[WarInEur] Attrition a New Look

[srm]

a very unconvincing sell.

"Axis units at 40-50% strength? Big deal. looks like
the Allies were in the same boat, but no metion of
that.

so far, i see unrealistic panzer pushing.

if why not start the game in 1945,and roll a die to
see who wins? it seems the axis player gets all the
fun.




--- Don Lazov <dlazov at comcast.net> wrote:

> The new Attrition model an AAR and thoughts
> 
> There is a lot of debate on the attrition option.
> But here is one
> commanders thoughts on in this mini-AAR.
> 
> The current game is a full campaign game with all
> options on. The just
> finished Axis Turn was 3/6/40 the invasion of France
> begun on 3/5/40.
> France has just offered surrender terms which I
> happily if not
> ecstatically accepted.
> 
> Yes in just 5 short weeks France has fallen! With no
> "gambits", just
> plain hard work and a fairly good plain.
> 
> Was it nerve racking? Yes, to be sure, was I sure of
> my madness? No, in
> fact last turn (2/6/40) I started to think perhaps I
> made a critical
> mistake, but I am getting ahead of myself. The first
> turn I took out
> Luxembourg and drove a wedge into Holland and the
> Netherlands fell. I
> made a small mistake with Belgium and just
> surrounded a lot of infantry
> (bypassed) and only air dropped on Liege (forgot
> about Amsterdam till
> 1/6/40) and took Brussels thinking that would do
> here in and then went
> for "my main goal". On 1/6/40 I realized my initial
> mistake and
> reinforced for the assault on Amsterdam for 2/6/40.
> I attacked with
> three 6-5's (a corps) and two 8-8 (another corps)
> and got a dr, that is
> all I need to secure success in the lowlands.
> 
> My Main Goal was to drive a knife like wedge
> straight through the heart
> of France to Paris. I kept pushing my knife in
> deeper each turn,
> irregardless of my flanks. I attacked at 3-1 odds
> with Panzers and
> Panzer Grenadiers, I attacked at 2-1 with 6-5's and
> kept pushing and
> slowly but surly on 3/6/40 Two 10-8 pushed out two
> French 3-4 from Paris
> and occupied the hex.
> 
> To be honest it did take nerves of steel and on
> 2/6/40 like I said
> above, I thought I screwed up).
> 
> Here are some salient points:
> 
> 1) most of my front line Panzer and Panzer
> Grenadiers are at about 40%
> to 30% percent attrition (meaning 5 or 6 attack
> factors at best) a few
> are at 50%.
> 
> 2) throughout the whole push I keep about eight 6-5
> in reserve on ports
> and rail lines, but on 1/6/40 and 2/6/40 I released
> them to the front as
> reinforcements.
> 
> 3) during the last production cycle I had four new
> units that came out
> of production, but they were at 40% to 55 % (units
> just out of
> production are not at 100%) and one was ready (and
> desperately needed
> this turn) at 15%, so I railed the other 2 (at 20%
> and 25%) closer to
> the front.
> 
> 4) if you use IR/MR your units that are 1-5 at 4%
> attrition are not
> 6-5's at 50% attrition, so you have to be smart on
> how you horde
> reserves and how you beat your units to death (via
> movement and combat.
> 
> The key points to all of this was to me a lot more
> realistic, the same
> "old" game with a new exciting twist. I personally
> love operational
> level combat and having the knowledge of the basics
> of attrition (no
> secret really, lots of common military sense) really
> plays out for a
> fun, realistic and exciting game.
> 
> When Paris fell the relief was immense. The reason
> for me was that the
> gamble worked, my plan worked and my concept and
> usage of this "new" era
> of combat seemed to come together. I briefly felt
> the feeling that
> Guderian and Manstein must have felt, or when Patton
> cursed Rommel and
> said "I read your damn book you Nazi bastard!".
> 
> Quite refreshing from the days of "calculated" MP
> and combat factors
> only. Quite realistic for me as well.
> 
> It's only 1940 and a long way from 1945. Who's up
> next? That is top secret.
> 
> Don
> 
> 
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