Questions about combat unit information

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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Questions about combat unit information

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Page 75 of the manual, section 7.5, shows a Combat unit. However, it does not explain what the squiggly line under the unit icon with the number 40 next to it means. I have seen other screenshots in the manual where this squiggly line is 200.

It also does not explain the three icons to the right with the percentage numbers next to them.

Is this stuff explained and documented elsewhere in the manual, please? If so, could a kind soul please tell me what page?

Thanks! It is a bit frustrating to have a screenshot, but the text near it does not explain all elements of that screenshot. I also browsed through the appendix screens, but had no luck finding this information.

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That your strategic movement points. They come into play if you are moving by rail or sea.

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Thank you, Joel. I figured I was looking in the wrong section of the manual.

It is still confusing to just read it, and if you didn't tell me, I wouldn't have known. The text says SMP is strategic movement points, but it does not tell you what number this is on the icon. It is very vague.

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