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[Krak]

Gee I don't know Dave. I have read some accounts from German Officers that claimed that after the end of the Smolensk battles the Panzers were in a pretty poor state and that they needed a fair degree of repair and maintenance. That Russia was dirt tracks at best unlike the nice paved roads in France. And then there was the summer heat and dust. They claimed tank numbers were down to 60-70% or worse.

I have also read accounts that claim that they should not have stopped and kept on going to Moscow.

However I am trying to use that example to highlight that they did not stop for 3 months. Because if we set up a Barby CG with TWIE as it stands now (with a 1% UERR) I think the attack would grind to a halt well before Smolensk and the Germans would be resting for a few months before resuming and by then the hordes of Russians would be well set. Germany would do well to capture Smolensk, forget Moscow.

I guess trying to gauge a broad figure of Unit Effectiveness across an army is always going to be subjective and nothing more than an educated guess anyway.

We have facts and figures on unit strengths but not unit readiness.