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I could be talked into taking a role in this game if you are still interested in playing on. I'm a moderately experienced Soviet player, having played now about five one-on-one games, the longest of which went into 1943. I have played each side about the same number of times (I think maybe 3 Soviet and 2 German). I am also involved in two other multi-player games, Connect4 and 2by3+, both as a Soviet player.

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS
Update on this game.

Two people including myself have decided to drop from the team. The remaining two will decide if they want to continue and recruit some new players for the Soviet side.

Many thank M60A3TTS - we know you have been the power behind the team for over a year now. From a bad hour you brought the soviet side back alive.

I hope also in the best traditions of the team game you can stay in the team and part of the game even if not taking turns. I know I would also be very interested in the analysis of the game after it finishes.

The second player leaving is me due to a case of WitE/wargaming burn out syndrome, some ongoing projects will be finished however. Happy to help in the hand-over if there is something to do.

ORIGINAL: EwaldvonKleist

The second player leaving is me due to a case of WitE/wargaming burn out syndrome, some ongoing projects will be finished however. Happy to help in the hand-over if there is something to do.

Many thanks EvK - you are an old stalwart and you have gone and come back before. I hope though we will still have your occasional comments and reactions. We still have our whole Treppenwitz plan to discuss! [:D]

I know the period of change and handover can be disconcerting so it is great that you can help with that.

Week 41 is notable for a rather intense interest in one hex. It is scrutinized rather closely by the Luftwaffe.



Yes, that's 75 missions against one hex. It was the only way to be sure. But let's not stop here...

The SS Das Reich and 25th Motorized Division decided that they were not comfortable being east of the Don. After retreating to the western bank they were subjected to a punishing assault by Bagramyan's 1st Guards Army. The VVS is also active in the area.




The Axis will claim many successful attacks this week. But, with losses like this they must be careful not to win themselves to death.

Mud arrives across the entire front as April kicks off with Week 42. Attacks on both sides have abated accordingly.

April is the time to start forming tank corps. During the blizzard, the Red Army not only focused on gaining victories for their rifle divisions, but for cavalry and tank units as well! Comrade Stalin recognizes this key achievement and awards a number of guards banners to our heroic tank men.

Week 44

As the men sit in their trenches at Voronezh, one welcomes the warming temperatures that have brought quiet to the combat zone. But unknown to them, meteorologists note a severe cold front on the move. The River Don is impassible at the moment. But a sudden freeze might change everything.

Week 45

The northern weather zone as predicted sees a major shift this week in temperature. A large part of the front is frozen once again, and with that the fighting resumes.



Even as far south as Voronezh, the River Don is affected and that enables the panzers to roar over the frozen ice once more. [:(]

Week 46 - Mud again

Mud has returned across the front. Meanwhile the panzers have withdrawn from their bridgehead over the Don and been replaced by infantry.

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS

April is the time to start forming tank corps. During the blizzard, the Red Army not only focused on gaining victories for their rifle divisions, but for cavalry and tank units as well! Comrade Stalin recognizes this key achievement and awards a number of guards banners to our heroic tank men.

Out of curiosity what is happening when the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Guards Tank Corps are renamed as themselves

At the moment those units were merged, the tank corps had the required number of wins to become guards. The AI evidently followed the same decision-making routine as it does during the logistics phase to decide to immediately make the three a guards corps. During the subsequent logistics phase, it more or less confirmed what it had already done.

Clear weather dominates the north and south zones as the month of May arrives.

The Germans in a single battle manage to crush the defense at Sevastopol. A level 5 fort no less. A repeat performance sees mountain divisions in a rough hex and a level 4 fort beaten. More than anything, a very frustrating result to see.




In the north, the Axis troops push in the area of the Valdai.




South of the Oka, there are attacks by both sides. Not surprisingly, our opponents take full advantage to attack in many places.




Air losses are not insignificant as the VVS is out in force. Still, the loss ratio is acceptable.

Week 48 sees more clear weather in the northern zone. Under non-variable weather this would have been mud. German troops are pushing ahead with their plans while Red Army units take action north of Voronezh.

Week 49 sees mud return in the northern zone while central and southern are clear. Not surprisingly, the fighting move to that theater and Voroshilovgrad falls while several Red Army units are encircled.

Week 50 is clear only in the narrow central weather zone, so the Axis do some cleaning up while the Red Army concentrates on its defenses.

The month of June has arrived. We will shortly see how the Red Army is capable of reacting to the resumption of full-blown operations across the front.

For now, the northern area remains muddy. A pullback to the east takes place near Voronezh.




Some of our units in the south are again caught up in a pocket created by their 1st Panzer Army. There are 50,000 men here.

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS

Clear weather dominates the north and south zones as the month of May arrives.

The Germans in a single battle manage to crush the defense at Sevastopol. A level 5 fort no less. A repeat performance sees mountain divisions in a rough hex and a level 4 fort beaten. More than anything, a very frustrating result to see.

This is two VERY interesting combat result here. Interesting in the fact you had to be EXTREMELY lucky to get both of these hexes in just two combats against Guards in one hex and Soviet Mountain divisions in the other. I can see M60's frustration since you pretty much have the best capable Soviet units(Guards & Mountain Divisions) pretty much swept away in excellent fortification. So, I am going to see what other miracles the southern most commander pulls off in future turns.

The Soviet commanders failed their rolls so the CV plummeted, it happens every now and then unfortunately I don't know if the HQ was there on the peninsula, if not, only the morale roll were in the realm of possibility.
The first battle was quite lucky as the German commander passed most of his rolls at the same time. But its Model, so what else could we expect