[WarInEur] strategic surprise rule - more lipstick for the piggy!; )

[Chuck Sutherland]

I'm not talking about changing the numbers on the units, just the amount 
of them allowed in the OOB and for the russians how many they can build.

Part of the 1-4 mix is taken up by the 4-4/5-5 corps, you could say 
4x1-4 = 1x4-4, 5x1-4 = 5-5. Late in 41 I read where the Russians had 
250+ divisions.

I just know that if you really want to FIX the combat issues the 
Russians are going to need their historical abilities to mass produce 
alot of cannon fodder to slow the offense and have enough afterwards to 
kick those sorry NAZIs back west!

I recall reading an old thread about using the 6-5s to attrition down 
the russians to weaken them so that you could break the line in 42. An 
attrition war should easily be won by the russians no questions asked, 
but because of the low amount infantry production in the current system 
its a viable tactic to lower the number of 5-5 available for 42.

Peter Turkaly wrote:
>  I was always under the impression that the division/corp marks on the
> counters were cosmetic; more of an abstraction than actual representation of
> real divisions.  The counters represented the amount of offensive or
> defensive capabilities one could muster in a given area.  To give it the
> feel of controlling actual units they placed those little xx's on the
> counters.  As it turns out the system was modeled on the german OOB, with
> everyone elses numbers relative to the germans.  Thus, the germans are
> probably more closely matched to their OOB than others.  Trying to match the
> number of counters with historical OOBs for everyone else (especially the
> soviets) will probably throw the system out of balance.  You might have to
> make 20-8 german armored divisions to realistically mirror their strength
> versus a soviet OOB of 320+  1-4's.  Then, of course you have to change the
> allies, and change soviet stacking limits, and so on .....
>
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