Here are the map pics

https://i.imgur.com/9jHNNgc.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/iDDzn6L.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/X1RHewu.jpeg

OOB. Keeping the army above 6 million effective could only be accomplished by pauses in the action. That would have been even more challenging with manpower multiples ...

Game over.

I've been halted with 10+ million casualties at the end of 1943 and just don't have the desire to continue with this.

Thanks to everyone who invested time reading and commenting in the AAR.

This can be tested by going to VtB scenario and removing the shooting capability from the Rockets.
Then do the same Attack with max 3 Divisions (3x9=27 → no reduced shooting) and note down DAM/DIS/DES figures (remove the retreat losses), then do the same attack but add the 3x "dummy"-Rocket ...

This has me wondering about an item in the manual, from 23.8.1.

The force value of the attacking side is
calculated using the following values for each non-support,
non-artillery division unit attacking:
§§ Corps 15
§§ Division 9
§§ Brigade 5 (3 if the brigade has less than 2,000 men)
§§ Regiment ...

I just assign them to a spare corps HQ and position the HQ in such a way that only hexes that I want repaired are in the 5-hex range. Works 99% of the time.

Never send assault engineers to TBs. The 24 that you are allowed are far too valuable in reducing fort values to be anywhere other than on the map.

I have seen Rate of Climb mentioned as a factor that affects air-to-air combat, though to what extent your guess is as good as mine.

Here is some sample data related to Rate of Climb. And yes, you're reading it right, the I-16 Rata has a faster RoC than an Fw190A-5.

https://i.imgur.com/Hewz1Gt ...

One of the things in the manual makes reference to aircraft information contained in the editor. A typical depiction of the information available, from the old editor version that I prefer, looks like this for MiG-3.

https://i.imgur.com/OCqmLL7.jpeg

You will note in the bottom left hand portion ...

Kuznetsov was replaced by this fellow.



He was arrested within 4 months of taking command. Later sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, but was released the following year.

Commander of Northwestern Front at the start of Barbarossa.

Lasted less than two weeks before he was relieved.



Political rating 7? Nah, don't really think so.

...some variation of course, but wondering if the ROCKET regts are a waste (they don't seem to hit much)
Thoughts?


They actually have a higher CV than say a Soviet '43 heavy mortar regiment by a significant margin, so I like the idea of sending rocket artillery regiments to the TBs in exchange ...

Wiedrock wrote: Tue Sep 30, 2025 3:33 pm Well, M60 has 5000+ in the pool

I have even more of the 37mm AA guns in the pool.

Don't waste your resources on Soviet AA. It's doesn't work properly and never will.

M60: Just curious, why all the Mech Brigades attached to your Rifle Corps? Trying to farm them as Guards?


Yes, although the execution was terrible. For future guards mech corps I should have farmed with motorized brigades back in early 1942 instead of waiting on mech brigades that don't arrive ...

Week 109 18 July 1943

The advance towards the Desna River resumes with combined elements of Central and Voronezh Fronts. Konev’s corps from 4th and 5th Shock Armies have shifted from Orel to Kursk while continuing their refit.

Meanwhile a German counterattack when it happens is often a one-sided ...

Week 108 11 July 1943

Two panzer corps arrive on the scene at Federovka east of the Dnepr to assist German VII Corps in breaking out.

VII Corps (von Kessel)
---88th ID
---170th ID
---257th ID

XXXX Panzer Corps (von Schweppenburg)
---Grossdeutschland Motorized Division
---Totenkopf SS ...

Week 107 continued

With the Orel Offensive called off, plans would need to be revised. Stavka anticipated that the Voronezh Front would reform in the Sumy sector in force and to the north of Marshal Zhukov’s Central Front. A move west to secure the major rail line extending from northeast to ...

Week 107 4 July 1943

Across almost the entire front, a surprising week of rain turns much of the ground into a state of light mud. Ivan Konev in active discussions with both Generals Antonov and Shtmenko of the Stavka’s Operations Directorate reviewed the conditons existing in the Orel area. The ...

Week 106 27 June 1943

In the air, the recon arm of the Luftwaffe suffered punishing losses, especially over Tula.
https://i.imgur.com/eNGB9e6.jpeg

On the ground, counterattacks by German forces of General Hube’s LVII Panzer Corps in the Orel area push back three guards cavalry corps of Leonid ...

One newsworthy item left off the Week 103 report was that the Voronezh Front reported the death of 5th Guards Tank Army's commander Pavel Rotmistrov. His skill in tank warfare will be truly missed in future operations. Rotmistrov's replacement is a rather weak general, one Timofei Shapkin ...

One newsworthy item left off the Week 103 report was that the Voronezh Front reported the death of 5th Guards Tank Army's commander Pavel Rotmistrov. His skill in tank warfare will be truly missed in future operations. Rotmistrov's replacement is a rather weak general, one Timofei Shapkin.

https ...