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morvael -> RE: Russia! Why not? (Morvael welcome) (6/3/2014 8:59:42 AM)
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Not much happens in the north, besides rail repair and intensive Axis air recon.
The Red Army will soon enter pre-war Polish territory. As first step in order to put Poland under the communist rule, an army called "Polish", but loyal to the Soviet Union, is needed. As it happens, 1st Polish Army has just arrived from behind the Urals, and is now preparing to travel to the front from Kazan. A Soviet officer of Polish descent, Poplawski, is in command. The army consists of 4 infantry divisions, a tank brigade, an assault engineer-sapper brigade, an anti-tank artillery brigade, 2 artillery brigades, a heavy tank regiment, a light SU regiment, a mortar regiment, 4 regiments and 1 battalion of AA artillery and a sapper battalion. In total 64 104 men, 1 370 guns and 116 AFVs with good morale and training.
3rd Air Army commander, Fyodor Astakhov, was promoted to the rank of General-Armii. 4th Shock Army commander, Aleksei Grechkin and 5th Army commander, Mikhail Potapov, were promoted to the rank of General-Polkovnik. Leningrad Front commander, Markian Popov, improved his tank skills (6). Two guards rifle corps, five light SU brigades and one flame tank battalion were formed. Eleven separate tank regiments were disbanded. Modern fighter production will start soon, with 57 Yak-9U per week being the herald.
Strength:
men: 10 266 075 vs 4 657 339
guns: 159 247 vs 45 971
AFVs: 15 864 vs 7 342
aircraft: 21 432 vs 3 107
Trucks:
in units: 274 656 / 274 926 (99.90%)
in the pool: 159 979 / 155 930 (102.60%)
in repair: 119 931
Losses:
killed: 12 994 vs 4 788
captured: 846 vs 186
disabled: 21 558 vs -1 908
guns: 757 vs 177
AFVs: 214 vs 12
aircraft: 117 vs 66
Including:
in combat: 79 vs 48
from AA: 2 vs 13
on the ground: 0 vs 0
operational: 36 vs 5
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