I am finding in late 1942 that the Red Army is already hand-to-mouth on Heavy Artillery (152 ML-20), and in Artillery (122mm), so finding a bunch more for Artillery Division is impractical, and will be robbing from Rifle and Army Artillery units.

How many Artillery(all) Regiments do you have ...

Problem ; I found that I was assigning SU with low or zero CPP to frontline HQs

With my method every SU that I assign from Stavka is at or close to 100% CPP.

Without my method I could assign from Stavka a unit that has zero CPP as it may have just recently arrived from Reserve.

Of course I ...

Problem ; I found that I was assigning SU with low or zero CPP to frontline HQs

With my method every SU that I assign from Stavka is at or close to 100% CPP.

Without my method I could assign from Stavka a unit that has zero CPP as it may have just recently arrived from Reserve.

Of course I could ...

CPP has altered my game style in an admin/maintenance sense.

New support units from Reserve go to Stavka with zero CPP. And the window thAT is used to assign SUs to HQs does not show CPP. To avoid assigning SUs with low CPP I do the following :

Assign a HQ to an Assualt Front for quicker buildup ...

I always thought that the Political Rating was friends in high places. For FK someone had to be looking out for him.

Still no access

Turn 5


How long should one have to take turns before it is considered a forfeited game? Post in the AAR please.


Depends. It has taken me weeks to do a turn but then I always communicate with my opponent. Sometimes life gets in the way of a good game.

In this instance give it till the 8th ...

Agree you cant stand and fight, you have to run, and hope that your opponent mucks up supply.

Perhaps this could be answered through game experience.

I have 2 games in progress as the Soviets.

Game 1. Open TBs. Getting belted. Leningrad lost. Axis close to Moscow and not going anywhere. At T32, Jan 1942. Playing on out of politeness.

Red Army still has 4 tank divs, 3 in TBs and one to ...

What do Soviet players do with Tank Army (HQ)? You get 1 bonus Admin point (like wow) but its cc is only 11 so you dont want to waste a good commander.

Is there anyway to increase the experience of an Air Unit. For example, swapping out MIG fighters typically drops experience by 2 points, which never comes back.

Apart from supply also be aggressive. (one follows the other)

It may be easier to play the Soviets but up against a good Axis player, for the first 40+ turns your hands are tied behind your back and you get stomped on. Then you lose.

From the Soviet perspective I disband forts as they have the stopping power of a marshmallow. Save the manpower.

Yep. Understand.

On T1 I reduce the TOE of all AA attached to cities to 50%. Bt T42 most of them have been overrun by the Axis and lost. Those remaining have a low TOE and will not be disbanded or moved.

In my current game which is at about turn 42 the Axis air losses are due to 50% air Combat, 45% Operational and 5 % flak.

In my OOB AA manpower is 112,000 which is close to 10 RDs. I think I will disband much of my AA.

And get the Axis Airforce to take off.

In terms of combat the important factors are Morale, Experience and CPP.

I am not certain of the importance of leaders combat ratings in the current version of the game.

CaedusZ wrote: Wed Jul 30, 2025 4:55 pm I'm sorry for the format, PDF is the only file type I am able to upload. But I created a list about a year and a half ago, maybe someone needs it.

That is excellent. Thanks.

The discussion provides excellent information and guidance. But always keep in mind the Red Army will primarily derive its strength from infantry divisions and corps. In 1942 you will mostly still be playing defense. The Rifle Corps provides concentrated power where needed for offense and ...

Thanks for that. I am doing most of what you listed.

Rocket regiments and battalions - cv of a tooth pick and take lots of trucks. Disband?

AA Regiments vs battalions - Regiments have lower manpower but both need the same amount of trucks. I would disband the batts except that they use the 85mm AA ...

Help suggestions please.

The weather is on the improve in 1942. My Army is large and the constraint will probably be trucks. I want to make the Army stronger, not necessarily bigger.

1. What units should i build from scratch.

2. What support units are best to assign to Divs and Corps.

3. Should ...