PITAMAN vs M60A3TTS - A German Perspective

[Pitaman]

[center]Pripyet Marshes Turn 8 End Intel Status[/center]



AGC and AGS connect north of Chernigov isolating the Pripyet Marshes. Security units will continue to sweep through the marsh to flush out any units hiding there.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 8 AGS End Intel Status[/center]



1st Panzer Group pushes towards the three cities of Stalino, Makeevka and Gorlovka. 6th and 17th Armies cross the Dneiper and head towards Kharkov.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 8 Romania Front End Intel Status[/center]



The Romania units push towards Crimea.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 8 Ground Casualties[/center]



Our ground losses remain favorable but the ratio is now less than 10 to 1.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 8 Air Losses[/center]



Air losses continue to climb. The Russian Air Force is still alive and fighting us in the air.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 8 Eastern Plan Status[/center]

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 8 German Resources Status[/center]

[Pitaman]

[center]OKW Intel Status Week 8 Aug 10 -16, 1941[/center]







The Fuhrer is furious with Goring! The Russians have starting bombing Berlin! They are small raids of no more than 12 aircraft from their Navy base along the Estonia Baltic coast region. They are DB-3 Torpedo bombers. What a propaganda victory for them. Less than two months ago, our Luftwaffe drove them from the skies and now they are bombing our capital!

It is fortunate for our civilians that we have completed several bombing shelters inside our new flak towers defending Berlin. The largest one built at the zoo can hold over 60,000 civilians.

[EwaldvonKleist]

Leningrad seems to be very well defended. I am a noob but M60 managed to force you into a western approach to Leningrad what is good for him.
And please again mind your PM inbox Pitaman. You can activate an automatic notification if a new message was received in the forum settings.

[M60A3TTS]

We're 10 turns ahead of the AAR at the moment, so it should be safe to make some comments based on what Pitaman posted so far.

39th Panzerkorps from PG3 was identified early on in the area of AGN. The defense has been pressured, but no German breakthrough was achieved.

At the Smolensk land bridge, PG2 was short at least one panzerkorps that was sent south. That made the defense more easily managed. The breach of the Dnepr line was not unexpected and the troops fell back in good order.

In the south, the panzers forced their way through swampy ground after two divisions were rebuffed trying to form a bridgehead over the river. Given the added supply difficulties for the Axis troops, that was an acceptable outcome. The lack of Soviet troops in the southern penetration was deliberate. No strategic objectives were in that immediate area.

Industrial evacuations have proceeded at a good pace. Should end up with 200 or so HI by the end of summer. Arms losses are unavoidable, but should not be excessive (300+). No issues with tank factories as neither Kiev nor Leningrad are immediately threatened.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 9 Order of Battle Summary[/center]



Our Order of Battle is about the same as the beginning of this campaign. We started with 3.3M men, 33K guns and 3K aircraft. Our AFV numbers is about 1K less than the start. Despite the losses to the Soviets, their manpower is up by 600K to 4.3M. They have slightly more guns, 44K vs. 42K. Their AFV strength is down to 8.5K vs. 21K. Their Air Force is at 5K vs. 11k.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 9 Finland Start Intel Summary[/center]



The Soviets continue their defense along the northeast region of Lake Ladoga.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 9 AGN Start Intel Summary[/center]



The Soviets continue their counterattacks against our lead panzer units and commit their strongest units to the defense of the city.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 9 AGC Start Intel Summary[/center]



The Soviet pocket in and around Vitebsk holds. They continue their land bridge defense around Smolensk but pull back southeast of the city.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 9 Pripyet Marshes Start Intel Summary[/center]



The Pripyet marshes are clear of soviet units and it appears they are retreating east towards Orel and Bryansk.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 9 AGS Start Intel Summary[/center]



The Soviets strengthen their defenses around Stalino and north towards Kharkov.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 9 Romania Front Start Intel Summary[/center]



The Soviets fall back towards the Crimea and Stalino.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 9 Partisan Attack[/center]



Soviet partisans attack the main rail line for AGC.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 9 Finland End Intel Status[/center]



The Finnish Army continues to push around the east side of Lake Ladoga and establish defensive positions north of Leningrad.

[Pitaman]

[center]Turn 9 AGN End Intel Status[/center]



AGN continues its drive to cut off Leningrad. Progress has slowed and we measure our advance in meters not KM.