[Imp]

Agree its a tactical game so the wider picture is not in its scope thats up to the player. Bought conscripts for 2 reasons. Firstly to offset Ski troops as core does not need elite units they become that during combat. But also to represent men not operating effectivly due to the bitter cold. Its also why I have very few vehicles chances are they will freeze solid overnight & I can switch my mules to sledges.
WAW always made me laugh at its attempt at this think it called troops on holidays so squads got randomly less men. Never could figure out why tank & support guys never got a break & a reduced force is pretty easy to simulate just delete some.
I did not realise the ammo situation was that bad the game does model vanishing APCR rounds though. Knew fuel was a real problem sure I read somewhere Tigers only had a range of a 100 miles might have been 65 so fuel shortages accounted for a large amount of losses as abandoned. You could retreat you just could not take your ride with you.