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Old February 24th, 2010, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Gnoman View Post
I just finished a very nice battle against Iran in September, 1970. What I don't understand is how a victory of annihilation can be scored as a "marginal victory." I can understand that a Mag'ach 6 (playing as israel) is worth a lot more than a M-4 Sherman, but at a 127:1 kill/loss ratio, I wouldn't expect that to matter. The three tanks, a few APCs, and about a dozen infantry platoons (all routed) that they had left were significantly greater than my losses. (One tank, two APCS, a flak gun, and oneor two infantrymen, 24 men total.)

The final score was 7900+ to 1100ish. I don't see how they scored that many points.

Just in case anyone's confused, I'm not ranting. I'm just trying to understand how the scoring works.
You did not quite achieve the 8:1 margin required for a decisive victory. Hence, just a normal win (2:1 <===> 7.99:1).

I would guess that you lost just one 'big-ticket' item too many. (One Magach 6 at 175 (80 exp), means you need ~8x175=1400 to even up the score on that loss if looking for the decisive - or about 10 Iranian M60A1s at that date)

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Andy
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