large mapboard as you describe perhaps this isn't realistic for infantry on the defense... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchildstein (ii) Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 i'm not sure of battlefront's intent regarding casualty figures in the cm battles, but the way i 'rationalize' the high casualties is to figure that 50% or more of the non-death casualties were actually soldiers suffering from 'shell-shock' or who had otherwise lost any will to fight at that moment; not physically injured but psychologically out of the battle... the kias i have not found a way to rationalize... they seem high to me as well... perhaps that's why some players suggest that cm is a 'time-compressed' simulation... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rosenrosen Posted April 19, 2003 Share Posted April 19, 2003 Originally posted by manchildstein II: see if you can find an after action report (AAR) for the 'sunken lane' by fionn for an example of this 'active defense' tactic... I did a search and all I found was other people talking about how great that AAR was. Does anyone have a link? Thanks, Dr. Rosenrosen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rosenrosen Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Gratuitous bump because I'm still interested in finding Fionn's AAR. Also, I wonder if people have any answers or opinions about my question on wounding vs. killing the enemy from page 1 of this thread. Dr. Rosenrosen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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