I am in the midst of playing PBEM against an experienced German opponent and have wondered if
there is a simple way to determine an acceptable mix of units, unit density, corps composition, etc.
to best ensure getting to Berlin.
How should I interpret my available production and resources to determine when I have too many units out, etc.
Best idea is to observe trends (hard to do if you're not tracking the turn totals in external "Excel" file), and look for things that are slowly exhausted. Then you know how to act.
trucks - slow down operations, wait for the rail to catch up, sent some air groups to reserve (or disband), disband some vehicle sucking support units, do not build new such units, if it's still bad disband some vehicle sucking on-map units.
armaments - do not build new rifle corps, try to reduce losses (slow down op tempo if you must), disband some excess units
supplies - slow down op tempo
medium tanks - reduce number of units using them, starting with support units
SU (SP guns) - maybe it's time to switch from medium SU SUs ([:D]) to light SU SUs, or disband them all if it's 1945 and suddenly all your guards corps have them built into their TOE
You don't have to adjust fast if you observe trends, because you know bad things are going to happen before they happen. And this is good. Monitor situation all the time and act, but never too strongly. Slow and steady is best (unless 1945 just started and your slowing down in front of Berlin because lend lease is as good as gone [:D], then you may even try to disband or put to static entire fronts that may be unused or see very little activity at this time).
It also depends on your playstyle, so my compositions may not work for you. Of course you must keep every structure within CP limits, so that mostly determines how many corps per army you'll fit. And try to use best HQs with best leaders with best units, for maximum effect (my tank & mech corps went to tank armies, cav corps and mountain units to shock armies, guards rifle corps to guards armies and the rest had to make do with regular rifle corps).
