Opponent for Waterloo campaign 1.08 revised ( closed )

[von Mohr]

Just curious: Aren't prussians screwed now with a 1050 infantry limit? Their batallions are often about 600 to 700 men, so they have to fight with only a singe one whereas french can stack 2 batallions to easily outnumber them?

I have found that there are trade-offs. The larger battalions have a much greater fire power on both the offense and defense and especially on defense since they now they fire at 100%. Also the 2 stack columns are extremely vulnerable to artillery fire. In addition many battalions can detach  skirmishers to reduce battalion sizes plus by reducing stacking limits you enable brigades and divisions deploy much more in depth. Finally the major reason for reduced stacking is it eliminates the huge stacks of infantry and cavalry which are unrealistic in a 100 meter hex and that act like battalions of tanks smashing through anything. I hope this answers your question.