Normandy Patch Update

[ComradeP]

There's no documented direct influence of fatigue as such on Disruption or Broken states, as they depend on a die roll check based on unit quality. Yes, fatigue influences quality at various points, but that has nothing to do with fatigue accumulation or fatigue at any other numbers aside from the numbers that result in a higher fatigue level (and thus a lower quality level).

For me, one of the more problematic parts of the disruption mechanic is that it doesn't take the actual losses into account, at least not according to the manual.

There's no documented difference on the check between losing 20 men or just 1 man, unless you happen to end up at a lower quality level through fatigue and I'm not sure if the effect of that is immediate (that is: if fatigue gained through launching - or being hit by fire/an assault  is applied before the quality disruption roll from that combat or afterwards).

This is why Soviet lines in PzC collapse so rapidly through 1 man/D results. Statistically speaking, the Soviet battalions have a significant chance to disrupt each turn. With mostly C or higher quality units in PB, this is less of a problem.

I'd be very much in favour of casualties having an effect on the disruption roll, and was actually surprised that effect wasn't in PzC when I bought Moscow '42 (and thus not in PB at the moment as the disruption mechanic was ported from PzC), but that doesn't have much to do with fatigue accumulation.