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Gary Grigsby’s War in the West 1943-45 is the most ambitious and detailed computer wargame on the Western Front of World War II ever made. Starting with the Summer 1943 invasions of Sicily and Italy and proceeding through the invasions of France and the drive into Germany, War in the West brings you all the Allied campaigns in Western Europe and the capability to re-fight the Western Front according to your plan.

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ryan1488
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manpower?

Post by ryan1488 »

im assuming in the top right it lists manpower? 10/2 (319)?

can somebody point out what those numbers represent?

and why my units are receiving supply and ammo but no replacements? ive got plenty of troops in the pool but they aren't going anywhere.
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Can you say what screen (or better yet post a screenshot) of what numbers you are looking at?

Replacements have half a dozen variables at play. Freight, refit status, manpower, etc. What side are you playing? Again, if you post a screen shot of the units you have questions on showing the unit supply detail screen we can help you interpret.

Here you can see 1st CA ID didn't get any replacements, in fact some damaged elements were pulled back to the pool. By looking at this I see it is 7 hexes from its depot and has only a 2 priority on supply. If it was on refit and on a depot the unit would be much more likely to have the freight available to convert into replacements.

In general the closer to a depot and the higher the supply priority the more likely it is get replacements.

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If you mean the MP part in the top right under the date it lists first the number of vehicles in all of your depots. Then the number of vehicles used by the depots to move freight to your units in the previous logistic phase and lastly it tells you the number of vehicles you have in your pool.

Just checked the manual and it seems the second number is how many vehicles are needed by your depots. Not sure how that is calculated though.
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Thanks that sounds right. You can almost see the numbers in the screen shot above. By the way how do I take a screen?

So if I've got 10k trucks, and only 2k were used then for some reason or another my supply situation must be goofed somehow.

But I am getting a decent amount of supply just no replacements. Although I have men available in the pool.
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If you have both the equipment and manpower in the pool try to put your unit on a depot in refit mode. If even after that the unit does not receive replacements then well...post a save in the tech support forum.
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