Airborne Ops

[Longshanks]

ORIGINAL: morvael

...so the procedure works as described. Maybe you have problems with having not enough transport units, too low supply, too weak airborne unit, railhead too far away?

1. I may not have enough transport units, however if I add up the total "load" of all the elements of the brigade I have a great deal of excess capacity on the 36 Li-2s in the hex.
2. It's sitting on a functional railline with the HQ adjacent about 10 hexes in the rear of the front.
3. It's possible it's too weak I guess. Define "too weak." Last turn it was a 6-16 with every element 51 experience or better, but the unit is inexplicably much weaker this turn, with some elements a paltry 14 experience. Not sure why, the unit didn't move, wasn't attacked and remains in supply. Stupid political officers!

Thanks for the attention Morvael.

[randallw]

Another thing to remember is that a division cannot be dropped ( too big [:@] ) so you are limited to brigades.

Soviet units undergo TOE changes a lot; that brigade probably swapped in some new elements and they tend to take a big experience drop from what the replaced pieces were at.

[cyqq]

Do German para units do airdrops? I have broken the German para division into regiments, followed all the updated steps and can't get the regiment to drop. The airbase is within 1 mp and hex of the rail head. Experience of the regiment is high, lots of MPs left on them. JU52s haven't been used this turn. The only possible problem that I can think of is that moral of the JU52s is 45, although the interface will allow me to drop supplies/fuel. What am I missing?? Thanks for any help you can provide.

[Peltonx]

ORIGINAL: cyqq

Do German para units do airdrops? I have broken the German para division into regiments, followed all the updated steps and can't get the regiment to drop. The airbase is within 1 mp and hex of the rail head. Experience of the regiment is high, lots of MPs left on them. JU52s haven't been used this turn. The only possible problem that I can think of is that moral of the JU52s is 45, although the interface will allow me to drop supplies/fuel. What am I missing?? Thanks for any help you can provide.

It an Air Landing unit or para?

[morvael]

I think units brigade-size and smaller that are not divided bigger units can be dropped. Which means no drops for the Germans.

[Mehring]

Haven't tried latest version but German regiments always used to drop. Airlanding doesn't though. Think it was an infantry division trained to travel in aircraft rather than a glider or para unit.

[cyqq]

It is a para unit: subunit 1/7th Flieger Division. I am playing the version which has been in effect since the May 2012 update (i.e. not the new beta).

[Mehring]

There are two German airborne infantry units in 1941- 22 Air Landing belonging to 11 Armee and 7 Flieger, which makes a brief appearance in late summer/autumn. The former does not do drops, that latter does, or certainly used to, don't see why it shouldn't still.