[WarInEur] Severe Weather Effects

[Karl Gaarsoe]

OK, Reality Check guys.
   
  READ (Again?) The Relevant chapter in Martin van Creveld, Supplying War. Chapter 5, "Russian Roulette",  (pp 142-180) (Cambridge Univ Press, 1977)
   
  Then think about it for a couple of days, and read the whole book.
   
  Supporting evidence:  Achtung-Panzer, Heinz Guderian, Translated by Christopher Duffy, Arms & Armor, London, 1992.  (originally in German, 1937) See the appendix, especially the chart reproduced below.
   
  Production of Motor Vehicles:
   
  1935
   
  US 74.1%
  UK  9.1%
  France 5.3%
  Germany 4.7%
  Canada 3.1%
  Italy  1.2%
  Others  2.5%
   
  1936
   
  US 77.2%
  Britain 7.8%
  Germany 4.8%
  France 3.5%
  Canada  3.4&
  Italy  0.9%
  Others 2.4%
   
  OK, Motor Vehicel production at this time is pretty much a reflection of the state of the industrial base and the societies preparation to wage mechanied warfare.  Duh, Hitler was INSANE.  Even after occupying France.  The French GM plant manufactured an unknown number of the standard 3t trucks (Opel Blitz) for the Germans;  Somewhere on the Web a couple of years ago I saw how a surviving example was being restored by a French reenactor.  But the records have been conveniently lost.....
   
  But I think if we are going to continue to call it a historical model, no chaining MSU in Severe weather areas.  The Germans just didn't have the resources.
   
  Karl Gaarsoe
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