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loki100 -> RE: Maintaining Panzer division undamaged TOE percentage high (12/20/2021 11:18:46 AM)
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ORIGINAL: dudefan
Maybe @loki100 can help us out.
He wrote in his AAR:
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ORIGINAL: loki100
I've basically been using these turns to refit weakened formations. A steady stream of Pzr divisions have gone to the reserve to both dump obsolete tanks and refit.
Despite some claims to the contrary, by bringing them back one by one and using different NSS over time, they all arrive with 40+ MP and plenty of trucks."
Does this.mean it is better to bring them to reserve than to a depot near the front (what I do atm). Or should I bring them back to an nss? Can you shed light on advantages and disadvantages of your strategy?
clearly this is a trade off but I think it works for several reasons.
a) hidden in the manual (so hidden even I can't easily find it back) is the information that when you replace an existing AFV there is both a freight cost to deliver the shiny new bit of kit and to take away the old rubbish. Now at the end of a stressed supply line that dual cost may well be enough to undermine something else. So what you get is that pre-war Czech stuff being retained even when more modern tanks are in the pool (as the replacement costs - in terms of freight) are hard to pay. In the reserve, a Pzr division will both fill out gaps and dump the older stuff - in the main you don't want to be relying on the Czech tanks too much in 1942
b) I think the interaction with the truck stock seems to be situational. I have no idea where the cross over line is but I am careful with my logistics across 1941 and (less in my favour) have tended to get stopped well to the west of the historical point. This I think simply reflects the patches that I played 1941 under. But of course its relevant in that I have a better truck/need ratio than maybe someone who is hanging out around Kalinin-Tula-Rostov.
c) But what I find is if I pull a Pzr division to the reserve one turn, when it comes back a few turns later it has a decent (mid-30s, usually 40s) MP on return. I'm careful to only return one each game turn and rotate between the NSS (no idea if this helps but it certainly doesn't hinder)
d) So my view is if your truck/need ratio is ok (and I can't define ok in a more precise manner) then the reserve seems to to work out better than on map. In part for filling out gaps but also for removing older stuff. Usually come March-May 42 you can cope with missing Pzr divisions, most Soviet players (& the AI) will not be pushing and you are likely to be redeploying to match up to your summer plans. Also, that period you don't get many fresh units so there are not that many unit moves on your rail net
Roger
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