Newbie Questions

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The problem I have, however, is that I still can't re-create the combat value which is shown in the window. This wouldn't be a big problem if my own estimations were somewhat close to the actual CV. But unfortunately, that's not always the case. My calculations are WAY off. Note that the cv shown in the game are very consistent, so there is no random factor.

I understand your desire to fully comprehend the rules but my advice would be to take a step back from the detail.

The Fire Report is not a perfect window into the combat calculation. It is a long time since I looked at it but what exactly is included in the CV is not always clear. The first thing to note is that you do not divide the number of men by 10 but instead multiply the number of vehicles by 10. Not what the manual says but what I believe you need to do or your CV will be out by a factor of 10. Secondly I think the CV shown is before the modifiers given in the brackets. But I am going from memory and may have this wrong. All I remember for sure is that it was all quite complex.  

Anyway, making these two changes to your calculations would result in a revised figure of 63.75. Still not right but in the ball park. But perhaps this is a coincidence as I wonder if the defense value of 16 is correct? This normally drops to something like 10 or 12 when changing to Travel mode if the unit has transport of some sort.

The reality is that there is a lot going on and trying to replicate the combat calculation is a difficult and probably pointless task. When you play the game you just need to understand the concepts.

Edit: My comment above that "the CV shown is before the modifiers given in the brackets" is only partially correct. Actually the 'inf %' shown in the brackets is applied to the CV. So for your calculation the CV shown on the Fire Report is determined as;

 85*.95*6/16*2 = 60.56

But is this useful? Most combat is much more complicated than this and even this figure does not include the Quality modifier. Few players ever look at anything other than the on-Map results, and for good reason. This level of detail beyond what you need to know to make sensible decisions and is more likely to be a distraction.