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Lobster -> Barbarossa at 2.5km (8/21/2019 1:45:08 PM)
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The map for this took a couple of years of part time work to complete. I used the U.S. Army topo maps from U. of Texas. These U.S. Army topo maps are not completely accurate for the time frame but close. They are an amalgamation of German and Soviet maps from the era so some things that were not there in 1941 are depicted in these maps and some things that were there in 1941 are not depicted. I used some WW2 German and Soviet topo maps too in order to get a couple of the main roads correct and will continue to refine using the German and Soviet era maps in an attempt to get it somewhat historically correct. I'm not fooling myself into thinking it will ever be 100% accurate.
Anything north of Leningrad will be represented in an abstract manner but will not be in play since at 2.5 kilometer per hex it's impossible to get everything from the tip of Crimea to much north of Leningrad. The same is true of the interior districts east of the Urals and the Far East.
The OOB has been taxing to say the least. On either side there are only a handful of units that had the exact same makeup. So I've had to go through virtually every unit to ensure they are as close as possible to the 22 June equipment they contained. The German panzer divisions were a nightmare. They were very short of armored cars so substituted cars, light trucks and trucks to make up for the shortage. Trying to determine what went where in the division was a real headache. Some of it I just had to make a judgement call. The other units weren't quite so hard because mostly they had no armored cars. I still have to do the Axis minors.
The Soviet OOB is also a great big headache. Many of the units such as PVO and NKVD are averaged out by how much was present in a military district divided by how many of a particular unit was there. The rifle divisions and mech corps are another story all together. Each division is completely different. So I had to make spreadsheets to enter the information for each one. Each non support combat division, brigade, battalion or company that was present 22 June has it's own spreadsheet. No two are the same. I almost have the Western districts done. Then I have the interiors and the Far East. And let's not forget the mighty Soviet Eagles. Oh and the Navy with it's myriad of minor boats to go along with the big guns. All of those type MO patrol craft with their 45mm peashooters. I might just leave them out. It's not like they did much.
So, that's where this is right now. Maybe I'll get it done before I die. [:D]
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