<t>Well, historically speaking, the Soviets never formed more than 5 tank armies (plus 1 in the Far East IIRC). The reason for this is quite simple, the inadequate number of mobile signals and logistical units to support more large mechanized concentrations. The number of armored untis in the 1941 ...

<t>Personally, I like to go for balanced forces, and I also like to avoid completely unreasonable forces (i.e., every AT gun is an 88, every tank a tiger). Beating T-34s with 37mm and short 50s is a LOT more fun than just "88ing" them form 25 hexes, IMHO.<br/>
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Anyway, I'm currently playing the ...

<t>The real problem with all this is that historially, the Soviets had even FEWER tank/mech Corps than this- to be precise, after the summer of 1942, NO tank or mech untis were added, just shuffled around to Guards status. Also, in real life, most of the mech formations were raised from Guards rifle ...

<t>I have to say that first of all, wether or not Stalin intended to attack in July 1941 is irrelevant to Hitler's strategic insight- I have seen quite a few documents relating to the invasion of the USSR, and none, NOT ONE, from the Nazi's mention an anticipated or even possible Soviet offensive in ...

<t>Well, as far as Hitler being a "strategist", I have to disagree- he was simply shrewd, and in modern terms, ablet o think outside the box- let's look at his record"<br/>
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Poland- planned and run by the Army staff with little input from Hitler<br/>
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Norway/Denmark- See above<br/>
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<t>Just to clarify the reason why tungsten was/is used for AP projectiles:<br/>
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1. It is dense. Thus, a projectile with a given diameter will weigh more when manufactured from tungsten.<br/>
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2. It is very (very) hard- and when alloyed, tough. This is ballistically very important, as the ...

<t>I have been looking into the minor Axis OOBs, and I think that a good way to represent the HUngarians, at least, might be to show the units at one size larger at each level- for example, 3rd and 4th Hungarian Corps become 2nd and 3rd Hungarian Armies, and allt he Hungarian Infantry Division are ...

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>Finland fought all summer 1944 with great success in Tali-Ihantala defensive battles<br/>
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This was hardly a successful battle per se. The Soviets pushed the Finns back to the 1940 border in a matter of a week, then after major reinforcments from Germany and their ...

<t>In reply to Possum, I think that the Soviet OOB had probably be placed as another thread. For my two cents worth though, 3 tank brigades does NOT equal a tank corps. The Soviets had a severe shortage of signallers and equipment the whole war, and of technical troops in general. A tank brigade is ...

<t>Thanks for the reply. After posting this, I did a little further research, and saw that the game was already at it's "hard" limit for numbers of units...unfortunate, but there it is. I do have a couple work-arounds, though they seem almost more trouble than it's worth. However, I am almost ...

<t>I just have a couple comments regarding some of the "minor power" units in the game. These include both Axis and Allied troops.<br/>
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RSI- this stands for Republica Socialista Italiano. After the surrender of Italy, Mussolini was placed in charge of a puppet regime that in game ...