That wasn't my point but if you like...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Also the morale of AG B is 50 or so now (it should be the opossite if AG A was the new HQ created). <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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HQ morale is not used much. You can ignore it. <br/>
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Helpless<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>1. Will the split now happen? <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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It should happen.
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I had the previous version installed (1.05.45 I think) when I captured the 3 towns required for the split and it ...

maybe "speciality" bonus is meant for cavalry, mech units which have one such bonus, guards infantry wouldnt have it so they would get the guards army bonus. Not sure if I'm stating or asking

<t> only ocasionally (to improve their supply and the construction value as a consequence). If they didnt load the command capacity of HQs I would do it more (they count as a brigade/regiment). I have one finnish fortified zone up north atached to a finnish corps and I know of one in Kerch that has ...

<t> It all makes sense to me as it is, otherwise the germans could take a big chunk of the Caucasus in 41. As it stands now, you need to take Rostov first to expand your Kuban bridgehead when regular supply becomes available (I'd say imposible to do in 41 rail convertion will never get that far).<br ...

<r> My FBD5 has converted all rail hexes up to Kerch, there the rail line ends and continues 2 hexes to the east at Tamanskaya (109, 117) but I can't convert from there on (neither from Novorosisk which is a port). <br/>
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In the manual it says this: "<I><s>[i]</s>A hex is eligible for FBD ...

Yeah that updated game manual would be great, but I guess that work only ends after the last patch is released (I've no idea when this will be). Thanks for the heads up on the mud changes.

<t> The problem I see with the manual is that it refers to version 1.0 of the game, at least afaik. Changes in the rules are documented in the readme.doc file in the game folde. For example in the mud period of 41 (under v1.05.42 beta) the german units lost their CVs (all 1 CV) and recovered them in ...

<t> A combination of both depending on the requirements of the sector in question. Coperation between diferent panzer corps is sometimes essential (in this case move first the corps that is further from the attack point so the other corp(s) will have more MPs to get into the breach than otherwise ...

<t> This is a game project that started in 2000 or so (from the rulesbook) thus it's imposible that the issue in question (as well as many others) has not been thoroughly studied before game release and further after that with the tests/patches. For that reason it would seem very unrealistic for me ...

I would focus on taking Novgorod b4 crossing the Luga and then envelop the Luga line, tightening the nose around Leningrad might be interesting even if you dont take it in 41.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Kharkov43<br/>
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Hope to explain this right,[:D] can the Construction units issued to the Army Groups start a new rail unit in Minsk for instance once it is taken to hurry up the progress or can rail units only be started at the Front.
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I disagree, the contruction Bns do an invaluable job, but at a diferent pace and with diferent objectives than the contr. brigades. Their main value is creating multichanneled supply paths that partisans cant take down eventually...

Crossing a river is much more costly in MPs if there are ZOCs affecting the hex(es) where you are crossing, specially for mobile units. So try open a bridgehead (a hex with no enemy ZOC influencing it). That will make for the best posible advance.

If you have shift+R activated you will see units that are whithdrawing in the next 1-5 turns bordered in red on the map. They'll also be listed in the reinforcements and withdrawal screen.

<t> I would combine both kinds of defence if necesary but prefer checkerboard to keep things organized cause the blizzard is a major mess by itself. If they try to sneak in between your units then a fighting withdrawal is next, but never lose the combat integrity of the kampfgruppen (by having 2-3 ...

In clear weather with no EZOCs interfering it doent look strange to me. Keep in mind minimum number of MPs for foot units I think is 8 and max 16. And MP costs for clear and light woods would be 1 for foot units as well.

<t> Moscow area is nice with several pop4 towns in which to stablish strongpoints, but you need a buffer zone in the Tula area to retreat through till the line Kaluga-Maloyaroslavets-Naro Fominsk- Podolsk-E Moscow. To the north Dimitrov, Klin and Kalinin are mandatory anchor points imo. If any of ...

<r> I'd like to recomend you reading pages 289 and 290 of the manual. For example:<br/>
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<I><s>[i]</s>22.3.5. MITIGATION OF FIRST WINTER RULES IN CITIES<br/>
Axis units located in town, city and urban hexes can mitigate the first winter rules regarding damaged ground elements and morale ...