Unit Training not working properly?

Gary Grigsby’s War in the West 1943-45 is the most ambitious and detailed computer wargame on the Western Front of World War II ever made. Starting with the Summer 1943 invasions of Sicily and Italy and proceeding through the invasions of France and the drive into Germany, War in the West brings you all the Allied campaigns in Western Europe and the capability to re-fight the Western Front according to your plan.

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Unit Training not working properly?

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I've been running some tests regarding the training of infantry divisions (gaining morale when more than 10 hexes away from enemy and on refit) and I'm not sure this is working as intended. I've run 5 tests, 5 different German Infantry divisions, 10 hexes away from the enemy, in very good supply and on refit and the results have been less than stellar. After 10 turns of not doing anything, almost all divisions only gained 1 morale point even though some of them are 12-10 points away from the German National Morale (70 in '43). In fact one of them lost the morale point gained after 2-3 turns even though nothing happened to it. I have read the rules about morale gains and they do seem similar to the ones that WITE has. In WITE you can actually see the units gaining morale if you put them on training, in WITW I am failing to see any substantial change. Is this intended or is something not working properly?

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Anyone can confirm if this is the way it should be or the mechanic is broken?
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Iirc, passive training provides reliable gains up to 50-60. Further gains are provided by battle experience.
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Thanks for the answer Helpless. So its capped at 60 and not at the national morale? Should probably change that in the manual to avoid confusion then. By reading the manual you get overoptimistic about unit training.
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