Axis and Oil

[Canuck_jp]

I've just taken Moscow and one of the oilfields in the Caucasus.  I'm hovering at about 100 in oil, each new turn.  It hasn't become a desperate situation yet.

[IrishGuards]

As Axis ..
I have found the only way to negate the Oil and manpower situation is ... to a degree of course ...
Tech labs .. especially Inf .. Arm .. Generals ..
Commanders ...
Upgrades .. Ah Yes .. watchin those Rumanian Me 262's .. [8D]
This compensates a great deal .. It can still be countered by the loathsome Allied player ..
IDG

[Syagrius]

The game is well balanced as it is. Just need AI tweakings.

[Artmiser]

Hard Sarge I took Moscow with three Armor and six motorized units in my Army, Final push I made several more armor to keep them from pushing in from the south, while I took the Final Russian capital.  At that time I had 500 oil.     This was after I ran out of oil the first time I played just short of moscow, 2nd game used the armor for punching holes, motorized for enveloping and Infantry Corps for everything else.  If I have any complaint its the fact that I had to slowly move about 30 corps to where I could access the rail.    I am also pondering the English channel man the Brits and US have allot of ships by 43.

[Von Manteuffel]

When playing the AI, it's far more fun to play with oil on. Otherwise, the axis can just run wild.

[SMK-at-work]

A summary of German oil is at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1981/jul-aug/becker.htm - in May of 1941 military requirements alone were 7.25 million barrels/month.  total domestic production was 5.35 million barrels.  They started with 15 million barrels stockpiled, and took another 5 million from France, etc when they conquered them.
 
Do the math.......

[IrishGuards]

I seem to remember something about a little trade pact between Germany and Russia ..
Germany sent whatever and Russia sent Oil and such ...
I could be wrong .. but I am quite sure Comrade Stalin was shipping to the Germans in 1940 and 1941 .. All I am trying to say is that every little bit helps ..
IDG

[SMK-at-work]

Absolutely - if yo actually read the link I provided above the soviets supplied 4 million barrels to Germany in 1940, and 1.9 million in the first half of 1941.
 
Germany captured Maikop in August 1942, but as above they didn't receive a single drop of oil from the Caucasus before htey had to evacuate it.
 
they received 4.6 million barrels from other sources captured in the USSR....but they would have received more than that had htey remained at peace!