German firepower

[umbro]

I think that you have, in some ways, answered your own question. Smoke. I realise that it is an abstraction, but sometimes CS requires that to model historical battles.

I would also point out that from my reading of the Battle of the Reichswald (which is admittedly limited) I understood that the German parachute units were a) under strength, and b) populated to a significant degree with green recruits. The division morale was high as a unit (as perhaps the only German units at this stage of the war to believe that it was unbeaten), but that specific smaller units were more variable.

umbro