briantopp
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I was wondering about the 50mm PAK38. I thought they were only available in very limited numbers until Spring 1942 and that the 37mm PAK36 "Heeresanklopfgerät" ("army door knocking device") was still the predominate infantry division AT gun until then. I think the 50mm's were available in numbers by the time of this scenario and the 75mm's didn't arrive until late '42. I didn't find anything specific other than the general info that can be found on Wiki, and some production stats: 50mm PAK 38, 1940 - 388, 1941 - 2072, 1942 - 4480, 1943 - 2626. 75mm PAK 97/38, 1942 - 2845, 1943 - 858. 75mm PAK 40, 1942 - 2114, 1943 - 8740, 1944 - 11728, 1945 - 721. "The new 50mm antitank gun, intended to replace the woefully inadequate 37mm, had begun to come off the assembly line in greater numbers but was still the exception in ordinary German infantry units." To the Gates of Stalingrad, Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942", David M. Glantz with Jonathan M. House. That was in spring 1942. The scenario begins in October 1941. Unfortunately it would force a transition. Also, would be fun to see the lend lease tanks. (But then again, more transitions.) We need a better way to transition equipment. That's not too tricky to do -- just to set up a 0/x slot for the 50mms, and stop the 37s at an appropriate time and start production of the modernized version at the appropriate time -- maybe December 41 or so. Do you have any info on which Soviet units used the lend-lease tanks and in what numbers? As I note above I think the Soviets need to be buttressed a bit in this scenario and I'm on the hunt to add some historically plausible capability to the Red Army. A couple of Soviet tank brigades with British and U.S. tanks would be fun to include to see how they do (the Soviets have some hurricanes and American fighters in the current build).
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