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1-14-43 just tried an assault against Voronezh (failed)

our losses
7 820 men, 140 art, 45 AFV & 43 AC
17 770 " ", 340 " ",363 " " & 49 ""

pool
99 150 men
179 900 VEH
208 657 ARM
19 Hiwis

turn 84 trench warfare continue allways harder [:(]

butcher bilt
8 720 men, 160 art, 70 AFV & 22 AC
12 310 " ", 235 " ",213 " " & 33

pool (continue to grow)
108 360 men
172 900 VEH (down again)
227 114 ARM
5 Hiwis

I think Morvael should try to take initiative right now.

I can see powerful stacks and he can afford greater losses than Cpt Flam

I was ill, so we had a week-long break

Trucks is what is stopping me. I can't recover since mud hit for the first time (was losing 1600 trucks per turn in '42, now I'm regaining 2000-2500 per turn thanks to L-L). This is causing higher casualties and lower MP limits, so I hardly can afford to attack unless cpt flam will position his units next to mine. Currently I have only 87% of required trucks in units and 72% of required trucks in the pool.

1-28 end of this bloody month
continue to grind forward (at high cost)

losses
9 300 men, 200 art, 39 AFV & 33 AC
8 450 " ", 175 " ",144 " " & 29 ""

pool continue to grow
103 980 men
167 300 VEH
231 736 ARM
742 Hiwis ?

I can tell that they begin to have teeth
turn 86 i make a test for some rest

few losses
2 900 men, 56 Art, 23 AFV & 9 AC
3 820 " ", 77 " ", 50 " " & 8 ""

pool active allways
109 205 men
164 100 VEH please I need more
241 989 ARM
16 Hiwis

this is brutal grinding stuff, but it seems as if you are still making significant dents in the Red Army.

one thing I am coming to really appreciate about this game is the importance of the humble truck ...

Truck is king, unfortunately. I'm not making any new mech and tank corps just because I lack those damned trucks...

Last turn (4th March, not shown here yet), I lost 771 tanks for only 102 Axis, highest losses since July'41. Good that I have lot of this stuff in the depots

2-11 no real grinding but keeping at same level
we continue to clean in front of Boguchar

losses
5 801 men, 130 art, 28 AFV & 3 AC
13 200 " ", 260 " ",205 " " & 67 AC

pool
106 160 men (-3 k)
161 500 VEH (-3 k)
254 364 ARM (+13 k)
2 200 Hiwis ?

turn 88 and I must attack or they will continue to grow

butcher bill
6 620 men, 115 art, 38 AFV & 20 AC
9 640 " ", 210 " ",105 " " & 42 ""

3 attacks went well and 2 failed
some more commander to kill on his side [:)]
action was against 23-47 in the south

pool
109 950 men
157 300 VEH
263 419 ARM
1 736 Hiwis

How does the OOB look like?

Is the rest of the front quiet?

Both OOBs are huge, 8.5M vs 5.6M. Some action around Tula and from Voroshilovgrad to Stalino, but nothing major, just some attempts by me to recover a hex or two and straighten my frontline.

I would like 5.6 but this is with frozen units

date is 2-25 first armor clash and a possibility to brake some forts behind

losses from assaults
5 060 men, 100 art, 21 arm & 44 AC
11 510 " ", 220 " ",229 " " & 58 ""

pool
109 390 men
156 500 VEH
277 311 ARM
11 Hiwis

turn 90 this time was better

pool
132 300 men
155 800 VEH
291 811 ARM
19 hiwis

Morvael spoke of it
I'm proud to show the result of a tank encounter[;)]

turn 91 new game is a german push followed by a russian repulse
russia awake in crimea and took back Feodosya

losses in attack
8 480 men, 160 art, 58 AFV & 14 AC
18 590 " ", 370 " ",276 " " & 92 ""

actual pool
114 490 men (-18 K)
153 600 VEH (-5 K)
297 195 ARM
4 Hiwis

3-18 life is dangerous for some Italians having to break forts
I disband my first unit on card (FBD) as the work is a bit lazy for them

losses this time
11 970 men, 220 art, 60 AFV & 4 AC
19 810 " ", 435 " ", 70 " " &39 ""

pool
137 240 men (+22 K)
152 900 VEH
313 419 ARM (+16 K)
4 750 Hiwis [&:]

ORIGINAL: cpt flam

Morvael spoke of it
I'm proud to show the result of a tank encounter[;)]

that looks like an impressive culling of Soviet armour

how confident are you of holding your current lines when better weather returns?

This is just to refresh my units and let them recieve newer types of equipment