TheFerret -> RE: Maximum distance from depots as Axis 1941 (5/14/2021 8:35:21 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Jango32 Oh, I've been reading the various AARs on the forums and the many topics in the war room. But I don't think I've seen a post yet trying to figure out the 'maximum' distance between your main functioning depot and your forces to keep truck breakdowns and losses sustainable. Although I guess it's dynamic enough that you can't come up with a general rule. If I understand the system correctly, trucks are all eventually sourced from a single pool (which is what you see on the turn summary panel). That means that what is sustainable in one area of the front will depend on what's happening in other areas of the front. If other areas are relatively quiet and have units mostly deployed within 3 hexes of depots for truck-free supply distribution, then a sustainable operations tempo will be higher than if you are fighting and advancing in all areas of the front. To your specific question, I think the Axis starts with enough headroom in its truck pool (plus captured Soviet trucks) that global truck losses won't be your limiting factor in 1941. Trucks transport freight from depots to units, and ultimately you can't transport more freight than exists in the depots; since you're slowly building out your depot network as you advance in 1941, the limiting factor is going to be local depot freight capacity (so railyard construction/repairs, basically), and to a lesser extent available rolling stock from level 2+ railyards.
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