[Mobhack]

The AI will very occasionally do a mini-counter attack even if no V-hexes are taken, usually with armour. It is designed to keep the attacker on his toes, and has been there since the MSDOS version of this game.

It happened to me a couple of days ago, when my British were advancing on the Italians. A platoon of M13/40 advanced along the bottom flank and I had to recall the forces there into cover (A FOO and a few scout cars) until an A10 platoon could be diverted from the main effort to deal with them.

Cheers
Andy