Slitherine

Thanks, McGuba - that's an excellent selection of Soviet transport vehicles and I'm sure they'd make a great addition to the scenarios.

I've been reviewing the German transports for the scenario units and think that there perhaps should be some changes. It would appear that half-tracks might be more appropriate than the in-game standard Opel Blitz truck for the towed guns of the Panzer Divisions.

Here are some historical prime movers for the towed/motorised units, showing what they are in the standard game and what they could be changed to.
The numbers in brackets are the number of these units in each formation.

German Armoured (Panzer) Division:

Panzergrenadiers (Wehrmacht Inf 43) (4) - keep as three in Opel Blitz, one in Sd.Kfz. 251/1
15 cm sFH 18 (1) - Opel Blitz -> Sd.Kfz. 7
10.5 cm leFH 18 (1) - Opel Blitz -> Sd.Kfz. 6 or Sd.Kfz. 11
3.7 cm FlaK 37 (1) - Opel Blitz -> Sd.Kfz. 11 [The 37mm is chosen to represent a mixture of 20mm, 37mm and 88mm guns. Could use the 20mm Flakvierling instead, in which case, they might also use the Sd.Kfz. 11]
Pioniere 43 (1) - keep as Opel Blitz

German Infantry Division:

15 cm sFH 18 (1) - change to horse transport
10.5 cm leFH 18 (3) - change to horse transport
7.5 cm Pak 40 (1) - Opel Blitz -> Sd.Kfz. 10
Pioniere 43 (1) - keep as Opel Blitz

Corps troops/army troops/attached troops:

21 cm Mrs 18/17 cm K.18 - Sd.Kfz. 7 -> Sd.Kfz. 8 or Sd.Kfz. 9. From elsewhere on the internet:

Internet wrote: Usually the SdKfz 9 were used to tow the assembled guns to the gun emplacements for firing as their weight was 21 tons. For the disassembled guns the SdKfz 7 were used for towing the lorries with the barrels weiging about 8 tons and the SdKfz 8 were used for towing the cradles and carriages weighing around 13 tons.

8.8 cm FlaK 36 - keep as Sd.Kfz. 7
21 cm Nebelwerfer 42 - Opel Blitz -> Sd.Kfz. 11
Bruckenpioniere - don't know, perhaps keep as Opel Blitz

Thoughts?

I also think I should create different graphics for the K. 18 and Mrs 21 cm German heavy artillery. I can see in photos that there is a size difference between the two but, other from that, I can't tell them apart. Any identifying features? Which one does the standard game graphic represent?

Also, what vehicle does the standard Soviet Truck graphic represent? A Studebacker US6?

Anfield wrote:

ThvN wrote:Well, horse transport is on the list to be added for Soviet Corps!

Does that mean just the Soviets will get them or the Germans too?

I have no idea, but I'm guessing they will be available for the Soviets only, based on my experience with adding new official units. Not a problem for me personally, as it will take very little effort modding them for other countries, but I would like it very much if they were made available as the standard transport for other nationalities as well.

You can voice your opinion on the subject in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=121&t=46306 Maybe uran21 can explain a bit more about his ideas.