Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: HexHead

Let's not forget that even as late as 1944, something like 60% of Wehrmacht transport was horses.

Let's see, let's take a look at the US Army by mid-war, late war:

* Artillery out the wazoo - good artillery, too, and plenty of it, arguably the single strongest asset for US ground forces; let's not forget the L5 spotting planes either, they did a tremendous job.

Yes, my dad was a US FO in France 44-45 and flew over 30 missions in a spotter plane. US artillery was good, and that is factored in the game by rules that bring more of it into battles in support.

* Only army in the world in the 1940s that had a semi-automatic rifle as general issue. I wonder how many Axis soldiers, in the ETO and PTO, got hit with a slug from an M-1 Garand (i.e., 'bang, bang, bang') while they were cocking their bolt

Yes, that fact is in the game as well, but remember, Germans had a great LMG, and my father was hit by both a bullet (of unknown origin) in Normandy and an artillery round from German artillery when he was 5 miles into Germany in Sept 44 (near Wallendorf).

* Only army in the world that was completely motorized - that's a fact.

Well, yes and no. The infantry had to walk, unless they were temporarily motorized (which could be done, but not always). Sure, their guns and equipment had trucks, but they weren't fully motorized.

So, who was resource effective? Also, for all of their leadership qualities, the German approach could still be a bit too rigid - on June 6, 1944, a Panzer formation drew to within three miles of the beaches. The CO wanted orders and didn't go any farther. As one historian remarked, no American officer would've done that. Throughout the history of the US Army, individual initiative by officers of all grades has been emphasized.

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Let's not forget that even as late as 1944, something like 60% of Wehrmacht transport was horses.

Let's see, let's take a look at the US Army by mid-war, late war:

* Artillery out the wazoo - good artillery, too, and plenty of it, arguably the single strongest asset for US ground forces; let's not forget the L5 spotting planes either, they did a tremendous job.

* Only army in the world in the 1940s that had a semi-automatic rifle as general issue. I wonder how many Axis soldiers, in the ETO and PTO, got hit with a slug from an M-1 Garand (i.e., 'bang, bang, bang') while they were cocking their bolt?

* Only army in the world that was completely motorized - that's a fact.

So, who was resource effective? Also, for all of their leadership qualities, the German approach could still be a bit too rigid - on June 6, 1944, a Panzer formation drew to within three miles of the beaches. The CO wanted orders and didn't go any farther. As one historian remarked, no American officer would've done that. Throughout the history of the US Army, individual initiative by officers of all grades has been emphasized.

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ORIGINAL: HexHead
The Germans essentially invented the assault rifle, but they should've done it in 1936, they were too little, too late. Excellent machine gun, though - MG42.

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ORIGINAL: Steelers708

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ORIGINAL: HexHead
The Germans essentially invented the assault rifle, but they should've done it in 1936, they were too little, too late. Excellent machine gun, though - MG42.

That's a bit of a moot point as I'm sure they would have preferred to have the Panther tank and Me262 in 1936 also, the list is endless as to what they should've done sooner or instead off.

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ORIGINAL: EwaldvonKleist

Please, where is the history subforum? I still do not know which place you mean HexHead?
@Harrybanana: My thesis is that the higher german leader ratings should mirror the better fighting power per soldier the germans had due to better army organisation in many aspects i assume (following creveld). Because their is no other way to do this its done by leader rating. Maybe the devs were also assuming that german high commanders were more experienced, better trained and most important the best ones were commanding units instead of managing the war in USA or doing administration.