StME 5-3-7 Sturm troops

[Sparafucil3]

Maybe they are just not capable to concentrate their fire on all occasions as the Americans are...

von Marwitz

Perhaps the American people lack the elan of German volk. Of course, unlike real life, Americans in ASL don't fall back and call in 105mm artillery and planes to "soften up" like their real life counterparts did. Perhaps when an American squad breaks you should get a 44 Fighter bomber with bombs to make it more realistic -- jim

 

[21Z5M]

Perhaps the American people lack the elan of German volk. Of course, unlike real life, Americans in ASL don't fall back and call in 105mm artillery and planes to "soften up" like their real life counterparts did. Perhaps when an American squad breaks you should get a 44 Fighter bomber with bombs to make it more realistic -- jim

Steel over flesh doctrine

 

[wrongway149]

Interesting. Probably. But by 1945 maybe many volksturm squads (4-3-6) had no inherent, functional MG, due to all kinds or shortages.

And, if so, perhaps the German half squads should have Spray Fire capability? Or just half of these HS, since there is only one such MG per full squad? But then special HS counters would be needed if SF is given to certain HS but not others?

One in six shots will cower, leaving the Inexperienced 4-3-6 with 'no shot'. (abstractly could represent a local ammo shortage as well.)

So this is not as strong a tactical play as the American 7-4-7 in any case.

 

[wrongway149]

I agree with your argument that a 1945 German conscipt squad probably should not have Spray Fire capability in ASL game terms. I think the issue is that there are no German units to represent reservists except for the 4-3-6, or when the 4-3-6 represents reservists, it must match reservists for the entire timeframe of the war. German reservists during most of the war probably had the training from their past service to fire at more than one (i.e., 2) hexes, as "Spraying FIre". By 1945 the composition of volksturm units would be very young, hardly trained soldiers. Probably a SSR could indicate no spray fire for 4-3-6s in cases where it might not be warranted, like in all or most of 1945.

To be clear, spraying fire, though it may sound like a lot of bullets, does not necessarily mean a lot of bullets in ASL. It's just that half the squad is self directing its fire (by a squad leader or an assistant squad leader) over a wider area than just a single hex.

It also halves FP - leaving AT BEST 1 RFP. Not a great tactic in most defensive situations.