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Hi everyone and welcome to my Ted Talk.

Today I want to bring to your attention something I am struggling with in the game. I'v never really made it past 1943 before and currently I did. I am talking of the game happening in my current AAR ( The AAR : https://forums.matrixgames.com/viewtopic.php?t=414528 ).

Currently it is January 1943 and I cannot rival the enemy divisions. I cut them off supplies, I use heavy rockets, artillery, etc and I can't seem to beat German divisions. I know I asked no tips on my AAR so let me be clear on this : I don't want tips on how to beat my opponent, I want to know what Im generally doing wrong overall.

My first guess is the supply situation, but even with full supplies my troops don't seem to be winning battles or holding their own very much. My second thought is maybe stacking 3 divisions per hex is not a great idea for combat fatigue ?

Am I currently overreacting to the whole situation ? I feel like Im doing very poorly at the moment.

Thanks for any response.

Your AAR is focusing on Operational level details, which is fine.
But now you are asking a somewhat tactical level question.

Air
There are no Air houserules given in your first post of the AAR, so we do not know what you could improve upon or which tricks would be applicable - and even if, we couldn't tell you.

Units
We do see Brigades, Divisions and Corps (CUs) in your main areas of advance (I can't say anything else due to no tips).
We can see several areas/hexes with non-German counters.

Grrmans
Besides this, these are the same Germans that crushed the Red Army in 1941. Just slightly worse in some regards. What you have is mass and some other improvements. There will always be an opportunity to kick back your advancing troops for him. What your AAR provides is Fort levels, which on German side are barely any 2s and 3s, which is good for you and shows your advance exceedes his preparations.

Supplies
Historically, the Red Army at several times/stages had the issue that they advanced until they couldn't anymore which is one of the reasons they often suffered high losses. So watch your supplies/logistics. We do not know which Soft Factors are active in which of your screens, but usually all is red. Also not sure what you mean with "full supplies" and on which troops/stacks.
Also not sure what exactly you mean with combat fatigue and in which context, do you mean frontline attrition/fatigue? You may look up what contacting an enemy or a red hex impacts in the manual.

Several of your latest screenshots mention units having very low amounts of ready men. I say there may be a problem either with the amount of losses taken (too high and you cannot refill the units and they keep getting smacked for a bad loss ratio) or with the replacement distribution (which may be due to supply problems, but you really should not be having those inside the USSR, even when doing limited offensives).
Or maybe it is the TB management, it is hard to say as I do not know if this is open TBs or not.
And I have a very different view on support units (SUs) management, but I will stop from saying anything else.

Alright guys, so... Im doing the mistakes is what Im gathering. All good then

Neogodhobo wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2026 4:54 pm Alright guys, so... Im doing the mistakes is what Im gathering. All good then