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ORIGINAL: Pelton
say there is a cap for sure, your pool filling up?

Not sure what is going on, my pool is not really filling up, but I can't seem to break 7 million. So far I've figured that my losses were matching my replacements, but not really sure...

There is no hard cap. I've built up the Red Army to over 9 million and could indeed have made more. The real constraint is logistics: not enough trucks to support a force beyond a certain size.

If you have trouble getting past about 7 million you've lost too many cities and/or armaments factories.

Hmm nice info Flaviusx.

What is truck production based on, Armerments or something esle?

Ridgeway, yes morale is a huge factor. I will just D attack with my infantry for something to do in 1941, I call it morale attrition. The reason why I dig in so early, from reading the AAR's I see allot of poeple wishing they had dug in sooner or not put their units out to dry in November. My game vs larry was my first winter and I have done the same in my other 2 games. It works out good. I have 3 lines deep of level 3 forts by blizzard. It takes the SHC at least 3 turns to get through the forts in a few plases. Probably 2/3 of my line never gets breached at all. So I can move other units to the areas that are weaker. So far its been working very good even vs Hoooper who had 5.4 mil at the start of winter.

Captured units come back after 7 to 42 turns and have crappy morale an need to be rebuild. So any units you can pocket an keep them there from turns 12 to 18 will help you out in the winter allot.

Never had anyone get to 7 million yet. Thats why its so important as the German to bag Leningrad/Tula/Kursk/Kharkov to Rostov by mid September an start diggin in. I say you have a very good chance at a good 1942. Not that you VP out but your at least at a point that you have a minor advantage.

Perhaps trucks are based on production of the vehicle factories and lend-lease, along with whatever that's captured.

ORIGINAL: randallw

If you have trouble getting past about 7 million you've lost too many cities and/or armaments factories.

Maybe, but I've got almost a million (!) armament points in my pool, and I didn't lose *that* many cities (lost Lgrad, Smolensk, Kharkov, Stalino, but not Moscow, Vornezh, Rostov, etc.).

ORIGINAL: randallw

Perhaps trucks are based on production of the vehicle factories and lend-lease, along with whatever that's captured.

Yup that about sums it up.

How many troope you have 76mm?

Thanks on truck info.

I've got 6.98 million, and have had about that number for several turns.

Well, it's my turn now to get Peltonized
I'll see if I manage to hold my ground.......