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That's pretty much how i understood it too...ORIGINAL: thedoctorking
That "not everybody had a rifle" thing is part of the Great Patriotic War popular culture legend. I'm pretty sure it was rare to have folks without even personal weapons on the front line. That said, there were plenty of Soviet units that went into action with gross shortages of ammo, support weapons, etc.
So, regarding the opening scene of "Enemy at the Gates", the Guards division that we see attacking had just arrived by train on the eastern shore of the Volga and manpower was desperately needed to defend the ferry landings. So despite the fact that their support weapons were several trains back and wouldn't be unloaded for a couple of days, they were rushed into battle. They had plenty of rifles, just no artillery or other heavy weapons (a "hasty attack" in game terms).
The Soviet leadership became much more careful of conserving manpower after the spring of 1942 when Zhukov convinced Stalin to back off day-to-day military leadership. So again, the screaming wave of ant-like Russians vision of the war only refers to the first year or so, mostly.
This was fixed in the newest patch. Make sure you are fully updated.ORIGINAL: randallw
Back to the fortification thing....
Maybe there's a bug in the database. The first Soviet sapper upgrade ( happens towards the end of the 3rd quarter of 1941 ) causes them to be produced for parts of two months, then there are no more sappers produced until the last quarter of 1942. Maybe the end date of the first upgrade is supposed to be 1942?
I mentioned this problem in the tech support thread; it hasn't been handled yet.
ORIGINAL: thedoctorking
That "not everybody had a rifle" thing is part of the Great Patriotic War popular culture legend. I'm pretty sure it was rare to have folks without even personal weapons on the front line. That said, there were plenty of Soviet units that went into action with gross shortages of ammo, support weapons, etc.
So, regarding the opening scene of "Enemy at the Gates", the Guards division that we see attacking had just arrived by train on the eastern shore of the Volga and manpower was desperately needed to defend the ferry landings. So despite the fact that their support weapons were several trains back and wouldn't be unloaded for a couple of days, they were rushed into battle. They had plenty of rifles, just no artillery or other heavy weapons (a "hasty attack" in game terms).
The Soviet leadership became much more careful of conserving manpower after the spring of 1942 when Zhukov convinced Stalin to back off day-to-day military leadership. So again, the screaming wave of ant-like Russians vision of the war only refers to the first year or so, mostly.
ORIGINAL: thedoctorking
This was fixed in the newest patch. Make sure you are fully updated.ORIGINAL: randallw
Back to the fortification thing....
Maybe there's a bug in the database. The first Soviet sapper upgrade ( happens towards the end of the 3rd quarter of 1941 ) causes them to be produced for parts of two months, then there are no more sappers produced until the last quarter of 1942. Maybe the end date of the first upgrade is supposed to be 1942?
I mentioned this problem in the tech support thread; it hasn't been handled yet.
May want to check for 1.11.01 - the latest public beta perhaps?ORIGINAL: randallw
ORIGINAL: thedoctorking
This was fixed in the newest patch. Make sure you are fully updated.ORIGINAL: randallw
Back to the fortification thing....
Maybe there's a bug in the database. The first Soviet sapper upgrade ( happens towards the end of the 3rd quarter of 1941 ) causes them to be produced for parts of two months, then there are no more sappers produced until the last quarter of 1942. Maybe the end date of the first upgrade is supposed to be 1942?
I mentioned this problem in the tech support thread; it hasn't been handled yet.
I have version 1.11 of the game. According to the gamemenu window it is the latest update.
