Unbelievable combat results

[Glennz]

Hi
I have to say some of the combat results are weird or unbelievable, how does 70000 Russians not rout 4000 German security troops or 120000 Russians not push back 17000 Germans, I could mention more . The game should be reclassified as a fantasy game

[Wiedrock]

The game should be reclassified as a fantasy game

If you look at the wrong numbers you may not even have the manpower numbers correct which you are citing (e.g. the white numbers on top in the combat window do also include manpower of damaged elements and pre-battle DISrupted elements, so manpower that does not contribute to the battle performance or CV).
Generally, CV is the metric to look at rather than manpower.

Additionally, the Combat system has many layers like:
Manpower/Equipment.
Different Supply/Ammo/Fuel situations.
CPP.
CV (created from all the above [an more]).
Leader Rolls for finalCV in combat.
...to name a few.