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Auto-rallying is only done at the end of the turn by the AI - so turning it off does not affect your voluntary rallying. I've never turned auto-rally off, its something the original SSI developers put in it seems for folks who want thier guys to run away for some odd reason?. Auto-rally uses up any "spare" rally attempts on units at end turn if turned on is all. Best left set to on therefore unless you really do want a mass rout, then.

Rally is done from the platoon commander's rally pool first in most cases I have ever seen. So a subordinate section commander can have his own rally attempts left over after running the platoon commander "dry". So rallying is "top-down" rather than "bottom-up". Basically - if your platoon leader or company leader is in dire need of a rally, then try him first before any subordinates use up his rally attempts.

Company and higher leaders can rally a unit if close enough and if it is in comms with it - but it is not a "given". Higher leaders do seem to have an effect if in the vicinity of a load of routers in the auto-rally phase, if I recollect tests we did twenty odds years back.