Europa 1947 v5.8 for TOAW IV

[Silvanski]

Love it or hate it... Europa 1947 is back!
The Allied attempt to liberate Europe and the Middle East
My mod based on the monster scenario by Piero Falotti
Both sides are PO enabled

Unzip and place the folder 'Europa 1947' containing the file 'Europa 1947.eqp' in your Graphics Override folder
The files 'Europa 1947.bmp' 'Europa 1947.pdf' 'Europa 1947.sce' go in a scenario folder of your choice.

The scenario briefing lists the updates made for TOAW IV, but they're 'under the hood'

[Silvanski]

Preview of the new Scenario Image

[Nicholas Bell]

Thanks! I think. How am I supposed to stay focused on the scenarios I'm currently playing when you keep pushing out all these enticing distractions? [;)]

[larryfulkerson]

Hey Silvanski dude. I had to run it through Paint.net to convert it to a PNG and it's stretched horizontally a bit
but it doesn't make a bad splash screen. I'll post the file you put in your graphicsoverride folder on the next
post below. It's the TOAW4MainBackground.png file.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the zipped up file for the new splash screen.

[VHauser]

Thank you, Silvanski!

[Emp_Palpatine]

Now this is a big one, and I like alt-history thingies.

Pretty huge map, but where are the supply points for amphibious landings? Nothing in the PDF or description...

[Oberst_Klink]

ORIGINAL: Emp_Palpatine

Now this is a big one, and I like alt-history thingies.

Pretty huge map, but where are the supply points for amphibious landings? Nothing in the PDF or description...

As posted somewhere earlier; you should consider the scenario viewer from Andy. It does work for TOAW IV (within it's limits).

Klink, Oberst

I'm looking forward to completing your training. In time you will call *me* master.

[Silvanski]

Allied supply points... Ports give 50 to 75% of Force Supply, depending on thir size or importance
Allied units: 137,146 (Athinai).
Allied units: 99,155 (Gela).
Allied units: 95,151 (PALERMO).
Allied units: 99,139 (Salerno).
Allied units: 40,80 (Liverpool).
Allied units: 32,74 (Belfast).
Allied units: 244,122 (Teheran).
Allied units: 141,137 (Limnos).
Allied units: 117,134 (Durazzo).
Allied units: 64,128 (Marseille).
Allied units: 131,135 (Thessaloniki).
Allied units: 149,116 (Costanta).
Allied units: 81,40 (Trondheim).
Allied units: 81,57 (Oslo).
Allied units: 166,145 (Antalya).
Allied units: 154,128 (Istanbul).
Allied units: 82,130 (Elba).
Allied units: 82,137 (Olbia).
Allied units: 41,114 (La Rochelle).
Allied units: 18,50.
Allied units: 28,138 (Madrid).
Allied units: 54,102 (Paris).
Allied units: 5,165 (Casablanca).
Allied units: 183,171 (Suez).
Allied units: 244,148 (Kuwait).
Allied units: 45,101 (Caen).
Allied units: 229,53 (Orsk).
Allied units: 222,31 (Chelyabinsk).
Allied units: 214,27 (Sverdlovsk).
Allied units: 50,98 (Dieppe).
Allied units: 157,60 (Moskau).
Allied units: 131,49 (StPetersburg/Leningrad).
Allied units: 123,10 (Murmansk).
Allied units: 145,22 (Arkhangelsk).
Allied units: 5,141 (Lisboa).
Allied units: 17,155 (Gibraltar).
Allied units: 79,131 (Bastia).
Allied units: 10,58 (Panama).
Allied units: 12,56 (Guantanamo).
Allied units: 43,95 (Isle Of Wight).
Allied units: 100,160 (Malta).
Allied units: 38,99 (Channel Islands).
Allied units: 219,165.
Allied units: 190,150 (Tripoli).
Allied units: 3,176 (Equatorial Africa).
Allied units: 0,175 (Dakar).
Allied units: 156,149 (Rhodos).
Allied units: 137,143 (Evvoia).
Allied units: 42,56 (Scapa Flow).
Allied units: 48,51 (Lerwich).
Allied units: 145,156 (Erakleion).
Allied units: 78,146 (Cagliari).
Allied units: 86,73 (Kobenhaven).
Allied units: 94,17 (Narvik).
Allied units: 221,77 (Guriev).
Allied units: 42,98 (Cherbourg).
Allied units: 61,92 (Antw.Port).
Allied units: 54,93 (Calais).
Allied units: 109,139 (Taranto).
Allied units: 31,103 (Brest).
Allied units: 178,15 (Ust Ukhta).
Allied units: 109,139 (Taranto).
Allied units: 97,139 (Napoli).
Allied units: 165,110 (Sevastopol).
Allied units: 47,99 (Le Havre).
Allied units: 140,116 (Bucuresti).
Allied units: 132,75 (Minsk).
Allied units: 146,87 (Kiev).
Allied units: 51,145 (Palma).
Allied units: 46,147 (Ibiza).
Allied units: 103,155 (Siracusa).
Allied units: 103,150 (Messina).
Allied units: 38,108 (S.Nazaire).
Allied units: 35,106 (Lorient).
Allied units: 66,129 (Toulon).
Allied units: 77,124 (Genova).
Allied units: 82,127 (Livorno).
Allied units: 91,136 (Anzio).
Allied units: 96,131 (Pescara).
Allied units: 133,148 (Nauplion).
Allied units: 181,150 (Dhekelia).

[VHauser]

I've started work on a revision to Europa 1947.

[Silvanski]

ORIGINAL: VHauser

I've started work on a revision to Europa 1947.

Any details on the planned changes you wanna share?

[VHauser]

Happy New Year, Silvanski.

Attached file detailing my plans:

[Silvanski]

ORIGINAL: VHauser

Happy New Year, Silvanski.

Attached file detailing my plans:

likewise and thanks

[Rosseau]

Europa 1947 has 116 downloads as of now. Could be a record?

[Silvanski]

ORIGINAL: Rosseau

Europa 1947 has 116 downloads as of now. Could be a record?

Desert Storm had 164 lst time I looked[:D]

[VHauser]

Turns out that AAA was rapidly growing obsolete by 1945 as aircraft flew higher and faster. The first SAM systems didn't become operational until the mid-1950s historically, which translates to somewhere around the end of 1948 in E47 with the Germans having a head start due to their advantage in missile technology. I will account for this.

One result of all this is that a large number of AAA units can be withdrawn and converted into troop replacements. Low altitude AAA will still be useful for defense against ground attack. Another result is that fighters become extremely important as the sole means of dealing with high altitude attacks until SAM systems can assist them.

Addendum 1. All those 88s and 105s and 128s aren't useless. They still have antitank value, and they also have value if converted to artillery. As of now, I think that I'll dig many of them into static defensive positions at high-value locations.

[VHauser]

I've worked out the Soviet forced conscription of occupied Manchuria. Initially (during 1946), 10,000 rifle squads added to the Soviet replacement pool "on hand", and 200 rifle squads added per turn thereafter. This still leaves the bulk of the Manchurian population to focus on production and supplies (which I haven't worked out the effects of yet).

Addendum 1. However, since the Soviets didn't get close enough to Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, etc., in 1944-45, then all those units in the Soviet OOB will be deleted and their equipment returned to the Soviet replacement pool. Another result of this is that Allied/Soviet partisans will be increased to account for those people who would have joined the Allies/Soviets as soldiers but could not since the Allies/Soviets never got close enough to them.

[VHauser]

Soviet AK-47 assault rifles go into mass production during 1946 (in E47 terms). Production is between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 annually, with factories in occupied Manchuria contributing substantially. Guards/Shock formations are given priority initially.

Since the AK-47 is the best assault rifle in the world, I'm debating whether the Western Allies be given licensed production rights (mainly as a means of repaying Lend-Lease). At this point, I'm leaning in favor of granting the Western Allies production rights. Still undecided though.

[VHauser]

Historically, by 1945 all nations were planning (or implementing) reorganizing their forces to smaller, leaner, and more streamlined formations. The days of large (less efficient) formations were over. As a result, German, US, British divisions ended up averaging around 13,000 men, and Soviet, Italian divisions around 10,000 men. I'm in the process of redesigning the E47 OOBs to reflect this.

Addendum 1. Upon reflection, I've decided to leave the AK-47 for the Soviets only.

Addendum 2. The average size of infantry squads drops from 10 to 9 for Western squads. The average size of rifle squads drops from 10 to 8.5 for Soviet squads. I'll be modifying the .eqp file to reflect this.

[VHauser]

Armor vs. HEAT
HEAT requires a low angle of incidence for maximum effect. Thus, tanks with good geometry will tend to minimize the effects of HEAT. Also, tanks with spaced armor will significantly degrade HEAT performance. In the historical period covered by E47, all nations devoted serious effort to minimizing HEAT (due to the tremendous proliferation of HEAT capability). I'll be modifying the .eqp file to reflect this.

Here is a simple example: The Soviet T-44 did not have good geometry (and possibly not even fair geometry). However, later versions of the T-44 had substantial spaced-armor skirts for improved HEAT protection. I'll be giving those later versions of the T-44 composite armor to account for this.