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bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:19 pm

Thank you very much for all the references, will have a good deal to read up on!

Locarnus wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:57 pm

bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:19 pm

Thank you very much for all the references, will have a good deal to read up on!

You're welcome ) I will help in any way I can but more specificity !
https://smolbattle.ru/threads/ВДВ-РККА.52074/
https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww2/ussr ... trucks.php
https://www.o5m6.de/redarmy/_menu.php?c ... vtit=Ships
https://union.4bb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=971&p=23#p112034

bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Thu Jun 26, 2025 12:52 am You're welcome ) I will help in any way I can but more specificity !

At the moment I'm just trying to get my bearings and first information regarding soviet inf development during the war.

Reading information from individual unit equipment to division composition, combined arms and battle doctrine, artillery usage and so on. Just to get an overview.
Even rewatching some videos like this one about soviet squad tactics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfZXlpJkDJg


Will get into the topic in the coming months. Probably mainly after the two hot summer months July and August.
The current heatwave in my area is not so great for mental focus.

Anderkav wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 6:52 am

In other news, I will probably have an Addon update around the next weekend (after the current heatwave).
Main focus is of course on the Soviet unit roster at the moment.
Lots of stuff that was discussed recently with Anderkav.
The most time consuming aspect is amount of scenario unit changes for the new soviet 1944 infantry versions.

Also returned the T-34-57 to the equipment file. Unfortunately I only have the unmodded Panzer Corps unit graphic for that, which has a noticeable different green color.
And additionally I will finally add the Il-2-37. The soviet counterpart to the cannon armed Ju-87 G.

Locarnus wrote: ↑Sun Jun 29, 2025 8:49 pm

bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Thu Jun 26, 2025 12:52 am You're welcome ) I will help in any way I can but more specificity !

At the moment I'm just trying to get my bearings and first information regarding soviet inf development during the war.

Reading information from individual unit equipment to division composition, combined arms and battle doctrine, artillery usage and so on. Just to get an overview.
Even rewatching some videos like this one about soviet squad tactics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfZXlpJkDJg


Will get into the topic in the coming months. Probably mainly after the two hot summer months July and August.
The current heatwave in my area is not so great for mental focus. :evi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c4B8F5AJA4&t=78s

I see, I'm not cold at the moment either +45 in the shade ))))) As for the infantry, if you multiply by 1941 it was weak both morally and tactically ))))) In 1945 they were already professionals )) Our grandfathers and great-grandfathers paid a huge bloody price for this military science, but they learnt to fight ......

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https://zimarin.livejournal.com/59005.html
https://m.my.mail.ru/community/blog_dim ... C3A6C.html
https://www.gazeta.ru/science/2021/09/1 ... 4182.shtml
https://en.topwar.ru/227628-shturm-goluboj-linii.html
https://vk.com/wall-100384220_23832?z=a ... _244859049
https://vk.com/wall-100384220_23832?z=a ... _244855081

bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 4:48 am I see, I'm not cold at the moment either +45 in the shade ))))) As for the infantry, if you multiply by 1941 it was weak both morally and tactically ))))) In 1945 they were already professionals )) Our grandfathers and great-grandfathers paid a huge bloody price for this military science, but they learnt to fight ......

45 in the shade would be death for many over here.

I currently have the upgrade for the soviet inf units in mid 44.
Unfortunately still many issues coming up with the next update.
Eg Finland has a different nation ID in Battlefield Europe than in current Panzer Corps, since BE is older than the Soviet Corps official DLC, where Finland was officially introduced...
So I'm still working on those technical compatibility issues.



Meanwhile regarding goose_2 youtube grand campaign playthrough progress:
Some more hungarian units will be available as bonus SE units in the next update, thus I recommend waiting for that before starting 43e9 scenario.

The SU-85 is available in 43e10, thus providing an alternative to the discussed Kapl to Panther A upgrade. Of course not as good as the Panther, but much better than the current T-34/43.

Noxush is indeed taking the fighter lead with his 400 experience and +6 attack heroes.
The time of the Ju 87 is coming to an end, with the soviet airforce getting better fighters, but the Ju 87 getting no further improvements. If you want to use the Ju 87 G-2 with cmbbfan, now is the time (perhaps instead of Noxush).

I would recommend bringing one Bf 109 to 4 stars before deploying the other one again, instead of training up both at the same rate. Especially at the moment, while the Bf 109 F-4+ is so outdated already. The undertrained Bf 109 will then become a Me 262 in August 1944 anyway, which has plenty of attack power even without the experience level attack bonus.
So using vonThüringen in the Bf 109 G-6+ instead of CouchOffiziell.


goose_2 youtube playthrough GC Napoleon difficulty
GC 1943e9 start upgrade recommendations
5384 prestige, after elite replacements to full strength for all understrength units and selling excess captured units.

red marker for a) no heroes, b) <500 kills, c) <300 experience
blue marker for a) r1 hero, b) >=1000 kills, c) >= 400 experience

UnitType ....... transport ... Hero ... SubscriberName ... KillCounter ... Experience with elite replacements


45 Ground units

8 non-hero bonus SE units
Std 42M Toldi IIa ............... a3s1 ... Brodrick ............ 1350 ... 338
Standard Kav 42 ............... d1d2 ... PatrickLee ........... 909 ... 337 ... ==> Kav 43
Std P26/40(i) ................... i1d2 ... Dimitri ................ 769 ... 352
Std Marder III M .................. m1 ... PaulWilde ............ 601 ... 310 ... ==> 41M Turan II ?
Std Flakpanzer I r12 .......... m1a3 ... Makorin ............. 1123 ... 402 ... ==> Nimrod ?
7.5 FK 16 nA r11 ... Horse ....... ?? ... Eskuche .............. 123 .... 274
plus 2 non-hero bonus SE units for the current 43 and the later 44 &45 grand campaign years

6 Infantry
Pioniere 42 .......... Blitz+ ..... m1 ... Soljaism .............. 788 ... 306 ... ==> Pioniere 43
Grenadiere 42 ..... Sd250/1+ ... d2 ... RichardMartin ....... 747 ... 311 ... ==> Grenadiere 43
Jäger 42 ......................... m1d2 ... Artemis .............. 686 ... 315 ... ==> Jäger 43
Fallschirmjäger 42 .............. i1a2 ... Pullig ................. 823 ... 305 ... ==> Fallschirmj 43
Kradschützen 42 ................... a1 ... PeteMitchell ........ 757 ... 328 ... ==> Kradschützen 43
Bersaglieri 42 ...................... a2 ... Kostia ................. 693 ... 303 ... ==> Bersaglieri 43

0 Towed AT

2 Recon
Panzer II L 5cm r9 ............. m1d2 ... Goose .................. 918 ... 353
SdKfz 233+ r9 .................... s1s1 ... DanielS ................ 744 ... 362

10 Tanks
Panther D ........................ d1d3 ... Festival ............... 986 ... 404
Tiger I E .......................... d2a3 ... Temis .................. 949 ... 430
Tiger P+ s8 ......................... m1 ... ElBaron ................ 857 ... 408 ... ==> Tiger P++ s8 in 43e10
Ferdinand s8 .................... m1d2 ... Gooseboy ............. 977 ... 353
Flammpz III 43 r12 ............. m1a2 ... NightPhoenix ......... 966 ... 356
StuG III G+ ....................... i1m1 ... DoktorG .............. 1048 ... 372
Panzer IV H ...................... s1a2 ... Rimski ................ 1001 ... 307
Hummel r8 .......................... s1 ... Soren .................. 607 ... 262
T-34/43(r) r9 ....................... a2 ... Kapl .................... 305 ... 313 ... ==> Panther A or SU-85 in 43e10 ?
KV-1C(r) ............................. d2 ... Paramecium .......... 878 ... 309 ... ==> KV-85

11 Mobile Arty
Nashorn ............................ a1 ... ForestLaw ............. 917 ... 436
Grille r8 ........................... m1 ... PanzerVorwärts ....... 716 ... 349
Wespe ............................... i1 ... Blast .................... 733 ... 397
Lorraine GW r8 ................... m1 ... Reoguru ................ 550 ... 354
Brummbär r8 .................... a2a2 ... Locarnus .............. 691 ... 375
StuIG 33B r8 ........................ r1 ... RayCaster ............. 646 ... 454
10.5 leFH auf B2(f) ............ m1a2 ... Pierre .................. 730 ... 416
Semovente 75/34 ................. d2 ... RightSide .............. 581 ... 413 ... ==> Semovente 105/25 in 43e10
Panzerwerfer 42 r12 .............. a3 ... Singer .................. 623 ... 345
Wurfrahmen 43 r8 .................. r1 ... Dneos ................. 854 ... 448
SU-122(r) r8 ........................ a3 ... 7Bowls ................. 861 ... 303

5 Towed Arty
7.62 FK 288(r) r11 . Sd251/1 . m1a2 ... Gigiduru ............... 697 ... 370 ... ==> SdKfz 251/1+ transport
10.5cm Polish arty . Blitz ....... s1a3 ... MichalGolaszewski ... 847 ... 450
10.5cm leFH 18M .. Horse ........ m1 ... Raunosavolainen ..... 742 ... 464
15 sFH range3 r8 ... Sd7 ........... r1 ... Raduku ................ 511 ... 424
17cm K 18 r6 ........ Sd8 .......... m1 ... Kei ..................... 774 ... 401


3 Anti-Air
8.8cm Flak 41 ........ Sd7 .... m1m1 ... Jemhadar .............. 884 ... 340
Cannone 90/53 r8 ... TP40 ....... a2 ... Zyavoo .................. 684 ... 317
SdKfz 7/2+ r11 ................... a3a1 ... MalcolmRichardson ... 802 ... 353


15 Airforce

8 Single engine Fighters & Fighter Bomber
Bf 109 G-6+ ........................ d3 ... vonThüringen ........ 608 ... 359
Bf 109 F-4+ ......................... d3 ... CouchOffiziell ....... 548 ... 342
Fw 190 A-5 ......................... a2 ... MafujKhan ............ 585 ... 340
Fw 190 F-3 ......................... d2 ... Alvarez ................ 380 ... 316
Re.2005 .......................... a3a3 ... Noxush ................ 764 ... 400
MC.205+ ............................ a2 ... BlackVulture .......... 540 ... 358 ... ==> G.55 Centauro
+ 2x bonus SE hero fighters in 1945

2 Multi engine Fighter Bomber
Me 410 A-1/U2 ..................... d1 ... FighterAce ............ 704 ... 333
Ju 88 R-2 ............................ i1 ... Slender1870 ........... 702 ... 409

2 Dedicated Tac Bomber
Hs 129 B-2 BK .................... a3a1 ... AratoBela ............ 1061 ... 381
Ju 87 G-2 r9 ...................... a1d3 ... cmbbfan .............. 863 ... 358

1 Tac/Strat Bomber
Ju 188 E-1 .......................... a1 ... AI181 ................... 507 ... 477

2 Dedicated Strat Bomber
Do 217 K ............................ d1 ... Richard ................. 330 ... 441 ... ==> Do 217 M
He 111 H-16 ........................ a1 ... RMA901 ................. 464 ... 476

Thanks so much for the spread and your detailed thoughts on what to bring to Kremenchug. I like it.

I think what speaks to my spread of the development of my core shows in this fact:
the first assessment heroes:
I have 1 left that does not have a hero and that is the one I was given in 43.
When it comes to kills, I have 5 in the red, again the 1 given in 43, 2 of the 3 Strats, 1 Fighter, and Kapl.
for experience I have 2 in the red. One given in 43 and Soren who just started work as a Hummel.

It has made things more difficult spreading out the kills and experience, but ultimately it will help me go the distance.

I want all units with 2 heroes, and as many with a possible 3 hero gain by the end team displayed.

Another massive update, mostly focused on the soviet lineup.

I'm slowly getting to technical Soviet Corps DLC compatibility, but there are lots of issues. For now Soviet Corps DLC can be started from the center campaign picture (former Tutorial), though I do not have a fitting picture for it.
The most time consuming issues were due to Battlefield Europe mod being older than Soviet Corps, thus Finland has a different nation ID and Japan nation ID was taken by spanish Blue Division.
BE Blue Division is now under normal spanish nation ID (9), while Japan has nation ID 33, like in unmodded Panzer Corps (afaik only very few BE scripts had to be adjusted, and I knew where they were).
Finnish nation ID had to stay the BE one (12), in order not to break BE scripts (where ever they are), so I had to adjust the Soviet Corps DLC scenarios with Finland in them and manually change the units and flags and so on...

Thanks to the discussion and feedback from Anderkav, many soviet units were partially rebalanced and the soviet unit roster was massively expanded, especially the airforce.
Yak and lend lease fighters P-39, 40 & 63 have many more versions and variants, many fighters have better ground attack capability.
Soviet infantry has a mid 1944 upgrade, and cavalry and M-72 motorcycle inf have 43 upgrades as well.
BE scenario and GC 44 & 45 East campaign scenarios were adjusted to have many of those new units, as well as some late GC 43 East and original campaign scenarios.




2025-07 Update "Locarnus Addon" Download: https://bit.ly/3Ghk5QK

This is only an update to the Addon and requires the 2025 base version of the Locarnus Addon to be installed already on top of BE 2.4 and the bugfixed PzC patch 1.32 first. All previous updates to the 2025 base version are included in this one.

Technical and graphics, thanks to guille1434 and Mettmann (Amulet mod):
- Japan (nation ID 33) replaced Blue Division (went to nat Spain ID 9)
- Center campaign picture now starts soviet corps DLC with Addon units
- Yag-10 rebalanced (rof), AT instead of tank mode, guille1434 graphics
- KV-2 and T-90 now have fitting direct fire graphics thanks to guille1434
- Bison I non-trop has direct fire graphic thanks to Mettmann (Amulet mod)
- Zrinyi now has switch indicator plates
- Removed the space from the "SovietEngineer _43.png" (and efx entry)
- Transport categories unified for Hungarian units
- German transport Krupp Protze to Ltruck, Mercedes L3000 to Sd10

Battlefield Europe, Afrika Korps, GC & original PzC campaign compatibility
- Center campaign picture (former Tutorial) starts soviet corps DLC
- Soviet Corps DLC compatibility so far is highly experimental
- No soviet corps dlc scenarios have adjustments (eg proper units)
- BE, GC & OC soviet infantry 1944 versions for the campaigns
- BE, GC & OC occasional Il-2-37 and T-34-57 variants included
- GC & OC replaced several soviet cav with M-72 motorized recon
- GC & OC late war aircraft types adjusted (especially 1944 & 1945)
- GC & OC increasing numbers of soviet inf 44 versions from mid 44
- GC & OC Emcha and T-34 models adjusted (1944 & 1945)
- GC & OC several late war axis aux units adjusted
- GC much more varied hungarian units in Budapest 44 & 45 scenarios
- GC Poltava scenario reduced US bomber strengths by 1 each
- GC Nimrod and Turan tanks added to bonus SE unit roster
- GC KV-5 massively buffed, only used by Zhukov in Berlin Redux

Unit Changes (thanks to Anderkav suggestions and discussions):
- Amphibious move type is now like wide tracked, just with 2 fording cost
- Soviet BridgeEngineer rebalanced, 43 version added
- Soviet infantry 1944 versions (currently from June 1944)
- Soviet Motorcycle -1 ini, +1 soft attack
- Various Soviet infantry cost adjustments (mostly special ones)
- Fuel increased for several Soviet units (eg recon tanks)
- SU-76M more ground defense, in tank mode more hard attack
- T-70 split into earlier and later version (movement type)
- KV-2 more expensive, but also faster
- SU-152 overall nerfed soft attack
- All SU units assumed PPSh handgun ports, increasing SA stat
- ISU-152 has 1 less ini
- ISU-152 and ISU-122 have defensive AA rating of -1 instead of 0
- Hetzer nerfed rate of fire from 10 to 9
- 100mm M1944 towed gun has 1 more ini, 1 more SA
- 57mm armed Soviet and US units rebalanced
- US tank destroyers rebalanced
- Hungarian Nimrod buffed air attack, Turan price adjustments
- 40mm Bofors AA guns buffed air attack
- Italian P30/43 tank buffed ini and hard attack
- Italian G series fighters slightly reduced fuel
- Another major soviet fighter rebalancing and expansion!
- La soviet fighter series has some limited ground attack capability
- La series has La-5FN+ to fill the gap to La-7
- Yak series has several more versions and variants
- Airacobra and Kingcobra have earlier and later versions
- Il-2-37 variant of the Shturmovik added, Il-4 buffed air defense
- T-34-57 returned to the equipment file (Soviets only, no captured ones)
- KV-5 massively buffed, only used by Zhukov in Berlin Redux
- Wehr Reserve buffed defense and hard attack (aux GC unit)
- Several more minor adjustments to various units

Locarnus wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 6:45 pm Another massive update, mostly focused on the soviet lineup.

I'm slowly getting to technical Soviet Corps DLC compatibility, but there are lots of issues. For now Soviet Corps DLC can be started from the center campaign picture (former Tutorial), though I do not have a fitting picture for it.
The most time consuming issues were due to Battlefield Europe mod being older than Soviet Corps, thus Finland has a different nation ID and Japan nation ID was taken by spanish Blue Division.
BE Blue Division is now under normal spanish nation ID (9), while Japan has nation ID 33, like in unmodded Panzer Corps (afaik only very few BE scripts had to be adjusted, and I knew where they were).
Finnish nation ID had to stay the BE one (12), in order not to break BE scripts (where ever they are), so I had to adjust the Soviet Corps DLC scenarios with Finland in them and manually change the units and flags and so on...

Thanks to the discussion and feedback from Anderkav, many soviet units were partially rebalanced and the soviet unit roster was massively expanded, especially the airforce.
Yak and lend lease fighters P-39, 40 & 63 have many more versions and variants, many fighters have better ground attack capability.
Soviet infantry has a mid 1944 upgrade, and cavalry and M-72 motorcycle inf have 43 upgrades as well.
BE scenario and GC 44 & 45 East campaign scenarios were adjusted to have many of those new units, as well as some late GC 43 East and original campaign scenarios.




2025-07 Update "Locarnus Addon" Download: https://bit.ly/3Ghk5QK

This is only an update to the Addon and requires the 2025 base version of the Locarnus Addon to be installed already on top of BE 2.4 and the bugfixed PzC patch 1.32 first. All previous updates to the 2025 base version are included in this one.

Technical and graphics, thanks to guille1434 and Mettmann (Amulet mod):
- Japan (nation ID 33) replaced Blue Division (went to nat Spain ID 9)
- Center campaign picture now starts soviet corps DLC with Addon units
- Yag-10 rebalanced (rof), AT instead of tank mode, guille1434 graphics
- KV-2 and T-90 now have fitting direct fire graphics thanks to guille1434
- Bison I non-trop has direct fire graphic thanks to Mettmann (Amulet mod)
- Zrinyi now has switch indicator plates
- Removed the space from the "SovietEngineer _43.png" (and efx entry)
- Transport categories unified for Hungarian units
- German transport Krupp Protze to Ltruck, Mercedes L3000 to Sd10

Battlefield Europe, Afrika Korps, GC & original PzC campaign compatibility
- Center campaign picture (former Tutorial) starts soviet corps DLC
- Soviet Corps DLC compatibility so far is highly experimental
- No soviet corps dlc scenarios have adjustments (eg proper units)
- BE, GC & OC soviet infantry 1944 versions for the campaigns
- BE, GC & OC occasional Il-2-37 and T-34-57 variants included
- GC & OC replaced several soviet cav with M-72 motorized recon
- GC & OC late war aircraft types adjusted (especially 1944 & 1945)
- GC & OC increasing numbers of soviet inf 44 versions from mid 44
- GC & OC Emcha and T-34 models adjusted (1944 & 1945)
- GC & OC several late war axis aux units adjusted
- GC much more varied hungarian units in Budapest 44 & 45 scenarios
- GC Poltava scenario reduced US bomber strengths by 1 each
- GC Nimrod and Turan tanks added to bonus SE unit roster
- GC KV-5 massively buffed, only used by Zhukov in Berlin Redux

Unit Changes (thanks to Anderkav suggestions and discussions):
- Amphibious move type is now like wide tracked, just with 2 fording cost
- Soviet BridgeEngineer rebalanced, 43 version added
- Soviet infantry 1944 versions (currently from June 1944)
- Soviet Motorcycle -1 ini, +1 soft attack
- Various Soviet infantry cost adjustments (mostly special ones)
- Fuel increased for several Soviet units (eg recon tanks)
- SU-76M more ground defense, in tank mode more hard attack
- T-70 split into earlier and later version (movement type)
- KV-2 more expensive, but also faster
- SU-152 overall nerfed soft attack
- All SU units assumed PPSh handgun ports, increasing SA stat
- ISU-152 has 1 less ini
- ISU-152 and ISU-122 have defensive AA rating of -1 instead of 0
- Hetzer nerfed rate of fire from 10 to 9
- 100mm M1944 towed gun has 1 more ini, 1 more SA
- 57mm armed Soviet and US units rebalanced
- US tank destroyers rebalanced
- Hungarian Nimrod buffed air attack, Turan price adjustments
- 40mm Bofors AA guns buffed air attack
- Italian P30/43 tank buffed ini and hard attack
- Italian G series fighters slightly reduced fuel
- Another major soviet fighter rebalancing and expansion!
- La soviet fighter series has some limited ground attack capability
- La series has La-5FN+ to fill the gap to La-7
- Yak series has several more versions and variants
- Airacobra and Kingcobra have earlier and later versions
- Il-2-37 variant of the Shturmovik added, Il-4 buffed air defense
- T-34-57 returned to the equipment file (Soviets only, no captured ones)
- KV-5 massively buffed, only used by Zhukov in Berlin Redux
- Wehr Reserve buffed defense and hard attack (aux GC unit)
- Several more minor adjustments to various units

Thanks for sewing up the Soviet company ! So Mongolia 1939 but our infantry 1941 )))). And why are some units in squares in the buy or upgrade section ?

bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 9:05 pm Thanks for sewing up the Soviet company ! So Mongolia 1939 but our infantry 1941 )))).

You are welcome.

Yeah, just the beginning of the work on Soviet Corps, so far mainly focused on the technical issues.
With soviet inf 39 versions nerfed so hard in BE, I did not yet replace the starting forces.
And some graphical stuff still to do, like some animations being shown in the wrong place, or the campaign start picture showing the german poster from BE.

bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 9:05 pm And why are some units in squares in the buy or upgrade section ?

You mean the 9999 prestige "units", like "TsKB/Polikarpov" in the fighter purchase screen?
Those are just visual indicators for the upgrade families. Each unit following such a separator icon should be in that same upgrade family. And thus cost only the price difference, instead of the full price when upgrading in-family.

Or do you mean the top right pictures missing for some units? Those should eventually be added, I just skipped them for time reasons (as they are not essential for gameplay).
Many units also have that light plus sign "+" with a thin red "x" through it to the right of the big picture in purchase screen (like the I-15, I-153 and I-16 Type 5 fighters). Those symbols were added by McGuba to show the Allied player in multiplayer that those units can not be reinforced. But since the Addon does not support multiplayer, they are mostly meaningless with Locarnus Addon. So far I was just too preoccupied with other stuff, to make new big pictures for these units (without those symbols).

Locarnus wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 10:17 pm

bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 9:05 pm Thanks for sewing up the Soviet company ! So Mongolia 1939 but our infantry 1941 )))).

You are welcome.

Yeah, just the beginning of the work on Soviet Corps, so far mainly focused on the technical issues.
With soviet inf 39 versions nerfed so hard in BE, I did not yet replace the starting forces.
And some graphical stuff still to do, like some animations being shown in the wrong place, or the campaign start picture showing the german poster from BE.

bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 9:05 pm And why are some units in squares in the buy or upgrade section ?

You mean the 9999 prestige "units", like "TsKB/Polikarpov" in the fighter purchase screen?
Those are just visual indicators for the upgrade families. Each unit following such a separator icon should be in that same upgrade family. And thus cost only the price difference, instead of the full price when upgrading in-family.

Or do you mean the top right pictures missing for some units? Those should eventually be added, I just skipped them for time reasons (as they are not essential for gameplay).
Many units also have that light plus sign "+" with a thin red "x" through it to the right of the big picture in purchase screen (like the I-15, I-153 and I-16 Type 5 fighters). Those symbols were added by McGuba to show the Allied player in multiplayer that those units can not be reinforced. But since the Addon does not support multiplayer, they are mostly meaningless with Locarnus Addon. So far I was just too preoccupied with other stuff, to make new big pictures for these units (without those symbols).

http://divizia-rkka.ru/category/механиз ... пуса-ркка/
http://www.rkka.ru/i22.htm
http://www.rkka.ru/iorg.htm
https://www.rkkawwii.ru/division/

The main thing is to start and make the RKKA balanced and more realistic and you will not have easy victories to show on YouTube )))) Now the Soviet army is the boys for beating but with your help they will hopefully become full-fledged wars in our favourite game )) Yes, I do not quite understand the meaning of dice 999 but I'm used to the fact that there are no some real documentary photos of the unit, as well as I do not really understand the upgrade well since you are closely involved in this topic I think we will jointly correct everything )))
https://www.deepl.com/en/translator


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Locarnus wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 6:45 pm

yikes!

After applying and making upgrades to my units I am just barely over 3000 prestige.

I may still need to give even more tweaks which would dip me below this number.

There may come a point where I can no longer upgrade or maybe gasp, stop giving os replacement strength.

What is 44 an 45 going to do to me?

bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 1:49 pm
The main thing is to start and make the RKKA balanced and more realistic and you will not have easy victories to show on YouTube )))) Now the Soviet army is the boys for beating but with your help they will hopefully become full-fledged wars in our favourite game )) Yes, I do not quite understand the meaning of dice 999 but I'm used to the fact that there are no some real documentary photos of the unit, as well as I do not really understand the upgrade well since you are closely involved in this topic I think we will jointly correct everything )))
https://www.deepl.com/en/translator


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Thank you for all the feedback and the links to further reading on the soviet army!
It is a bit strange that the soviet side does not feature more prominently in ww2 media. They are closer to the traditional story arc (getting beaten at first, then doing the beating later on), at least for the 1941-1945 portion of the war. I guess in terms of Panzer Corps and similar games, they german unit variety is much more insteresting. Mass production is good for winning wars, but less interesting for gameplay. Similar thing for cars, a mass produced Toyota Corolla dominates markets, but car games feature vehicles looking like low production Lamborghini and Koenigsegg and so on.

It will take a while, but I'm determined to make improvements.

Oh, something is wrong with the randomly assigned heroes. No name or portrait shown. I'll have to investigate.

goose_2 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 2:59 pm yikes!

After applying and making upgrades to my units I am just barely over 3000 prestige.

I may still need to give even more tweaks which would dip me below this number.

There may come a point where I can no longer upgrade or maybe gasp, stop giving os replacement strength.

What is 44 an 45 going to do to me?

Oh, 3000 prestige is really low.

With all the recent update changes to the soviet 44 & 45 lineup, the difficulty has increased a lot.
Soviet air force using much more up to date models from late 43 onwards.
Soviet infantry upgrades for an increasing number of units from mid 44.
And the +1 experience level for 45, which will come out to effectively +2 enemy experience for your difficulty settings, giving the AI 5 stars all around when you struggle to get 5 star units yourself due to double Field Marshal difficulty.

I think your current spending is not sustainable.
The small damage points taken are extremely expensive now, since they shave off the top overstrength points.
Might be worth a thought to go into battle without repurchasing full overstrength on damaged units. And then not go for decisive victories and map wipes, if not necessary to reach bonus scenarios.

Locarnus wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 3:58 pm

bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 1:49 pm
The main thing is to start and make the RKKA balanced and more realistic and you will not have easy victories to show on YouTube )))) Now the Soviet army is the boys for beating but with your help they will hopefully become full-fledged wars in our favourite game )) Yes, I do not quite understand the meaning of dice 999 but I'm used to the fact that there are no some real documentary photos of the unit, as well as I do not really understand the upgrade well since you are closely involved in this topic I think we will jointly correct everything )))
https://www.deepl.com/en/translator


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Thank you for all the feedback and the links to further reading on the soviet army!
It is a bit strange that the soviet side does not feature more prominently in ww2 media. They are closer to the traditional story arc (getting beaten at first, then doing the beating later on), at least for the 1941-1945 portion of the war. I guess in terms of Panzer Corps and similar games, they german unit variety is much more insteresting. Mass production is good for winning wars, but less interesting for gameplay. Similar thing for cars, a mass produced Toyota Corolla dominates markets, but car games feature vehicles looking like low production Lamborghini and Koenigsegg and so on.

It will take a while, but I'm determined to make improvements.

Oh, something is wrong with the randomly assigned heroes. No name or portrait shown. I'll have to investigate.

The Soviet generals and marshals were just more modest than the Wehrmacht fantasist generals who were always hampered by something, judging by their memoirs: General Frost, the fact that there were many Russians and it wasn't fair, as well as the stupid Austrian Efreyator who was always hampered by his command)))) Also the first two years of WWII were very difficult for us the turning point I think came in 1943 ! Any country in the field of such a blow in 200 divisions across the front crumbled and surrendered, but the Soviet Union under the great Stalin not only resisted but also escorted the uninvited guests kicking already to their home do not need to confuse the mighty USSR with Russia 90 Yeltsen )))) If you will need help in collecting information please contact me, no agitation strictly dry real facts )
https://foma.ru/kak-i-kogda-krasnaya-ar ... ilney.html


Yes and calling the Soviet army or the RKKA Russian it would not be quite right )))) They are exactly the Russian armies of the Reich !
MAIN COLLABORATIONIST FORMATIONS OF RUSSIANS AND RUSSIAN FASCIST PARTIES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
https://vk.com/wall-97320463_105818


https://airaces.narod.ru/all6/vvs_roa2.htm
https://pantv.livejournal.com/3389363.html

German collaborators on the side of the USSR
https://smolbattle.ru/threads/Немецкие- ... ССР.51952/






Here are the Russians, not to be confused with the Soviets, and in the same DLC, there are Chechen separatists

Locarnus wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 3:58 pm

goose_2 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 2:59 pm yikes!

After applying and making upgrades to my units I am just barely over 3000 prestige.

I may still need to give even more tweaks which would dip me below this number.

There may come a point where I can no longer upgrade or maybe gasp, stop giving os replacement strength.

What is 44 an 45 going to do to me?

Oh, 3000 prestige is really low.

With all the recent update changes to the soviet 44 & 45 lineup, the difficulty has increased a lot.
Soviet air force using much more up to date models from late 43 onwards.
Soviet infantry upgrades for an increasing number of units from mid 44.
And the +1 experience level for 45, which will come out to effectively +2 enemy experience for your difficulty settings, giving the AI 5 stars all around when you struggle to get 5 star units yourself due to double Field Marshal difficulty.

I think your current spending is not sustainable.
The small damage points taken are extremely expensive now, since they shave off the top overstrength points.
Might be worth a thought to go into battle without repurchasing full overstrength on damaged units. And then not go for decisive victories and map wipes, if not necessary to reach bonus scenarios.

Playtesting today actually dipped down to 2500 in prestige after final upgrades and os. Yes it is getting scary, but that is so funny how you think I will settle for MV, when I only settled for that in Modlin. So cute.