Khan7,

One more point if I may - your putting the Yari in 30x4 mode - meaning that a flanking unit is only going to be able to get a clean shot at 4 men - out of 120... granted the Yari rotation rate does seem a bit fast - but when only a tiny fraction of the men in the unit are exposed to a flanking - your have to expect that the unit is not going to flank over 4 men or 8 or even 12 men getting cut down. In a formation like that your flankers will be lucky to get 12 men before they are facing the business end of the enemy weapons - and at 10% casualties you cannot expect the enemy to rout quickly...

The key is 2-fold - proper flanking (which alot of ppl do wrong) and locking the enemy into a facing. In your test you cannot do that as your doing 1v1. Still - flanking is not hitting a straight side, as many believe. A proper flanking maneuver hits from the rear flank - about 135 or 225 degrees from the facing of the unit - the reason for this is so that the flanker can "wrap" into the enemy - killing men in the rear and in the side - resulting in MUCH higher casualties as more men are viable targets, along with forcing the enemy to rotate a greater arch to bring their weapons to bear. Run a proper flanking on a yari sam set in a standard 12x5 of 15x4 and you will see 11-22 men fall in the first few seconds. With a 60 man unit this is between around 20% and about 35% casualties - in the first few seconds. Now - do that and the enemy Yari will not be lasting long at all... In fact, most low honor units will break outright. Even on a 120 man unit- a proper flanking can create havoc.

One last thing that I am sure your not guilty of, but alot of ppl are so I will mention it - using a flanker is useless unless you put your men in contact with the enemy - meaning you have to get a good amount of frontal coverage - in a 60 man cav unit used above - you want it to be at least 15x4, better yet 20x3 as this allows 15-20 of your men to strike in the initial seconds. I see lots of ppl charge with a front line of 5-10 men - then wonder why they dont get massive casualties. Its because the men in the front are the only ones that can get clean strikes - so maximixe the # of men that can take these free shots. DO NOT go overboard - more than about 20 in your front line and your asking to be flanked yourself, along with the fact you will be spreading yourself a bit to thin.

Feedback as always is welcome.

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