The one issue i have is that the Case Blue graphics folder is 30MBs large. I want to put it up on my website, so that anyone can download it, but i dont have the space. And its to large to upload to the community website.
Actually BWheatly offered me some webspace a while ago, but i havent taken him up on his offer. Maybe i should contact him again.
Anyway. Here is the briefing and a screenshot
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EDGE OF THE WORLD - BRIEFING
1. BACKGROUND
This scenario uses the Case Blue masterfile & map.
July 23rd, 1942
A battle group consisting of mobile formations will give flank cover in the east and capture the Grozny area and dispatch a force to block the Ossetian and Georgian army road in the mountain passes. Thereafter the Baku area will be occupied by a thrust along the Caspian coast... The army group can count upon thge later commitment of the Italian Alpine Corps.
Fuhrer directive Nr.45 "Continuation of operation Braunschweig".
1.1 Scale
Each round is 5 days. Units are generally divisions to regiments with some companies and battalions. HQs are armycorps, armies and armygroups.
Placement of units is historical. Reinforcements are semihistorical with historical reinforcements but removal of units not being simulated.
Equipment is semihistorical based on the ostfront scenario with some 20 SFTs added and some generalized naval units added.
1.2 Credit, disclaimers
A big credit to Captain Crüft for the use of the Ostfront masterfile.
2. PEOPLES, MINOR REGIMES etc
The german side has the following peoples
Morale Readiness loss in winter/severe winter
German (grey) 70 (suffer in winter)
SS (black) 90 (suffer less than germans in winter)
LuftWaffe (light blue) (same as germans)
Finnish (metallic blue) 80 (no readiness loss in winter)
Romanian (purple) 50 (suffer badly in winter)
Hungarian (dark blue) 50 (fare a little better than romanians)
Italian (light green) 50 (suffer the worst in winter)
Croatian (light yellow) 50 (suffer badly in winter)
Slovak 50 (suffer badly in winter)
Belgian (suffer in winter)
FARR (soviet) (suffer slightly in winter)
The soviet side has the following people
Soviet union (red) 60 (suffer slightly in winter)
NKVD (purple red) 90 (suffer less than soviets)
Guards (dark red) 70 (almost no impact in winter)
2. GENERAL RULE CHANGES
Supply action point range changed to 400,600,800
Transfer range changed to 1000
Rail Transfer activated.
Artillery ranges generally doubled.
Max experience gain per round is changed from 10 to 5. Max experience gained by training set to 30.
2.1 Weather
There is clear weather, mud, winter and severe winter.
Clear weather has no effects.
There is a 50 % chance of mud weather in october.
Mud weather give most units very severe movement penalties (most movement types move at 300 % cost). All units have a 20 % readiness reduction. Offensive action is penalized with a -40 % modifier for both sides.
3. LOCATIONS, TERRAIN etc
3.1 Locations
Supply (2K supply production)
Major Supply (10K supply production)
Fortifications
Airfields
Fortresses
Ports
Ports with fortress
City (has airfield)
GE production center (10K production)
SO production center (10K production)
SS production
RO production
HU production
IT production
Guards production (3K production)
3.2 Terrain
New terrain features include
Dry lake
3.3. Roads
There are three clases of roads
Railroads (these generally include normal roads)
Roads
Makeshift roads
5. UNITS and classes of units
The scenario uses a modified version of the Ostrfont scenarios SFTs. In addition there are some 20 extra SFTs. These are
Military Police, BMW M75 Motorcycle, Ski Rifle, Mountain Inf, Katuysha, Nebelwerfer, Marine Infantry, Fiat M14/41, Railroad Troops, Cargoship, Destroyer, Cruiser, Battleship, Submarine, HE123, MG 34/42 (Ski), 81mm Moerser (Ski), Maxim HMG (Ski), 82mm Mortar (Ski)
6. SPECIAL EVENTS
No special events
7. RESEARCH
Not possible.
8. VICTORY CONDITION
This scenario lasts 25 rounds.
At the start of round 26 the germans win if they control all victory point hexes on the map. In the normal scenario the VP hexes are the 2 Grozny city hexes, the 3 oil hexes around them and Ordschonkidzke.
9. SCENARIO VARIANTS
9.1 Soviet AI
An crude atempt at simulating a soviet AI.
9.2 OPTION 1 - The Caucasus & the Oil.
Using this option brings in the 49th Mountain Corps to the german forces on round 3. But at the same time it requires the germans to capture the Ossetian Army road at the end of the scenario.
9.3 OPTION 2 - 7th Flieger Div
Using this option brings in the 7th Flieger Division together with air transport on round five. But at the same time it requiers the germans to capture the Georgian Army road before the end of the scenario
10. ORDER OF BATTLES
10.1 Soviet union reinforcements arriving in Makhachkalka
Round
1
151st Rifle Div
389th Rifle Div
151st Tnk Bde
Art Bde
2
Grozny NKVD Rifle Div
3
62nd Mar Bde
4
8th Grd Rifle Bde
9th Grd Rifle Bde
10th Grd Rifle Bde
6
157th II Rifle Bde
7
57th Rifle Bde
Ordzonze NKVD Rifle Div
8
9th Army HQ
Ind-3 Cav Reg
317th Rifle Div
9
Yak.1.
10
5th Grd Rifle Bde
6th Grd Rifle Bde
7th Grd Rifle Bde
60th Rifle Bde
Art Bde
12
337th Rifle Div
43rd Rifle Bde
13
19th Rifle Bde
131st Rifle Bde
14
9th Grd Cav Div (4th)
10th Grd Cav Div (4th)
11th Grd Cav Div (4th)
12th Grd Cav Div (4th)
30th Cav Div (4th)
110th Cav Div (4th)
49th Rifle Bde
68th Grd Art Bde
15
49th Rifle Bde
249th Tnk Bde
402nd Rifle Div
63rd Cav Reg
IL.2.
16
176th Rifle Div
5th Grd Tnk Bat
52nd Tnk Bde
18
5th Tnk Bde
15th Tnk Bde
63rd Tnk Bde
19
2nd Tnk Bde
276th Rifle Div
20
347th Rifle Div
10.2 Axis reinforcements arriving in Thibhorek
Round
1
52nd Corps HQ
23rd Pz Div, consisting of
I/201st Pz Reg
II/201st Pz Reg
23rd Krd MC Bat
126th PG Reg
128th Art Reg
685th Pol Bat
Art Grp
1st Werfer Reg
2
370th Inf Div
101st Jaeger Div
801st N. Cauc. Ost Bat
Brgmn Turk Fj Bat
191st AG Bat
616th Flak Bat
279th Flak Bat
Terek Camel Bat
2nd RO Mtn Inf Bde
3
3rd Pz Corps HQ
13th Krd MC Bat
795th Georg Ost Bat
525th PJ Bat
445th Fr Pz Comp
Inf Reg
Inf Reg
682nd Pol Bat
II/2nd RR Bat
Art Grp
52nd Werfer Reg
54th Werfer Reg
Cossack Cav Bat
V. Jung Cossack Cav Reg
Sinegorski Cossack Cav Reg
4
BF.109g
2*JU.52.
5
I/4th Pz Bat
66th PG Reg
93rd Mot Inf Reg
13th PJ Bat
13th Art Reg
275th Flak Bat
12
5th SS Pz Recon Bat
5th SS Pz Bat
SS Nordland Mot Inf Reg
5th SS PJ Bat
5th SS Art Reg
203rd AG Bat
1st Caucasus LW Ost Bat
13
SS Westland Mot Inf Reg
16
SS Wiking Mot Inf Reg
Finn-SS Mot Inf Bat
18
287th Snd, Mot Commando Reg
JU.87d
20
287th AG Comp
21
128th PJ Bat
