Re: Morale Issues
With all due respect to Narwan and Basileus' points of view, I really don't beleive that an infantry squad -- or even an entire infantry batallion -- that has just had 90% of their buddies blow away in unsupported suicidal assaults on heavy armour, and after having been thrown into retreat or totally routed are really thinking allong the following lines..."hum, lets brave the withering MG fire from those tanks and fire our rifles at them...maby we can get their commanders to button up". I think what they would be thinking is ..."holy shi*, lets bug out of here while we can"... or ... "run for your life"!!
Professional soldiers or not, the scene of 8 - 10 heavily suppressed or retreating infantry squads stoping (even when in cover) to fire on a platoon of heavy armour that isn't even firing at them or moving in their direction, is rather rediculous to me.
When even routed infantry is in direct contact with armour and their very lives are at stake, I can see them trying something desperate to survive; but a squad or platoon that has just taken a 90% loss, at a distance of 300 m (and in good cover) revealing themselves to fire AKs at a platoon of heavy armour moving away from them is ... well, questionable.
I look forward to further debate.
Krotos
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