terje439
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After 1943, though, what are the Germans going to do against a division on the line? Here are the options besides nothing:
1. Minor attack: By 1943, units should have morale/experience that they will inflict about 1/2 the casualties on the Germans that they suffer. This isn't productive for the Germans, and favors you.
2. Major attack: So he pockets a few divisions, but his Panzers are out in the open. Or in an unimportant sector. Either way, I don't know why I would do that as the Germans.
3. Don't worry about it. In fact, in the heavy woods east of the Volkhov, you could leave it undefended completely. I'm serious. What's he going to do? Advance? He has to leave guys up there regardless if you do or not, so you would tie down Germans with Air. That's an extreme example, but you have to get men where it counts.
Here are some other things you can do to raise the TOE of your Rifle Corps, if you havent' already:
4. Disband almost all Construction Bdes. (Keep a handful to repair rail, but that's all you need them for, and maybe not much of that, since you have FBD units now)
5. Disband any extra Army HQs (you may have already)
6. Disband any Air HQs more than 1 per front (you may have already; you only need 1 per front)
7. Focus SU builds on TANKS. You have plenty of TANKS in the pool, and Tank SUs are very cheap from a Manpower perspective (but have firepower). You need firepower that is manpower-cheap, and that's Tanks.
1. & 2. Deep down I know you are correct of course, however the disasters inflicted on my forces by losing my flank in -43 scared me, this is probably also my fear of leaving divisions alone on the front.
3. yet, I still attack a hex every now and then, the advance here is just slower, not non-existing.
4. Do not have alot of them, have some RR units, but with the ammount of RR still in need of repair, I will keep them a little longer.
5. Do not have any, should probably BUILD another army or two
6. Do not even have 1 per front at the moment
7. Most my units have 3 SUs attached now, most used items are sappers, heavy tanks, AT units of various kinds and SUs. I do not see my CV as a major issue really, as it seems these often have minimal impact on the outcome anyway... 15 : 1 -> 1.8 : 1 etc...And does not tank SUs demand even more trucks? But sure, I guess I can build some more tank units for the units that still lack SUs.
Again thank you for good advice (even though I might not follow them all  )
Terje
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RE: Disaster in the making. Oloren (axis) vs Terje (USSR) - 
), I realize that the rest of you scream bloody murder at the though of having a rifle corps placed against the Axis stacks and do nothing, but in my mind it pins down Axis units in the quiet sectors, denying them to reinforce the areas south of the Moscow-Minsk line. 
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