mythosov's MTC I ~~ RAC @100 ~~ STOPPED

[mythos]

Greetings generals and welcome to my thread of the Tank Challenge

The campaign has scenarios with "Hold VHs" victory condition. To avoid confusion:
- held 4/3 VHs
- held all VHs
- held 2/4 VHs (TV)
the first means i held 4 VHs, but only 3 were required for a BV. The second means i held all VHs required for a BV (and there weren't any "extra" VHs). The third means, i held only 2 VHs of 4 total and in brackets the achieved type of Victory.





OpenGen 0.93.3.99.RC13 * 7 Oct 2020 * AI version: 3.0 (Dev)
Efile folder: C:\OpenGen\efile_lxf\ * Efile version: LXF 0.7 [02.10.2020]
Campaign: 1936-45 RED ARMY CAMPAIGN, * Player prestige modifier 100% * AI prestige modifier 100%





Played Scenarios:
1 Battle of Sesena.......... , #0 , Brilliant Victory , score:51 +++ Proto: 122mm A-19
2 Battle of Lake Khasan.... , #1 , Brilliant Victory , score:54
3 Khalkhin Gol............... , #2 , Brilliant Victory , score:55
4 Battle of Grodno.......... , #3 , Brilliant Victory , score:52 +++ Proto: MiG-1
5 Raate Road................ , #4 , Brilliant Victory , score:55 +++ Proto: GAZ 25mm ZP 40
6 Vyborg Bay................. , #5 , Brilliant Victory , score:55
7 Battle of Bialystok-Minsk , #6 , Brilliant Victory , score:55
8 Yelnya Offensive.......... , #7 , Brilliant Victory , score:54 +++ Proto: Yak-7B M-105PF
9 Battle of Moscow......... , #8 , Brilliant Victory , score:55
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Campaign score: 486 * Average: 54

[mythos]

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1) Battle of Sesena ~~ held 4/3 VHs

Core makeup
- T-26 M33
- BA-3

Leaders
T-26 M33 , Overwhelming Attack (as part of the MTC)
BA-3 , Resilience

Proto
122mm A-19



I replayed the scenario. At first, after rcn units uncovered enemies, i left the core units around the starting VH and fended of the 2 waves of infantry.
This however left 200 Prestige on the map at scenario conclusion - treachery

So i restarted, played a turn and calculated how far the tank could get. Technically i think it would even be possible to get all map prestige (in particular since you only need to hold 3 of the 4 VHs), but that way the tank would be lagging behind several kills
Anyway: the core helped defeating the first wave of incoming inf, then rushed westwards. Aircraft soon followed to provide fire support.

Current scenario: Battle of Sesena, VH prestige is 280 , All map prestige is: 640
Army cost: 547 , Current prestige is 1070
Prestige available on map yet is 80 pp ( 0 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 9
AI stance is Aggressive Using map: 636
if BV: +450, Battle of Lake Khasan , cap 3100, 8 turns prestige: 510
if V : +400, Battle of Lake Khasan , cap 3100, 8 turns prestige: 510
if TV: +400, Battle of Lake Khasan , cap 3100, 8 turns prestige: 510
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 510

Tank
T-26 M33 , 1/1TB , 2 bars , 234 exp , 10/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 12 kill , 336 pp [+184 exp]

Recon
BA-3 , 2/1TB , 1 bars , 116 exp , 8/10 , Resilience , 0 kill , 211 pp [+66 exp]

Player 1 : Soviet Union
Killed: INF:11 RCN:3 ATY:2 Total: 16
Lost : Total: 0

BV 1
V 0
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Tank * 1 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 234 exp, 12 kill, 336 pp Average: 234 exp, 12 kill, 336 pp
Recon * 1 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 116 exp, 0 kill, 211 pp Average: 116 exp, 0 kill, 211 pp
* Summary: * 2 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 350 exp, 12 kill, 547 pp Average: 175 exp, 6 kill, 274 pp

Strange to see that the tank collected ca 25-30 XP more this time

[Keighleyred]

welcome aboard the more the merrier

glad to see you join in be interesting to compare units

[mythos]

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2) Battle of Lake Khasan ~~ held all VHs

Refit
all green

Bought
T-35
76mm F-22 with horse cart (i small guns like these)
2x cavalry
BA-3 and burnt the last bits of Prestige on a Recon attachment

Remaining Prestige
3



I split the core in half. Due to terrain i expected mobile warfare in the north, so i deployed the T-26, 122mm gun, leadered recon and 1x cavalry there - however, in the end the entered the mountains anyway.

The flagged ports on the map looked suspicious and indeed there were 2 Naval Transports available more prestige
I think if sending faster recons over the river it is possible to grab even more prestige, but since i didn't know the scenario (and didn't want to replay), i happily took what i got.

Current scenario: Battle of Lake Khasan, VH prestige is 640 , All map prestige is: 1320
Army cost: 1839 , Current prestige is 1223
Prestige available on map yet is 200 pp ( 0 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 10
AI stance is Defensive Using map: 479
if BV: +450, Khalkhin Gol , cap 3600, 9 turns prestige: 100
if V : +400, Khalkhin Gol , cap 3600, 9 turns prestige: 100
if TV: +400, Khalkhin Gol , cap 3600, 9 turns prestige: 100
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 100

Infantry
36 Regular Cavalry , Cav , 0 bars , 57 exp , 7/10 , 1 kill , 100 pp [+57 exp]
36 Regular Cavalry , Cav , 0 bars , 54 exp , 4/10 , 1 kill , 57 pp [+54 exp]

Tank
T-26 M33 , Tk...owa...Cpt Csaba , 4 bars , 424 exp , 9/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 24 kill , 302 pp [+190 exp]
T-35 , Tk , 1 bars , 141 exp , 9/10 , 11 kill , 464 pp [+141 exp]

Recon
BA-3 , Rcn...def...Cpt Clemens , 1 bars , 155 exp , 9/10 , Resilience , 1 kill , 237 pp [+48 exp]
BA-3 , Rcn , 0 bars , 84 exp , 10/10 , Recon, 0 kill , 307 pp [+84 exp]

Artillery
+ 122mm A-19 , Komintern , Arty , 0 bars , 99 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 0 pp [+99 exp]
76.2mm F-22 , Horse , l Arty , 0 bars , 47 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 372 pp [+47 exp]

Player 1 : Soviet Union
Killed: INF:26 RCN:6 FORT:2 ATY:7 AD:1 FTR:2 TB:1 Total: 45
Lost : INF:4 RCN:1 Total: 5

BV 2
V 0
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Infantry * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 111 exp, 2 kill, 157 pp Average: 56 exp, 1 kill, 79 pp
Tank * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 565 exp, 35 kill, 766 pp Average: 283 exp, 18 kill, 383 pp
Recon * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 239 exp, 1 kill, 544 pp Average: 120 exp, 1 kill, 272 pp
Artillery * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 146 exp, 0 kill, 372 pp Average: 73 exp, 0 kill, 186 pp
* Summary: * 8 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 1061 exp, 38 kill, 1839 pp Average: 133 exp, 5 kill, 230 pp

[mythos]

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3) Khalkhin Gol ~~ last turn BV

Refit
elite for the
green for the others

Upgrade
to BT-7

Bought
mountaineer
Fast Speed for a recon car
IP-1 (highest ground attack of available models and by far the most fuel)

Remaining Prestige
324

Bought during scenario
a Dirt-Airfield (start in turn 2 at (3,14))
R-10 (in turn 2 - lots of fuel, speed and even ground attack, what else could one wish from a rcn aircraft )
parachuter (in turn 5 - after discovering the Air Transport i had visions of grabbing all Map Prestige)



Assuming that the "Khaylastyn River" from the map is the "Holsten River" from the briefing, i decided to ignore the southwestern SH and fully concentrate on the northern half of the map.

T-35, 76mm gun and mountaineer (and aux construction) remained in the rear to deal with the advanced enemy elements.
Southern auxiliaries, including the cavalry from Hamar Dabaan (14,12) prepared for the offensive across the river towards Handagai (26,16).
All other ground units not involved with defense tasks rushed northeast towards Nomonhan (24,5).

Current scenario: Khalkhin Gol, VH prestige is 320 , All map prestige is: 440
Army cost: 3272 , Current prestige is 1223
Prestige available on map yet is 0 pp ( 0 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 9
AI stance is Aggressive Using map: 913
if BV: +850, Battle of Grodno , cap 6600, 9 turns prestige: 1246
if V : +800, Battle of Grodno , cap 6600, 12 turns prestige: 1246
if TV: +800, Battle of Grodno , cap 6600, 15 turns prestige: 1246
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 1246

Infantry
36 Regular Cavalry , Cav , 1 bars , 127 exp , 7/10 , 1 kill , 100 pp [+76 exp]
36 Regular Cavalry , Cav , 1 bars , 110 exp , 3/10 , 2 kill , 43 pp [+68 exp]
Parachute Infantry , , 0 bars , 0 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 300 pp
Mountain Infantry , , 0 bars , 52 exp , 9/10 , 2 kill , 226 pp [+52 exp]

Tank
BT-7 , Tk...owa...Cpt Csaba , 5 bars , 637 exp , 10/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 45 kill , 444 pp [+213 exp]
T-35 , Tk , 1 bars , 155 exp , 10/10 , 15 kill , 516 pp [+19 exp]

Recon
BA-3 , Rcn...def...Cpt Clemens , 2 bars , 209 exp , 7/10 , Resilience , 1 kill , 184 pp [+60 exp]
BA-3 , Rcn , 1 bars , 142 exp , 7/10 , Recon, Fast Speed, 0 kill , 296 pp [+58 exp]

Artillery
+ 122mm A-19 , Komintern , Arty , 1 bars , 132 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 0 pp [+33 exp]
76.2mm F-22 , Horse , l Arty , 1 bars , 104 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 372 pp [+57 exp]

Fighter
IP-1 , , 1 bars , 115 exp , 6/10 , 4 kill , 352 pp [+115 exp]

Tactical Bomber
R-10 , , 0 bars , 45 exp , 10/10 , Support, 0 kill , 439 pp [+45 exp]

Player 1 : Soviet Union
Killed: INF:45 TNK:3 RCN:8 AT:3 FLAK:4 FORT:3 ATY:10 AD:1 FTR:5 TB:4 Total: 86
Lost : INF:7 RCN:2 Total: 9

BV 3
V 0
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Infantry * 4 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 289 exp, 5 kill, 669 pp Average: 72 exp, 1 kill, 167 pp
Tank * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 792 exp, 60 kill, 960 pp Average: 396 exp, 30 kill, 480 pp
Recon * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 351 exp, 1 kill, 480 pp Average: 176 exp, 1 kill, 240 pp
Artillery * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 236 exp, 0 kill, 372 pp Average: 118 exp, 0 kill, 186 pp
Fighter * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 115 exp, 4 kill, 352 pp Average: 115 exp, 4 kill, 352 pp
Tactical Bomber * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 45 exp, 0 kill, 439 pp Average: 45 exp, 0 kill, 439 pp
* Summary: * 12 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 1828 exp, 70 kill, 3272 pp Average: 152 exp, 6 kill, 273 pp

[mythos]

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4) Battle of Grodno ~~ last turn BV

Refit
all green

Sold
Support attachment
paratrooper

Upgrade
76mm gun to roll with trucks
mountaineer to para (not very cost efficient, but i wanted to preserve the XP and Kills)

Bought
Fast Speed for the
DB-3B
2x infantry with ZiS-5 and Fast Speed
BA-20 with Fast Speed
U-2

Overstrength
+4:

Remaining Prestige
14

Proto
MiG 1



Having already played other of Golothin's campaigns, i was hoping (or rather estimating) from the briefing, that there would be little resistance in the east - thus i made up my battle plan.

The BA-20 should jump around in the east and grab flags.
Other fast units should rush to Grodno, circle around and cut off the roads to the EHs.
The para should take the airfield (34,15) and preferably jump a second time somewhere.
The T-35 and 122mm gun should head straight west for Belostok (4,35).

I had no clear idea of what to do with the cavalries and second BA-3 (it was the only recon car without Fast Speed). Would there be a difficult battle around Belostok ?
Since airforce could help, i decided to play risky and also send the "slow" units to Grodno.

Some of the XP growth comes from the "Obstacle" units, which i attacked in the last 2-3-4 turns of the scenario.

Current scenario: Battle of Grodno, VH prestige is 600 , All map prestige is: 920
Army cost: 4320 , Current prestige is 934
Prestige available on map yet is 0 pp ( 0 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 10
AI stance is Aggressive Using map: 738
if BV: +500, Raate Road , cap 5900, 10 turns prestige: 0
if V : +450, Raate Road , cap 5900, 12 turns prestige: 0
if TV: +450, Raate Road , cap 5900, 15 turns prestige: 0
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 0

Infantry
36 Regular Cavalry , Cav , 1 bars , 125 exp , 10/10 , 1 kill , 144 pp [+12 exp]
36 Regular Cavalry , Cav , 1 bars , 100 exp , 10/10 , 2 kill , 144 pp [+17 exp]
Parachute Infantry , Abn , 0 bars , 92 exp , 9/10 , 3 kill , 270 pp [+42 exp]
36 Regular Infantry , ZIS-5 , Inf , 0 bars , 82 exp , 6/10 , Fast Speed, 0 kill , 165 pp [+57 exp]
36 Regular Infantry , ZIS-5 , Inf , 2 bars , 213 exp , 3/10 , Fast Speed, 1 kill , 111 pp [+188 exp]

Tank
BT-7 , Tk...owa...Cpt Csaba , 5 bars , 924 exp , 11/10 , Overwhelming Attack , Fast Speed, 62 kill , 584 pp [+287 exp]
T-35 , Tk , 1 bars , 186 exp , 10/10 , 15 kill , 516 pp [+31 exp]

Recon
BA-3 , Rcn...def...Cpt Clemens , 2 bars , 235 exp , 6/10 , Resilience , 2 kill , 158 pp [+48 exp]
BA-3 , Rcn , 1 bars , 165 exp , 7/10 , Fast Speed, Recon, 0 kill , 296 pp [+38 exp]
BA-20 , Rcn , 0 bars , 25 exp , 10/10 , Fast Speed, 0 kill , 264 pp

Artillery
+ 122mm A-19 , Komintern , Arty , 1 bars , 142 exp , 10/10 , 1 kill , 0 pp [+10 exp]
76.2mm F-22 , ZIS-5 , l Arty , 1 bars , 143 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 432 pp [+39 exp]

Fighter
IP-1 , Ftr , 1 bars , 175 exp , 8/10 , 5 kill , 470 pp [+77 exp]

Tactical Bomber
DB-3B , TB , 1 bars , 137 exp , 7/10 , 2 kill , 428 pp [+112 exp]
R-10 , Rcn , 1 bars , 122 exp , 6/10 , 1 kill , 223 pp [+77 exp]
U-2 , Rcn , 0 bars , 57 exp , 6/10 , 0 kill , 115 pp [+32 exp]

Player 1 : Soviet Union
Killed: INF:58 TNK:3 RCN:9 AT:4 FLAK:8 FORT:3 ATY:16 AD:1 FTR:5 TB:4 Total: 111
Lost : INF:7 RCN:2 Total: 9

BV 4
V 0
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Infantry * 5 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 612 exp, 7 kill, 834 pp Average: 122 exp, 1 kill, 167 pp
Tank * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 1110 exp, 77 kill, 1100 pp Average: 555 exp, 39 kill, 550 pp
Recon * 3 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 425 exp, 2 kill, 718 pp Average: 142 exp, 1 kill, 239 pp
Artillery * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 285 exp, 1 kill, 432 pp Average: 143 exp, 1 kill, 216 pp
Fighter * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 175 exp, 5 kill, 470 pp Average: 175 exp, 5 kill, 470 pp
Tactical Bomber * 3 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 316 exp, 3 kill, 766 pp Average: 105 exp, 1 kill, 255 pp
* Summary: * 16 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 2923 exp, 95 kill, 4320 pp Average: 183 exp, 6 kill, 270 pp

[lvjtn]

nice job, Chris!

can you accept the malus for your attachments? is it worth the cost?

[mythos]

Thanks Csaba

I will answer later today, need a little time to write that up.

5) Raate Road ~~ BV-1

Refit
green for units i wanted to sell
elite for the others

Sold
BA-20
U-2
all attachments

Upgraded
truck of the 122mm gun to Voroshilovets
truck of the 76mm gun to GAZ-60 (for free)
2x cavalry to new model
2x infantry to new model with GAZ-60
IP-1 to I-16

Bought
Air Defense and Special Muni for the MiG

Downgraded
T-35 to BT-7 (i had been expecting higher XP growth on the 35er, and it is a little on the slow side)

Overstrength
1: BT-7, 2x cav, 1x inf
5: (+4, and 1 from previous scenario)

Remaining Prestige
30

Leaders
BA-3 , Determined Defense
76.2mm , Overwhelming Attack
I-16-24 , Influence
DB-3B , Fire Discipline

Proto
GAZ 25mm ZP 40



Many of the HQ decisions were just done to burn Prestige and reduce Army Cost (in particular the selling of Attachments, which count in Army Cost in this campaign), in preparation of getting as much Prestige from this scenario as possible.

Paratrooper took the western airfield, then jumped another time later (he had to wait for core to arrive).
Core formed an umbrella around artilleries and drove to the EH.
2x reinforcement inf followed, the third was left behind at the SH.

Current scenario: Raate Road, VH prestige is 0 , All map prestige is: 80
Army cost: 4008 , Current prestige is 2150
Prestige available on map yet is 0 pp ( 0 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 11
AI stance is Aggressive Using map: 1017
if BV: +1200, Vyborg Bay , cap 6800, 12 turns prestige: 2040
if V : +1100, Vyborg Bay , cap 6800, 15 turns prestige: 2040
if TV: +1100, Vyborg Bay , cap 6800, 21 turns prestige: 2040
if Ls: +1100, Vyborg Bay , cap 6800, 21 turns prestige: 2040

Infantry
Regular Cavalry , Cav , 1 bars , 135 exp , 6/10 , 1 kill , 93 pp = Escaped! [+10 exp]
Regular Cavalry , Cav , 1 bars , 133 exp , 6/10 , 3 kill , 93 pp [+33 exp]
Parachute Infantry , Abn , 1 bars , 130 exp , 5/10 , 3 kill , 150 pp = Escaped! [+38 exp]
Regular Infantry , GAZ-60 , Inf , 1 bars , 116 exp , 7/10 , 0 kill , 134 pp [+34 exp]
Regular Infantry , GAZ-60 , Inf , 2 bars , 237 exp , 8/10 , 1 kill , 153 pp [+24 exp]

Tank
BT-7 , Tk...owa...Cpt Csaba , 5 bars , 1301 exp , 12/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 79 kill , 532 pp = Escaped! [+377 exp]
BT-7 , Tk , 2 bars , 216 exp , 10/10 , 15 kill , 444 pp = Escaped! [+30 exp]

Recon
BA-3 , Rcn...def...Cpt Clemens , 2 bars , 280 exp , 6/10 , Resilience , 3 kill , 158 pp [+45 exp]
BA-3 , Rcn , 2 bars , 203 exp , 8/10 , Determined Defense , 0 kill , 211 pp [+38 exp]

Artillery
+ 122mm A-19 , Voroshilovets , Arty , 1 bars , 196 exp , 10/10 , 1 kill , 0 pp = Escaped! [+54 exp]
76.2mm F-22 , GAZ-60 , l Arty , 2 bars , 215 exp , 10/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 0 kill , 432 pp [+72 exp]

Fighter
I-16-24 , Ftr , 2 bars , 247 exp , 10/10 , Influence , 6 kill , 624 pp [+72 exp]
+ MiG-1 , Ftr , 0 bars , 81 exp , 10/10 , Air Defense, Special Munition, 0 kill , 0 pp [+56 exp]

Tactical Bomber
DB-3B , TB , 2 bars , 213 exp , 10/10 , Fire Discipline , 4 kill , 612 pp [+76 exp]
R-10 , Rcn , 1 bars , 169 exp , 10/10 , 1 kill , 372 pp [+47 exp]

Player 1 : Soviet Union
Killed: INF:72 TNK:3 RCN:11 AT:4 FLAK:8 FORT:4 ATY:20 AD:1 FTR:6 TB:4 Total: 133
Lost : INF:7 RCN:2 Total: 9

BV 5
V 0
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Infantry * 5 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 751 exp, 8 kill, 623 pp Average: 150 exp, 2 kill, 125 pp
Tank * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 1517 exp, 94 kill, 976 pp Average: 759 exp, 47 kill, 488 pp
Recon * 2 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 483 exp, 3 kill, 369 pp Average: 242 exp, 2 kill, 185 pp
Artillery * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 411 exp, 1 kill, 432 pp Average: 206 exp, 1 kill, 216 pp
Fighter * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 328 exp, 6 kill, 624 pp Average: 164 exp, 3 kill, 312 pp
Tactical Bomber * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 382 exp, 5 kill, 984 pp Average: 191 exp, 3 kill, 492 pp
* Summary: * 15 Units * 6 Leaders Total : 3872 exp, 117 kill, 4008 pp Average: 258 exp, 8 kill, 267 pp

[mythos]

5 scenarios / 25% of the campaign played, here are the 2

can you accept the malus for your attachments? is it worth the cost?

In all honesty, i didn't think much about the mali when attaching, until Grodno.

If you look at and count attachments against each other (example [Recon + Fast Speed] or [Special Muni + Support] ) then yes, you can make up synergetic pairs - and even individual attachments can work (example [Air Defense] without a partner).
The tricky thing is however: attachments don't exist in a vacuum, they are bound to units (or classes) and their jobs - either their "effective jobs", or "jobs made up by players" (example, to me, tanks are not "combat units", they are "overruners" - everything else (and i mean "everything that can shoot") is a combatant and prepares overruns).

Example, i never could really make use of the [Support] attachment, other than glueing it to artillery and bombers.
For bombers, Support could even have -2 Speed and i would say " why not? ". For artillery, which generally has only 4-5-6 speed if (half)tracked, -1 Speed is a critical penalty.
I could imagine using Support in defensive scenarios (and then on more classes than just bombers and arty).
In the long run, i think that Support will be limited to bombers and bunkers, which can live with the penalty - other classes need the speed for mobility, considering that players are most often on the offensive.
Of course it can be balanced out with Fast Speed - Fast Speed however penalizes Initiative, which is also very useful for some classes (includind artillery).

On a point-by-point comparison...



* Recon
+Spot; -Speed
Recon units (cars and aircraft) are generally fast enough to go with the penalty and still be excellent in their role. I'm only afraid of AI interactions (i used Recon on AI tanks and infantry/cavalry as well), where -Speed could be crippling.


* Air Defense
+AA/AD; -Ini
makes sense, and is a mindful balance for those classes which usually use them (Flak, Fort, AD, Ftr and maybe ATG units, ships).


* Bridge
"disabled"
makes sense. Whenever it was enabled, i did freaky stuff - like glueing it to recon cars


* AntiTank
+HA; -Speed
one of the few attachments which make sense for artillery, but IMO -Speed is a killer for arty.
Otherwise, useful for (AI) tanks and (AI) ATGs - however again, -Speed is not good there. But not bad either.
No problem for bombers and fighters.
No problem for ships, since you can always add/remove it based on the scenario at hand.


* Support
+Ammo; -Speed
as explained, i found the attachment tricky to incorporate into my core, other than
- bombers (no problem)
- arty (-Speed = no go)
- defensive scenarios (little to no problem)
- fighters (no problem)
- maybe ATG units (need to think 2-3 times before attaching, if at all)


* Forward Observer
+Arty/AD bonus (if their ground target is adjacent to the FO); -Ini
i would think twice before adding FO to infantry (where it makes most sense IMO), but in general this is a solid bonus-malus-pair.


* Special Muni
to hit bonus (not to be confused with Effective Attack); -Ammo
i feel sad for my arty (not "extra sad" just "sad", since SM is one of few useful arty attachments) and a little sad for my bombers (with their low Ammo supply), but again i think this is a solid bonus-malus-pair.


* FastEntrench
+Entrenchment; -Ini
in all actuality, i have no idea what to make out of the attachment in the first place.
In the beginning days of Attachments, i glued it to all sorts of units, expecting a huge defensive bonus, especially for my combatants (like StuGs).
Then i was told, that Entrench is ignored for the attacker.
Then i realized, that Entrench can prevent units from retreating, which can be their death sentence.
Then i realized, that for AI i can simply better add Entrench, instead of FastEntrench, for static units - and leave it aside for mobile units.
What is this attachment for


* Bunker Buster
ignores Effective Defense of forts (class 6 units) and Terrain Bonus (fort terrain) of units; -Ammo
some time before putting my Efile project on hold, i had been experimenting with mali and arrived at -Ammo for Bunker Buster too
In a sense ground infantry (tanks, ATGs...) get mixed with specialized inf/units, mixing their equipment (main weapons and additional weapons like flamers, grenades, towed guns...), which makes resupplying them more difficult. Bunker Busting Ammo for other units (aircraft, arty) is either more bulky and/or otherwise makes resupply more diffucult.


* Fast Builder
Faster Building; -Ini
the only units which can have Fast Builder are those which can build. They have 1 (0 in a few cases) Ini and should usually be away from the frontline anyway. Could have also been -Speed or [no malus, but higher price] instead.
(IMO it is not necessary to pursue a theme from beginning to end just for the consistency, if it makes little sense)


* Fuel Pods
+Fuel; -Speed
those units which have most use for it (aircraft) can live with it.
However, sometimes you just wish that unit X had more Fuel (desert, in general big maps), even though its 45 are actually not "few". However, then the Speed malus can be critical (especially big maps) - it then comes down to what other attachments you want for these units (if any), in order to glue on Fast Speed.


* Fast Speed
+Speed; -Ini
not exactly a great bonus-malus-pair, since Ini is needed here and there.
But not bad eiter.



Overall, yes i can accept the malus for "my" attachments (considering what i do glue on where), though i would wish that some mali would be different or non-existent, for a wider utility of attaching.

As for the cost...
At the beginning of a campaign it is very tricky, that attachments count in Army Cost.
Later in the campaign it is mabye balanced out rather nicely. AFAIR i never played campaigns, where attachments counted in Army Cost, so i will think about it in the second half of the campaign.

[Golothin]

nice feedback, Chris!

[mythos]

Thank you

6) Vyborg Bay ~~ held all VHs

Refit
green for the BA-3 "Resil."
elite for the others

Sold
Air Defense of the fighter

Bought
76mm (AT) with GAZ-60 and Special Muni
76mm (arty) with GAZ-60
Special Muni for the Flak

Upgrade
Flak to ZIS-22
122mm gun to 152mm BR-2

Overstrength
2: BT-7
4: (+2, and 2 from previous scenario)

Remaining Prestige
10

Leaders
BT-7 , Overwatch
152mm BR-2 , Skilled Reconnaissance



The started in the northeast, then turned west and took the northern flank.
I was (correctly) expecting bunkers on the Fort Hexes, and in between were some Overcast/Clear turns, so that all core units scored XP

Current scenario: Vyborg Bay, VH prestige is 680 , All map prestige is: 920
Army cost: 4690 , Current prestige is 1450
Prestige available on map yet is 0 pp ( 0 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 11
AI stance is Defensive Using map: 1019
if BV: +700, Battle of Bialystok-Minsk , cap 7400, 10 turns prestige: 520
if V : +650, Battle of Bialystok-Minsk , cap 7400, 10 turns prestige: 520
if TV: +650, Battle of Bialystok-Minsk , cap 7400, 10 turns prestige: 520
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 520

Infantry
Regular Cavalry , Cav , 2 bars , 202 exp , 5/10 , 1 kill , 78 pp [+67 exp]
Regular Cavalry , Cav , 1 bars , 178 exp , 9/10 , 3 kill , 140 pp [+45 exp]
Parachute Infantry , Abn , 1 bars , 172 exp , 10/10 , 4 kill , 300 pp [+42 exp]
Regular Infantry , GAZ-60 , Inf , 1 bars , 162 exp , 8/10 , 1 kill , 153 pp [+46 exp]
Regular Infantry , GAZ-60 , Inf , 2 bars , 268 exp , 8/10 , 2 kill , 153 pp [+31 exp]

Tank
BT-7 , Tk...owa...Cpt Csaba , 5 bars , 1804 exp , 9/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 105 kill , 399 pp [+503 exp]
BT-7 , Tk , 3 bars , 358 exp , 8/10 , Overwatch , 21 kill , 355 pp [+142 exp]

Recon
BA-3 , Rcn...def...Cpt Clemens , 2 bars , 258 exp , 8/10 , Resilience , 3 kill , 211 pp [+18 exp]
BA-3 , Rcn...def...Cpt Urica , 2 bars , 229 exp , 9/10 , Determined Defense , 0 kill , 237 pp [+26 exp]

Anti-tank
76.2mm F-22 , GAZ-60 , AT , 1 bars , 103 exp , 9/10 , Special Munition, 1 kill , 293 pp [+78 exp]

FlaK
+ ZIS-22/42 37mm ZP 39 , Flak , 1 bars , 104 exp , 9/10 , Special Munition, 1 kill , 0 pp [+79 exp]

Artillery
+ 152mm BR-2 , Voroshilovets , Arty , 2 bars , 261 exp , 10/10 , Skilled Reconnaissance , 3 kill , 0 pp [+65 exp]
76.2mm F-22 , GAZ-60 , l Arty...owa...Cpt Para , 3 bars , 310 exp , 10/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 0 kill , 432 pp [+95 exp]
76.2mm F-22 , GAZ-60 , l Arty , 0 bars , 99 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 432 pp [+74 exp]

Fighter
I-16-24 , Ftr...mojo...Cpt Björn , 2 bars , 284 exp , 9/10 , Influence , 9 kill , 561 pp [+37 exp]
+ MiG-1 , Ftr , 1 bars , 140 exp , 10/10 , Special Munition, 1 kill , 0 pp [+59 exp]

Tactical Bomber
DB-3B , TB...ammo...Cpt Juankar , 2 bars , 286 exp , 10/10 , Fire Discipline , 5 kill , 612 pp [+73 exp]
R-10 , Rcn , 1 bars , 185 exp , 9/10 , 1 kill , 334 pp [+16 exp]

Player 1 : Soviet Union
Killed: INF:95 TNK:3 RCN:12 AT:4 FLAK:15 FORT:8 ATY:33 AD:3 FTR:7 TB:6 Total: 186
Lost : INF:7 RCN:2 Total: 9

BV 6
V 0
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Infantry * 5 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 982 exp, 11 kill, 824 pp Average: 196 exp, 2 kill, 165 pp
Tank * 2 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 2162 exp, 126 kill, 754 pp Average: 1081 exp, 63 kill, 377 pp
Recon * 2 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 487 exp, 3 kill, 448 pp Average: 244 exp, 2 kill, 224 pp
Anti-tank * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 103 exp, 1 kill, 293 pp Average: 103 exp, 1 kill, 293 pp
FlaK * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 104 exp, 1 kill, 0 pp Average: 104 exp, 1 kill, 0 pp
Artillery * 3 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 670 exp, 3 kill, 864 pp Average: 223 exp, 1 kill, 288 pp
Fighter * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 424 exp, 10 kill, 561 pp Average: 212 exp, 5 kill, 281 pp
Tactical Bomber * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 471 exp, 6 kill, 946 pp Average: 236 exp, 3 kill, 473 pp
* Summary: * 18 Units * 8 Leaders Total : 5403 exp, 161 kill, 4690 pp Average: 300 exp, 9 kill, 261 pp

[mythos]

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7) Battle of Bialystok-Minsk ~~ escaped 9/10 units (+1 from AI)

Refit
elite for the , BT-7 and 1x cav
a mix of green and elite for the 2-bar cav
green for the 76mm (AT), BA-3 "Resil.", Flak truck
none for the BA-3 "Det.Def", 2x inf and all aircraft

Bought
3x FAI
Air Defense for the Flak

Upgrade
2x inf from halftrack to truck (for free - faster transport)
to T-34 "A"
BT-7 to T-34 "CC" (command tank - the loss of my second overrunner hurts, though)

Sold
Special Muni of the fighter

Overstrength
1: Flak truck
5:

Remaining Prestige
85

Bought during scenario
3x BA-20 (in turn 2)
- all in turn 3:
78pp elite refit for the "Resil." recon car
25pp elite refit for the 76mm ATG
1x cavalry (blocking the path to core arty)



Took 3 tries to get through without unit losses (or rather "without important units lost" ).
Not deploying your airforce can be a key (at least it saves expensive repairs), but a [C] unit with 3 or 4 XP-bars can be a life-saver.

Convoy units: BA-3 "Det.Def", 3x FAI, 2x infantry and (via air transport) the paratrooper = 7. The bought 3x BA-20 joined them.
While Victory Conditions (like Escape Units) count for all players of a specific side, don't count depend on the AI to help you with this job. Example, in this last playthrough the AI could have retreated 3 units in turn 5, but only retreated a recon car (and i guess if it had some more move points left, it wouldn't have retreated too). But back to business.

The bought cav from turn 3 was subsequently used/offered as spotter/cannonfodder, but it survived.
I was also considering to let the Wolozyn airfield get lost, recapture it and use my airforce, but in an earlier attempt this was very costly

Wolozyn (2,14) changed sides a couple times (it is a SH "for owner" allowing the enemy AI to buy there ).

The trickyness here is the highly experienced (3-4 bars) enemy arty. Arty is one of the classes to grow XP the slowest, thus seeing these units with as much or more XP than other units is seriously that, and the highly experienced enemy fighters (3-4 bar Bf 109 F4, some serious skycleaners).

Current scenario: Battle of Bialystok-Minsk, VH prestige is 160 , All map prestige is: 160
Army cost: 6020 , Current prestige is 1374
Prestige available on map yet is 160 pp ( 160 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 6
AI stance is Aggressive Using map: 923
if BV: +1200, Yelnya Offensive , cap 11900, 6 turns prestige: 2160
if V : +1100, Yelnya Offensive , cap 11900, 8 turns prestige: 2160
if TV: +1100, Yelnya Offensive , cap 11900, 16 turns prestige: 2160
if Ls: +1100, Yelnya Offensive , cap 11900, 16 turns prestige: 2160

Infantry
Regular Cavalry , Cav , 1 bars , 198 exp , 8/10 , 1 kill , 124 pp [+18 exp]
Regular Cavalry , Cav , 1 bars , 193 exp , 10/10 , 3 kill , 156 pp [+15 exp]
Parachute Infantry , Abn , 1 bars , 172 exp , 10/10 , 4 kill , 300 pp = Escaped!
Regular Infantry , ZIS-5 , Inf , 1 bars , 181 exp , 8/10 , 1 kill , 153 pp = Escaped! [+19 exp]
Regular Infantry , ZIS-5 , Inf , 2 bars , 287 exp , 8/10 , 2 kill , 153 pp = Escaped! [+19 exp]
Regular Cavalry , , 0 bars , 88 exp , 6/10 , 0 kill , 93 pp [+53 exp]

Tank
T-34/76A , Tk...owa...Cpt Csaba , 5 bars , 2018 exp , 13/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 128 kill , 826 pp [+214 exp]
T-34TU CC , Tk...ctrl...Cpt Jan , 4 bars , 406 exp , 7/10 , Overwatch , 21 kill , 512 pp [+48 exp]

Recon
BA-3 , Rcn...def...Cpt Clemens , 2 bars , 288 exp , 7/10 , Resilience , 3 kill , 184 pp [+49 exp]
BA-3 , Rcn...def...Cpt Urica , 2 bars , 241 exp , 9/10 , Determined Defense , 1 kill , 237 pp [+12 exp]
BA-20 , , 0 bars , 35 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 204 pp = Escaped!
BA-20 , , 0 bars , 51 exp , 2/10 , 0 kill , 40 pp = Escaped! [+16 exp]
BA-20 , , 0 bars , 35 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 204 pp = Escaped!
FAI , , 0 bars , 35 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 180 pp = Escaped!
FAI , , 0 bars , 35 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 180 pp = Escaped!
FAI , , 0 bars , 35 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 180 pp = Escaped!

Anti-tank
76.2mm F-22 , GAZ-60 , AT , 1 bars , 134 exp , 4/10 , Special Munition, 1 kill , 167 pp [+35 exp]

FlaK
+ ZIS-22/42 37mm ZP 39 , Flak , 2 bars , 208 exp , 11/10 , Air Defense, Special Munition, 2 kill , 0 pp [+108 exp]

Artillery
+ 152mm BR-2 , Voroshilovets , Arty...spot...Cpt Brian , 2 bars , 277 exp , 10/10 , Skilled Reconnaissance , 3 kill , 0 pp [+16 exp]
76.2mm F-22 , GAZ-60 , l Arty...owa...Cpt Para , 3 bars , 365 exp , 10/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 0 kill , 432 pp [+55 exp]
76.2mm F-22 , GAZ-60 , l Arty , 1 bars , 128 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 432 pp [+29 exp]

Fighter
I-16-24 , Ftr...mojo...Cpt Björn , 2 bars , 284 exp , 9/10 , Influence , 9 kill , 561 pp
+ MiG-1 , Ftr , 1 bars , 140 exp , 10/10 , 1 kill , 0 pp

Tactical Bomber
DB-3B , TB...ammo...Cpt Juankar , 2 bars , 286 exp , 10/10 , Fire Discipline , 5 kill , 612 pp
R-10 , Rcn , 1 bars , 185 exp , 9/10 , 1 kill , 334 pp


Dossier summary:

Player 1 : Soviet Union
Killed: INF:104 TNK:7 RCN:13 AT:8 FLAK:17 FORT:8 ATY:37 AD:3 FTR:7 TB:7 Total: 211
Lost : INF:7 RCN:2 Total: 9

Player 3 : Soviet Union
Killed: TNK:1 AT:1 Total: 2
Lost : INF:29 TNK:12 RCN:4 AT:1 FLAK:2 FORT:2 ATY:9 Total: 59

Total Side 2
Killed: INF:104 TNK:8 RCN:13 AT:9 FLAK:17 FORT:8 ATY:37 AD:3 FTR:7 TB:7 Total: 213
Lost : INF:36 TNK:12 RCN:6 AT:1 FLAK:2 FORT:2 ATY:9 Total: 68

BV 7
V 0
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Infantry * 6 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 1119 exp, 11 kill, 979 pp Average: 187 exp, 2 kill, 163 pp
Tank * 2 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 2424 exp, 149 kill, 1338 pp Average: 1212 exp, 75 kill, 669 pp
Recon * 8 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 755 exp, 4 kill, 1409 pp Average: 94 exp, 1 kill, 176 pp
Anti-tank * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 134 exp, 1 kill, 167 pp Average: 134 exp, 1 kill, 167 pp
FlaK * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 208 exp, 2 kill, 0 pp Average: 208 exp, 2 kill, 0 pp
Artillery * 3 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 770 exp, 3 kill, 864 pp Average: 257 exp, 1 kill, 288 pp
Fighter * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 424 exp, 10 kill, 561 pp Average: 212 exp, 5 kill, 281 pp
Tactical Bomber * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 471 exp, 6 kill, 946 pp Average: 236 exp, 3 kill, 473 pp
* Summary: * 25 Units * 8 Leaders Total : 6305 exp, 186 kill, 6264 pp Average: 252 exp, 7 kill, 251 pp

[mythos]

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8) Yelnya Offensive ~~ last turn BV

Refit
elite for T-34 "CC", BA-3 "Det.Def", 1 XP-bar cav and 1 bar inf
green for the others

Sold
6x recon car
1x cavalry
all attachments

Bought
KV-2
122mm A-19 with Voroshilovets
ZIS-22 Flak truck
Yak-1 (good combination of Fuel, Ammo, ground attack - though not exactly my first choice)

Upgrade
76mm (AT) to KV-2

Downgrade
T-34 "CC" to "A" (i couldn't finance a purchase and as said at Minsk: losing 50% of my overrunners hurts)

Overstrength
1: Flak truck (from previous scenario)
4: T-34
5: (+2, and 3 from previous scenario)

Remaining Prestige
10

Bought during scenario
2x U-2 (in turn 2)
2x U-2 (in turn 3)
1x U-2 (in turn 4)

Leaders
Regular Cavalry , Resilience
Regular Cavalry , Reconnaissance Movement

Proto
Yak-7 (fighter-bomber)



Originally i planned to let the second tank start in the northwest, hammer a breach into enemy lines and block routes to the EHs. After deployment i quickly saw the futility of the idea, thus i restarted and changed tactics, starting from the south.

In the south i deployed 1x flak, KV, rcn car, T-34 and the 76mm gun "Over.Att". Without a bridging unit to cross the Desna river, these units had to go through Yelnya proper (and i had to pray that there was no similar defense line behind the city, as i found earlier in the northwest).

In the northeast i deployed the , 122mm arty, 1x KV and rcn car.
2x motorized inf started at the far away SH, but didn't see combat.

In the northwest the remaining units.

The bought recon aircraft helped with spotting marching routes and gave fire support.

Current scenario: Yelnya Offensive, VH prestige is 640 , All map prestige is: 1160
Army cost: 9297 , Current prestige is 750
Prestige available on map yet is 40 pp ( 0 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 6
AI stance is Defensive Using map: 135
if BV: +900, Battle of Moscow , cap 11200, 6 turns prestige: 580
if V : +850, Battle of Moscow , cap 11200, 8 turns prestige: 580
if TV: +850, Battle of Moscow , cap 11200, 12 turns prestige: 580
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 580

Infantry
Regular Cavalry , Cav , 2 bars , 214 exp , 9/10 , Resilience , 2 kill , 140 pp [+16 exp]
Regular Cavalry , Cav , 2 bars , 201 exp , 8/10 , Reconnaissance Movement , 4 kill , 124 pp [+8 exp]
Parachute Infantry , Abn , 1 bars , 189 exp , 10/10 , 4 kill , 300 pp [+17 exp]
Regular Infantry , ZIS-5 , Inf , 1 bars , 181 exp , 10/10 , 1 kill , 192 pp
Regular Infantry , ZIS-5 , Inf , 2 bars , 266 exp , 10/10 , 2 kill , 192 pp

Tank
T-34/76A , Tk...owa...Cpt Csaba , 5 bars , 2286 exp , 13/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 150 kill , 826 pp [+268 exp]
T-34/76A , Tk...ctrl...Cpt Jan , 5 bars , 616 exp , 13/10 , Overwatch , 36 kill , 826 pp [+210 exp]

Recon
BA-3 , Rcn...def...Cpt Clemens , 3 bars , 326 exp , 7/10 , Resilience , 3 kill , 184 pp [+69 exp]
BA-3 , Rcn...def...Cpt Urica , 2 bars , 284 exp , 9/10 , Determined Defense , 2 kill , 237 pp [+43 exp]

Anti-tank
KV-2 CS , AT , 1 bars , 134 exp , 10/10 , 3 kill , 672 pp [+29 exp]
KV-2 CS , AT , 0 bars , 76 exp , 9/10 , 0 kill , 604 pp [+41 exp]

FlaK
+ ZIS-22/42 37mm ZP 39 , Flak , 2 bars , 222 exp , 11/10 , 2 kill , 0 pp [+14 exp]
ZIS-22/42 37mm ZP 39 , Flak , 0 bars , 89 exp , 8/10 , 0 kill , 297 pp [+54 exp]

Artillery
+ 152mm BR-2 , Voroshilovets , Arty...spot...Cpt Brian , 3 bars , 300 exp , 10/10 , Skilled Reconnaissance , 4 kill , 0 pp [+23 exp]
76.2mm F-22 , GAZ-60 , l Arty...owa...Cpt Para , 4 bars , 445 exp , 10/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 0 kill , 432 pp [+80 exp]
76.2mm F-22 , GAZ-60 , l Arty , 1 bars , 188 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 432 pp [+60 exp]
122mm A-19 , Voroshilovets , Arty , 0 bars , 88 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 840 pp [+53 exp]

Fighter
I-16-24 , Ftr...mojo...Cpt Björn , 2 bars , 292 exp , 10/10 , Influence , 12 kill , 624 pp [+18 exp]
+ MiG-1 , Ftr , 1 bars , 192 exp , 8/10 , 1 kill , 0 pp [+52 exp]
Yak-1 , Ftr , 1 bars , 108 exp , 8/10 , 0 kill , 508 pp [+73 exp]

Tactical Bomber
DB-3B , TB...ammo...Cpt Juankar , 3 bars , 324 exp , 10/10 , Fire Discipline , 7 kill , 612 pp [+38 exp]
R-10 , Rcn , 2 bars , 238 exp , 10/10 , 2 kill , 372 pp [+60 exp]
U-2 , , 0 bars , 35 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 192 pp
U-2 , , 0 bars , 35 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 192 pp
U-2 , , 0 bars , 65 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 192 pp [+30 exp]
U-2 , , 0 bars , 35 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 192 pp
U-2 , , 0 bars , 73 exp , 6/10 , 0 kill , 115 pp [+38 exp]

Player 1 : Soviet Union
Killed: INF:135 TNK:8 RCN:14 AT:13 FLAK:19 FORT:8 ATY:50 AD:3 FTR:7 TB:10 Total: 267
Lost : INF:15 RCN:2 AT:2 Total: 19

BV 8
V 0
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Infantry * 5 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 1051 exp, 13 kill, 948 pp Average: 210 exp, 3 kill, 190 pp
Tank * 2 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 2902 exp, 186 kill, 1652 pp Average: 1451 exp, 93 kill, 826 pp
Recon * 2 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 610 exp, 5 kill, 421 pp Average: 305 exp, 3 kill, 211 pp
Anti-tank * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 210 exp, 3 kill, 1276 pp Average: 105 exp, 2 kill, 638 pp
FlaK * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 311 exp, 2 kill, 297 pp Average: 156 exp, 1 kill, 149 pp
Artillery * 4 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 1021 exp, 4 kill, 1704 pp Average: 255 exp, 1 kill, 426 pp
Fighter * 3 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 592 exp, 13 kill, 1132 pp Average: 197 exp, 4 kill, 377 pp
Tactical Bomber * 7 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 805 exp, 9 kill, 1867 pp Average: 115 exp, 1 kill, 267 pp
* Summary: * 27 Units * 10 Leaders Total : 7502 exp, 235 kill, 9297 pp Average: 278 exp, 9 kill, 344 pp

[mythos]

.

9) Battle of Moscow ~~ last turn BV

Refit
a mix of green and elite for infantry and recon cars (keeping XP-bars on 2 units and all XP on the others)
green for the others

Sold
5x recon aircraft

Bought
122mm A-19 with Voroshilovets

Upgrade
to OT-34 (overrunning flametank )
1x BA-3 to T-60 (tracked movement - wheeled is too slow on snow)
2x inf from truck to halftrack (for free)

Overstrength
1: experienced Flak truck (from previous scenario)
3: and T-34 (both from previous scenario)

Remaining Prestige
420

Bought during scenario
OT-34 (in turn 3)



9 turns time was more than the 2 previous scenarios - looking at the map the plan became to let the start in the south, let it roll up the front from behind and finish near the northern SH, then depleting enemy reserves.

The paratrooper flew to the western SH - with me praying there wouldn't be too many defenses or reinforcements.

Current scenario: Battle of Moscow, VH prestige is 440 , All map prestige is: 680
Army cost: 9847 , Current prestige is 1694
Prestige available on map yet is 0 pp ( 0 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 9
AI stance is Defensive Using map: 4
if BV: +1200, Second Battle of Kharkov , cap 12800, 9 turns prestige: 1470
if V : +1100, Second Battle of Kharkov , cap 12800, 12 turns prestige: 1470
if TV: +1100, Second Battle of Kharkov , cap 12800, 17 turns prestige: 1470
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 1470

Infantry
Regular Cavalry , Cav , 2 bars , 206 exp , 10/10 , Resilience , 2 kill , 156 pp
Regular Cavalry , Cav...R...Cpt Jurgen , 2 bars , 201 exp , 10/10 , Reconnaissance Movement , 4 kill , 156 pp
Parachute Infantry , Abn , 2 bars , 213 exp , 7/10 , 4 kill , 210 pp [+24 exp]
Regular Infantry , GAZ-60 , Inf , 1 bars , 197 exp , 9/10 , 2 kill , 172 pp [+16 exp]
Regular Infantry , GAZ-60 , Inf , 2 bars , 284 exp , 8/10 , 2 kill , 153 pp [+18 exp]

Tank
OT-34 , Tk...owa...Cpt Csaba , 5 bars , 2701 exp , 12/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 197 kill , 1051 pp [+415 exp]
T-34/76A , Tk...ctrl...Cpt Jan , 5 bars , 653 exp , 12/10 , Overwatch , 39 kill , 763 pp [+37 exp]
OT-34 , , 1 bars , 104 exp , 8/10 , 8 kill , 700 pp [+69 exp]

Recon
T-60 , Rcn...def...Cpt Clemens , 3 bars , 303 exp , 10/10 , Resilience , 3 kill , 300 pp
BA-3 , Rcn...def...Cpt Urica , 3 bars , 307 exp , 9/10 , Determined Defense , 2 kill , 237 pp [+23 exp]

Anti-tank
KV-2 CS , AT , 1 bars , 148 exp , 10/10 , 5 kill , 672 pp [+14 exp]
KV-2 CS , AT , 1 bars , 131 exp , 10/10 , 1 kill , 672 pp [+58 exp]

FlaK
+ ZIS-22/42 37mm ZP 39 , Flak , 2 bars , 236 exp , 11/10 , 2 kill , 0 pp [+14 exp]
ZIS-22/42 37mm ZP 39 , Flak , 1 bars , 117 exp , 7/10 , 0 kill , 260 pp [+35 exp]

Artillery
+ 152mm BR-2 , Voroshilovets , Arty...spot...Cpt Brian , 3 bars , 319 exp , 10/10 , Skilled Reconnaissance , 4 kill , 0 pp [+19 exp]
76.2mm F-22 , GAZ-60 , l Arty...owa...Cpt Para , 4 bars , 469 exp , 10/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 2 kill , 432 pp [+24 exp]
76.2mm F-22 , GAZ-60 , l Arty , 2 bars , 246 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 432 pp [+58 exp]
122mm A-19 , Voroshilovets , Arty , 1 bars , 136 exp , 10/10 , 0 kill , 840 pp [+48 exp]
122mm A-19 , Voroshilovets , Arty , 0 bars , 77 exp , 10/10 , 1 kill , 840 pp [+42 exp]

Fighter
I-16-24 , Ftr...mojo...Cpt Björn , 3 bars , 334 exp , 7/10 , Influence , 14 kill , 436 pp [+42 exp]
+ MiG-1 , Ftr , 2 bars , 236 exp , 5/10 , 1 kill , 0 pp [+58 exp]
Yak-1 , Ftr , 1 bars , 169 exp , 6/10 , 0 kill , 381 pp [+69 exp]

Tactical Bomber
DB-3B , TB...ammo...Cpt Juankar , 3 bars , 348 exp , 10/10 , Fire Discipline , 8 kill , 612 pp [+24 exp]
R-10 , Rcn , 2 bars , 296 exp , 10/10 , 2 kill , 372 pp [+58 exp]
+ Yak-7B M-105PF , FB (r) , 1 bars , 109 exp , 10/10 , 1 kill , 0 pp [+74 exp]

Player 1 : Soviet Union
Killed: INF:169 TNK:12 RCN:18 AT:22 FLAK:23 FORT:8 ATY:62 AD:3 FTR:9 TB:10 Total: 336
Lost : INF:26 RCN:2 AT:2 Total: 30

BV 9
V 0
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Infantry * 5 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 1101 exp, 14 kill, 847 pp Average: 220 exp, 3 kill, 169 pp
Tank * 3 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 3458 exp, 244 kill, 2514 pp Average: 1153 exp, 81 kill, 838 pp
Recon * 2 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 610 exp, 5 kill, 537 pp Average: 305 exp, 3 kill, 269 pp
Anti-tank * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 279 exp, 6 kill, 1344 pp Average: 140 exp, 3 kill, 672 pp
FlaK * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 353 exp, 2 kill, 260 pp Average: 177 exp, 1 kill, 130 pp
Artillery * 5 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 1247 exp, 7 kill, 2544 pp Average: 249 exp, 1 kill, 509 pp
Fighter * 3 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 739 exp, 15 kill, 817 pp Average: 246 exp, 5 kill, 272 pp
Tactical Bomber * 3 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 773 exp, 11 kill, 984 pp Average: 258 exp, 4 kill, 328 pp
* Summary: * 25 Units * 10 Leaders Total : 8560 exp, 304 kill, 9847 pp Average: 342 exp, 12 kill, 394 pp

[mythos]

I am officially stopping this playthrough.

The campaign is great, from what i have seen, and fun
However, OG (by extension with PG2) has been in my yearly playing list for over 20 years now and i am feeling worn out when it comes to playing - i need a longer break to recover my fighting spirit.