Kharkov 43 Manstein strikes back Alt

[Liquid_Sky]

I think it might have to do with the idea of Replacements, which is different then recovery. Recovery is fast for a unit that is depleted, but as the unit recovers strength, the recovery rate drops. For my units in Normandy (like the 12th SS), this means that it takes a couple days or so for them to get back up to about 80%-90% strength. And they never get to full strength.

For my units that get replacements....the rate is either 1% or 2%. I noticed particularly one unit that was isolated, and assualted, so had lost a little over half his strength. When I rescued him, and pulled him behind my lines, by the time his max fatigue had gone down to 0, he was at full strength again. Even my badly mauled 716th div, with its 2% replacement rate, recovered its full strength after a day or two out of the lines.

Note the difference between recovery and replacements...

Recovery gets back a percentage of the losses...so if you only have a few losses, the amount is quite small...
Replacements are a percentage of the Max Strength, and hence is the same every turn.

While I was resting my 21st panzer after some heavy fighting, I noted its total strength......

14:00hrs 4541 Men, 328 vehicles
16:00hrs 4621 Men, 331 vehicles
18:00hrs 4695 Men, 336 vehicles
20:00hrs 4755 Men, 337 vehicles
22:00hrs 4812 Men, 343 Vehicles
02:00hrs 4869 Men, 348 vehicles
06:00hrs 4933 Men, 352 vehicles

Back into combat :)

22:00hrs next day: 4442 men, 321 vehicles.


So in 5 Turns, with 1% replacement rate and a 3% recovery rate, my division got back 392 Men, and 24 Vehicles.

For the curious, the full strength would be 5227 Men, and 406 Vehicles.