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In the USSR you need to guard / garrison a railway path to your fighting troops and also keep some troops to cover the land to avoid partisan pop up. However saboteurs sometimes cut access to some resources on the map. Is it worth guarding them or just anything 10+ or so? What is your rule of thumb?

Keep enough units back to guard supply lines. You can use beat up ones and set them not to repair.

I agree with that. Just wondering how much real estate needs guarding?

AlvaroSousa wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:04 pm Keep enough units back to guard supply lines. You can use beat up ones and set them not to repair.

As much as you need to protect supply. Further you go more you need. Germans committed a lot of troops to this function.

Absolutely. I was just wondering how economical is that. Let's say I have a 10 point resource in the USSR which does NOT lie on my supply railroad path. Once in a while saboteurs either cut the rail link to that or the resource hex itself. Considering that I get 3-4 production out of that resource hex does it justify to have any unit on that or it is better to accept that sometimes I do not get that production?

AlvaroSousa wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 3:20 pm As much as you need to protect supply. Further you go more you need. Germans committed a lot of troops to this function.

Railway lines are also needed for the transfer of troops. If partisans appear there and there is no garrison nearby, then the partisans can move anywhere

So my starting point is that I guard at least one railway line to my troops AND place troops 5 hex apart so no partisan can spawn. With this some saboteurs can appear - but do they justify the extra troops needed to guard all resources?

topolm wrote: Mon Aug 18, 2025 10:56 am Railway lines are also needed for the transfer of troops. If partisans appear there and there is no garrison nearby, then the partisans can move anywhere

My experience suggests that it is better to have some troops in garrisons in those cities that are occupied.
If the enemy for the USSR is experienced, then he can organize the deployment of paratroopers to the rear.