Hi, here is the complete german production situation at the end of the Torch scenary, turn 37.
5325 support squads arrived as replacements and 1196 air support squads
against less than 1800 "combat" squads (including artillery).
At the end of the game german units are full of support squads and empty of combat squads:
WEST FRONT GROUND REPLACEMENTS
TURN GAME
0 ___ 10 _____ Panzer IIf
0 ___ 3 _____ Panzer IIIj L/60
0 ___ 161 _____ Panzer IIIm
0 ___ 23 _____ Panzer IVg
4 ___ 66 _____ Panzer IVh
0 ___ 192 _____ Panzer IVg 1943
0 ___ 12 _____ Tiger
0 ___ 7 _____ Panzer IIIn
0 ___ 4 _____ Panzer IVe
0 ___ 1 _____ Panzerjaeger I
0 ___ 38 _____ Panzerjaeger II
1 ___ 16 _____ Marder III
0 ___ 26 _____ Lorraine (SdKfz-135/1)
0 ___ 31 _____ SdKfz-10/4 SP Flak
1 ___ 31 _____ SdKfz-10/5 SP Flak
0 ___ 12 _____ SdKfz-250/7 Mortar Carrier
0 ___ 8 _____ SdKfz-7/1 SP Flak
0 ___ 28 _____ SdKfz-231 Armored Car
0 ___ 6 _____ SdKfz-232 Armored Car
0 ___ 4 _____ SdKfz-221 Armored Car
0 ___ 35 _____ SdKfz-222 Armored Car
0 ___ 11 _____ SdKfz-223 Armored Car
17 ___ 219 _____ Rifle Squad
8 ___ 8 _____ Rifle Squad
3 ___ 192 _____ Motorized Rifle Squad
0 ___ 38 _____ Motorized Rifle Squad (+)
2 ___ 30 _____ Pioneer Squad
1 ___ 30 _____ Fallschirmjaeger Squad
0 ___ 2 _____ Motorcycle Squad
1 ___ 32 _____ 7.92mm Anti-tank Rifle
0 ___ 16 _____ 7.92mm Machine Gun
9 ___ 341 _____ 7.92mm Machine Gun
0 ___ 2 _____ 50mm Mortar
3 ___ 143 _____ 81mm Mortar
3 ___ 132 _____ 50mm Anti-tank Gun
0 ___ 12 _____ 75mm Anti-tank Gun
1 ___ 13 _____ 47mm Anti-tank Gun
4 ___ 84 _____ 88mm Anti-aircraft Gun
0 ___ 36 _____ 105mm Howitzer
0 ___ 17 _____ 150mm Howitzer
0 ___ 8 _____ 87.6mm Gun-Howitzer
1 ___ 8 _____ 150mm Nebelwerfer
0 ___ 19 _____ 105mm Field Gun
0 ___ 12 _____ 210mm Howitzer
7 ___ 205 _____ 20mm Anti-aircraft Gun
5 ___ 22 _____ 20mm Quad Anti-aircraft Gun
3 ___ 19 _____ 37mm Anti-aircraft Gun
0 ___ 18 _____ 28mm Anti-tank Gun
0 ___ 22 _____ 150mm Infantry Gun
0 ___ 13 _____ 120mm Mortar
0 ___ 39 _____ 75mm Infantry Gun
154 ___
5325 _____ Support
315 ___
1196 _____ Air Support
6771 ___ 133617 _____ Manpower
Edit: in the whole Torch campaign Germany lost just 997 support squads.
So production numbers for support squads look inflated in comparison of real need IMHO as you can see also here:
10th panzer at the end of Torch (see post #15)
Can provide more examples if needed.
Thanks
