St42 Uranus Retreat

[von Nev]

In my humble opinion, there needs to be some tweaks to the S42 campaign to give the Germans some survivability beyond a week or two.

In my stock campaign the Russians just concentrated stacks of 1500 men per hex and drove a wedge 5 to 7 km wide straight through the salient in a week and half. Their arty blasted anything in its way until it broke and the infantry and tanks pushed through. I tried stacking 1000 A rated German infantry and tanks and panzergrenadiers in hexes and the Russians still broke the hex in a couple of turns. The Russians just have too many units to keep feeding into the mill to be stopped. Remember historically that the Germans stopped the Russians until Operation Ring in January 43. By then the counterattack was broken and all hope for the 6th Army was fading. Currently, the campaign plays with the Germans lasting until mid-December at the latest and are crushed before a counterattack can even get going.

I think what should be changed is the stacking limitation should be reduced to 1000 men/tanks per hex and the defense entrenchments stiffened a bit (a lot?). The problem with this, in my mind, is that the parameter file (PDT) needs to be changed. This then affects all the games (I believe) within the game unless a separate parameter file can be created for a specific scenario and the scenario is designed to point to this parameter file instead of the stock one. I honestly am not good at changing these things and understanding the ramifications. If somebody with more knowledge can help out and let me know if I am thinking about this the right way let me know.

Thanks,

Marty