DAR - Russian Winter Woes

[Mobhack]

In Winter maps I find at least 1 Ski support rifle coy to be useful

It would be nice to change core grunts for ski - sometimes I do that in winter time. (Thought to self, a "change all of this type to X for this platoon/coy/all such" might be handy in the upgrade screen! - clicking 20-30 items gets old )

Usually I point the support ski coy at a subsidiary objective cluster with a couple of support AFV in attendance, say T-60 or zis-57mm. Rest of force concentrates on the other 2 objectives. Core usually goes for the ones approachable via a road if possible in winter. Usually have enough tanks with section-sized lift to carry a company as riders in the core. If only BT, then I pack some scouts and/or 14.5 ATR teams as initial security elements.

122mm guns crater roads - so I use them in the early battle to smash his road approach routes (1 or 2 guns work each approach road), and to draw counter-battery fires, then smack any revealed on-map with my 120mm mortars which have remained silent till on-map arty is revealed.

Andy

[Ramm]

Great AAR!

You can use ski troops to speed up contact but remember that they don't get their movement bonus on roads (maybe snowplow cleared them).

Its been a while since I last used them but if I recall correctly the ski troops have the same speed over flat snow as normal infantry have over flat clear.

I look froward to your next report

[Mobryan]

I feel for you, Ketch. It's 3/1940 on my 200 gamer, and I'm just about fed up with the snow, cold, and fight-till-we're-all-dead Finns. I've been doing it the hard way, I admit, with only some ski scouts or snipers as support.

One question, your off board 122's, is that 4x guns (one battery), or 4x batteries???


Matt