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How come when I fire with a Springfield at say 4 hexes on a unit I KNOW has improvised weapons; why do i loose 50 men, and they don't loose a thing?

I am guessing that if you turn on detailed battle report, you will see that the enemy has brigade arty upgrade on that unit. The arty brigade portion still fires even if the unit has improvised weapons and are out of range

I understand that, but how come I don't do any damage when I'm in range, even though the damage would be small...

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

I understand that, but how come I don't do any damage when I'm in range, even though the damage would be small...

Again, turning on detailed reports should show why.
It can be a number of things;
-low dice roll
-facing of your unit
-smoke in attackers hex
-smoke in defenders hex
-no ranging

all of this will reduce casualties caused. A pain, I agree. The smoke thing will reduce damage by 50% EACH!

Ok, thanks.  I dont ever turn on the detailed report... so I wouldn't know lol

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

Ok, thanks.  I dont ever turn on the detailed report... so I wouldn't know lol

hehe, well I did not either in the first few games, but it actually helped me understand why things happened [:)]

Hmm.. I'll try that