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I took a look at all the units that had a 122mm Howitzer attached to it and it turns out there's some 5,000+ of them. And about 1/3 of
them are still on refit. 2/3 of them, in other words, have their full complement of arty tubes and 1/3 don't. That's where all the 122mm
arty tubes are going. And that's why there aren't many in the pool now.

I thought I'd go ahead and move the 20 points of vehicle factory still in Stalingrad. And next turn I'll get the heavy industroy out of there.

Why are you moving this industry?
It will take a while before they start producing vehicles again, and the worst thing KLilly can do is extend his front towards Stalingrad...

You have a stray AT brigade ( Stavka command ) in the area of NW Front; those units aren't packed with equipment.  You might want to disband it.

ORIGINAL: randallw
You have a stray AT brigade ( Stavka command ) in the area of NW Front; those units aren't packed with equipment.  You might want to disband it.

Actually that's a PVO AAA brigade that I thought might be moved around at the beginning of the turn to intice enemy air units to try to
interdict it thus suffering losses at the hand of an AAA unit. But it hasn't worked out that way. Moving the AAA unit has yet to cause it
to be interdicted. A lot of other stuff is interdicted but not this AAA unit so far. I know that because I want to keep track of the results of
the interdiction to see if it's profitable to do this. So far it's not been worth it. And yes, I do plan on disbanding that dude.

ORIGINAL: Flapdrol
Why are you moving this industry?
It will take a while before they start producing vehicles again, and the worst thing KLilly can do is extend his front towards Stalingrad...

They suffered 50% damage during the move so I'm guessing they will be up and running again real soon now. I thought they didn't
produce unless they had less than 50% damage......I could be wrong about that. At any rate it's something else not to have to worry
about. And I had the unused rail cap left over enough to do it. I weighed the alternatives and decided to move it. I may not should have
but it's done now.

T85: Here's what happened in the Crimea in the Axis turn:

Here's the T85 front lines before any recon or movement:

All the Axis attacks were in the deep south and there were three "retreated" results and three "held" results. That means I might be able
to hold my own in this area in the near future maybe.

EDIT: How wrong I was. In T88 all my troops were wiped out to a man.

I moved my stuff to shuffle the good-supply guys to the front and low supply guys to the rear and did some attacks and not all that
much changed. Although I did create a much needed Rifle Corps for the lower right flank ( near one entrance to the Crimea ). And
maybe that will stop the pushing south. We'll see.

I didn't know you could merge a rifle division but there's a MERGE tag on the unit description so evidently you can.

T86: Disaster. I open the turn and found this in the south:

Here's my moves with an overlay showing my attacks:

Here's the OOB, losses, destroyed units, and production:

T87: I opened the turn to find this in the south. I'm afraid all those guys are write-offs.

T88: I opened the turn to find this:

I feel so disrupted I don't feel much like attacking anywhere or anything. But the game must go on so I do some good ratio delib. attacks
and get some Axis units to back up one hex. But nothing much moves anywhere this turn. Here's the OOB, losses, destroyed units,
and production for the turn.

You have that problem of mixed commands again, in the Crimea.
 
I'm guessing you are short on APs?

ORIGINAL: randallw
You have that problem of mixed commands again, in the Crimea.
I'm guessing you are short on APs?

Yes, I'm perpetually short of AP's. But then again I need to do something about the mixed commands. Thanks for noticing.

T91: This is the front lines before any recon or movement: