New S42 Campaign!

[von Nev]

I think you are changing the supply is an ahistorical manner. The Soviets supply situaton was robust whereas the Axis situation dwindled by the day; the charts of air dropped tonnage corroborate this.

I agree with Volcano Man. I think the supply is closer to reality.

The German supply in the pocket falls dramatically. Once the pocket is closed the German supply only comes from the airfields. They start the game at 50 and then are reduced by 15 over the course of the game length. That is 35 by game's end. This level should keep the Germans in the pocket supplied but if the Germans venture too far out of the pocket using the airfields as their supply lines then they will start to be affected by low supply. If the Russians never close the pocket then the German supply level around Stalingrad should be coming from outside the pocket because net net it will have a higher level even assuming VST is used.

The Russians start with supply sources in the 85 to 90 range. In my scenario they go down by 40 from Nov 26 to Nov 30. So the Russians are in the 45 to 50 range. This will reduce the effectiveness of Russian arty and Russian armor mobility. This should help the Germans keep the pocket intact. Beginning on Dec 10 the Russians go up a total of 20 points to get them to 65 to 70 range at the end of the game. If I continue this thought through the remainder of the "campaign" assuming that the scenario goes to Jan 13, I would increase the supply to near 90 to 100 by that date. By that date the Russian supply situation would be good and they would crush the pocket as they did historically.