In my current game I'm Defense Minister and have been paying a little more attention to the battles. We've attacked numerous times and have defended once.

In almost every fight, I see the attacking force targetting large units (thus getting the full number of kills), while the defending force often targets smaller units that can be killed off entirely (meaning not all available damage will be inflicted).

It could be just a coincidence, but seeing it happen in every battle so far, makes me wonder. If this IS how it works, if not a bug, then why is that? Doesn't this favor the attacking force as the strength of the defenders decline faster than that of the attackers.

I'm not complaining, we were the attacking force most of the time, so this was only beneficial to us. Is just wondering if anyone else is seeing this?