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[Plain Ian]

I really think Isolation is too harsh. 2 hours and the unit drops a Morale PLUS goes Ammo Low and drops another one....instantly? So if you are not an A morale unit then your toast? Really?

Low Ammo will only appear if the unit fires, but yes generally speaking you drop 2 morale levels and lose most of your combat effectiveness.

Most wargames have fairly harsh isolation mechanics, and I'd say it's necessary to allow units to be destroyed as destroying units through regular combat is generally difficult to impossible. Depending on how big the unit is, it might also not immediately be toast. How vulnerable your unit is depends on what the enemy brings to the fight. Isolating, say, a regiment with some armoured cars might be possible, but those recon units won't be able to kill the regiment by themselves.

If you get isolated during an enemy push, particularly a mobile one, your units are likely to be toast, but in this case you should be able to extract them unless there are a few battalions in those woods that will assault your units.

All valid points. However its Isolation which has caused Low Ammo isn't it? Technically I fired when I was not isolated? He isolated me. Test made and I failed Low Ammo....if I knew I was isolated or going to be isolated I wouldn't have fired? 

He has sent me his turn but I haven't watched the replay. His email suggests that some recon units were pounded. He did say SS artillery so thats means automatic disruption I guess....because Morale has dropped etc. 

I understand that the model has to allow units to disintegrate when cut off .....but 2 hours? Anyone want delayed isolation effects?