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[ComradeP]

"Volksgrenadier" is a classification that doesn't directly relate to how the good the unit actually was. There were still many veterans in the Heer in winter '44-'45, not just old men and boys, which is why some of the German divisions are B quality and others C, with the recently mobilized and/or poorly trained ones at D-E quality. Amusingly, units in Normandy that had been mobilized years ago are rated D-E as well due to poor quality of the soldierly material.

Anyway, the hard attack value doesn't matter unless the alt assault rule is used. As has already been mentioned, the smallest unit can push the largest Disrupted out of its hex provided it doesn't Disrupt or die in the process (at least, I guess if the unit is killed the defender stays in place). The numerous German MG units in Panzer Battles Kursk are useful for pushing Disrupted units around, for example.

Do keep in mind that pushing large Disrupted stacks around can still be costly for the attacker, because half defence value or not, they do fight back. Soviet D quality Rifle units Disrupt easily, but if you can't actually pin them down, assaulting them is still a costly process.

The oddities of tank/gun/plane combat have been a part of the series for years, and will hopefully be changed in Panzer Battles at some point and then even more hopefully be ported back to PzC. Currently, tanks are useful for creating encirclements, but not very good at fighting any kind of unit including enemy tanks. When you post about how "high" you feel your tank losses are, keep in mind that dozens of German tanks spent 2 hours firing at your tanks to kill 5 or so through direct fire. Medium tanks are much less efficient at killing things than infantry.