Russia! Why not? (Morvael welcome)

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7.30
once more all action is limited to few hexes (forts 2&3 to remove)

pool
35 700 men
204 300 veh
119 843 arm
15 hiwis

losses
9 060 men, 180 art, 51 afv & 113 AC(25 reco)
18 610 "", 330 " ", 115 "" & 180 russian

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turn 60 trying a two prunge advance

losses from my attacks
9 150 men, 165 art, 74 afv & 107 air axis
21 060 "", 345 "", 326 " " & 169 " "

german pool
32 680 men
204 400 veh
119 571 arm
4 H

[morvael]

You are hammering my poor troops without mercy and without pauses... The only screen I like to watch is the production screen

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8.13
my poor troopshave been repulsed from the north
i will try to bypass Voronezh

pool
25 160 men
206 400 veh
119 808 arm
8 hiwis

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actual losses (really not guilty)

195(ax) vs 190(ru) aircrafts
29 REC & TRS for me

[morvael]

I assume your goal is to estabilish a good defensive front line on the (big) rivers. Is that so?

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no answer to give !
turn 62
some action take place near Tula

pool
23 770 men
207 500 veh
114 172 arm
7 hiwi

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as you can see
this game change from others, each hex as 2 div and a corp or 3 div or 3 corps (rare)

south of Voronezh assault continue
losses this week
10 760 men, 235 art, 57 afv & 185 AC axis
44 260 "", 680 "", 240 " " & 229 ""

[morvael]

Wow, how many routed. When I open my turn there is 1/4 or 1/3 of that number still routed, so I don't see such dramatic effect 3 Corps per hex is only for "Tank" armies, as I like to keep troops from the same army together (because otherwise there is a strength penalty in combat). Regular armies are mostly 7 divs + cav/tank corps or 8 divs + 2 tank brigades, that's why it's 3 divs or 2 divs + corps per hex. My troops build forts very slowly, so once I have some forts I won't garrison them with a single division - waste of good fort

[Mike29]

Cpt how many tanks you have?

[morvael]

How about such chart?

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8.27 continue to "hammer" same place

losses in attack
6 140 men, 115 art, 24 afv & 203 AC (40 Util) axis
19 110 " ", 335 " ", 143 "" & 246 "" russia

pool
50 945 men 208 700 veh 113 381 arm 18 hiwis

end of turn
1 680/ 2 190 afv germany [&o]

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Morvael just come back from holidays
turn 64 some mud in central russia

losses this time
5 910 men, 115 art, 44 afv & 94 AC axis
10 630 " ", 205 " ", 136 "" & 125 " russia

german pool
29 390 men (23 550 transit)
210 100 veh
122 704 arm & 6 hiwi

[randallw]

I wouldn't be putting those tank corps right up front as Morvael is doing...well that's just me.
They need a quite a bit of time away from bad combat ( losing battles ) to train up to their morale, and facing superior enemy formations ( Germans ) is not a good setup.

[cpt flam]

I think as you
this turn (october first) i attack a stack of 2 tanks and a mech corps
this create serious losses [;)]

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but now is 9-10
in front of Stalino there is no combat, gaining ground by move each at his time

pool
35 760 men
210 k veh
130 942 arm & 19 H

losses
10 050 men, 220 art, 47 afv & 134 AC axis
30 200 " ", 550 " ", 322 "" & 174 "" russia

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forget the map

[morvael]

ORIGINAL: randallw

I wouldn't be putting those tank corps right up front as Morvael is doing...well that's just me.
They need a quite a bit of time away from bad combat ( losing battles ) to train up to their morale, and facing superior enemy formations ( Germans ) is not a good setup.

I see this in other way. I need to keep my front strong. Tank Corps go to worst gaps (no fort or level 1) since they have highest CV of units available to me (5-7 versus 4-5 of Cav Corps and 2-3 of Rifle Divs). In this AP constrained world, I have not spent 400 APs to build units that will spend their time in the rear (and since I have total lack of AP I don't build Rifle Corps for now, since in the future they might be cheaper, unless an emergency happens - as did a turn ago). And the tank casualties are a joke, I have 7000 tanks in the pool and 9500 in the line. This just helps me to burn through all those old KV and T-34 models that have been already paid for. And their experience is not that bad, by combat they see an increase of exp. Sure, worst battered ones are taken to the rear and replaced by those from the quiet sectors (now I'm organizing 2nd and 3rd Tank Army). Currently 6 Tank Corps are under 50 morale, 14 have 50+ (50 is now their base morale since Sept. 42).

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turn 66
offensive continue slowly

pool
35 090 men
211 200 veh
121 909 arm
7 hiwi

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a picture about losses
so long we did not destroy 200+ tank (without light)
158 vs 213 AC
1.06.27 seem very dangerous for my air units (bombers)