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Ian R -> RE: General Advice for Rookies (my questions) (1/4/2022 9:36:44 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Alpha77
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ORIGINAL: LowesyPC
Thank you very very much. I assumed it would take some time for the stuff to come to the Pacific
Which is true and many of the AFV have a too early arrival date, just look at the M26 and all the TDs. M26 started appearing in low numbers in EUROPE at the end of 44/early 45 I believe. M10+M18 also too early on this table (at least for the pacific TOO)
Your statement as to the M26 is wrong on both counts.
A few companies of M26 (standardised, with its "M" designation, from the T26E3 in March 1945) deployed to Europe, including the so-called "Zebra mission" to battle test/assess the vehicle when it was at low rate production. Low rate production started in November 1943 (10 tanks completed), and built up from there. It entered series rate production at Detroit TA in March 1945. 2000 were built by the end of 1945. 320 M26 deployed to Europe before VE day. In the stock scenario, the arrival date of the M26 is too late, and the production rate is too low.
It should arrive after November 1943*, but well before May, 1945. [*March 1945 seems sensible.] The stock May 1945 date might relate to the despatch of an M-26 unit to Okinawa (it arrived too late for combat), but that is an in-game decision for the allied player to organise.
Of 2000 tanks, we'll nominally halve that for tanks sent to Europe, retained in CONUS for training etc - so production rate should be AT LEAST 1000/10 months = 100 per month. Arguably it should be more than that.
Edit: I didn't fact check your assertion about M10/M18, but you might want to read up on the Luzon and Okinawa campaigns wrt to the M18.
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