38Close Combat

Winning Close Combat Games

Winning any battle is based on the following criteria, which are listed from most important to least:

Pushing enemy force morale into red, causing the enemy to abandon the battlefield, while your force morale remains green or yellow.

Securing more Victory Locations and inflicting more casualties before time runs out.

Winning Close Combat games also depends on which type of game you choose to play. Winning Maneuvers and Replays is determined by the criteria listed previously. An additional layer of criteria when you play a Campaign is the 43- day historical timeline; this is the number of days it took the Americans to move from Omaha Beach to Saint-Lô. If you play as the Americans and complete all six operations in 43 days or less, you win the Campaign. If you play as the Ameri- cans and complete all six operations in more than 43 days, the Germans win.

Scoring

Close Combat scores games based on casualties inflicted (incurred) and Victory Locations captured (held). Casualties and Victory Locations captured are scored as shown in the following tables.

 

Killed or

 

Americans

Wounded

Captured

Soldiers

2

4

Light vehicles (trucks,

5

10

personnel carriers, and halftracks)

 

 

Artillery

10

20

Heavy vehicles (tanks, tank

20

40

destroyers, and motorized artillery)

 

 

Victory Locations

NA

1 to 100

 

Killed or

 

Germans

Wounded

Captured

Soldiers

3

6

Light vehicles (trucks,

7

15

personnel carriers, and halftracks)

 

 

Artillery

15

30

Heavy vehicles (tanks, tank

30

60

destroyers, and motorized artillery)

 

 

Victory Locations

NA

1 to 100

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Microsoft manual Winning Close Combat Games, Scoring, Killed or Americans Wounded, Killed or Germans Wounded