Why HS range is reduced?

[Anonymous]

This has probately been covered before in the General/ASL annuals, but I'm wondering what the rational is behind reducing the range of a HS along with it's FP? Would a soldier's ability to shoot at something at a distance really be affected just because he is with a smaller group?

 

[sgtono]

Maybe the lesser effectiveness of fire at that range due to less men?

Keith

 

[sdkfz]

It has nothing to do with the weapons, as noted a mauser will still shot as far as a single man as a full squad, the lowered range is due to a reduction in the confidence that you can deal with the enemy once they are fired on.

This is why the German 1st line troops will shoot at a normal range of 6 (467) while the same equipment in the hands of a second line squad is 4 (447) and with the lack of training added into the equation a conscript squad will only shoot at a normal range of 3 (436).

 

[Anonymous]

I suppose that's a necessary abstraction designed in the game to reflect the weaker status of a HS--But it still seems odd that an elite HS doesn't have the confidence to shoot at the same range as a whole squad--Especially British rifle units that are known for thier riflery

 

[Aries]

Expertise doesn't always get to ignore efficiency.

A full squad of elite soldiers will still know they are a full squad and act acordingly.

A half squad will also be fully aware they don't have the same effect or security or potential of a full squad.

6 men is NOT 12 men eh.

Being elite doesn't make you immune to reality.

 

[Larry]

Military history teaches that fighting men in formation always performed individually better when compared to men out of formation. This is called synergy, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. The only true exception to the observation is the odd accounting for heros in the game which are exaggerated on purpose.

As a military unit degrades, so too does the performance of the individual combatants, generally speaking. This is part of the intent of the rules on battlefield integrity. Reducing the range and/or giving a HS less than exactly one-half of the FP of a full squad merely reflect the abstraction of reality intended by the designers and developers of the game system.