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Advice re Soviet PVO AA Brigades

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Opponent & I are in our last scenario (Operation Typhoon) before we move into a pbem campaign game. I have inherited one soviet PVO Brigade; I have not built any. {I think PVO is the shorthand name for Soviet Air force). This is an on map unit (unlike PVO AA Regiments & battalion support units) and counts towards the 3 unit stacking. Where is the best place to deploy it? I assume normally in a target city but scenario is at the soviet winter defensive portion where I am on the offensive, such as it is. Should AA Brigade be with Stavka front HQ, attacking army HQ? If I was playing a campaign, should I be building any of these units of just put a HQ in likely target cities and build AA regiments & battalion support units?
-PVO AA Brigade: 60x85mm; 12x37mm; on map unit
-PVO AA Battalion: 7x85mm; 2x37mm; support unit
-AA Battalion; 12x85mm; 3x12.7mm; support unit
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PVO is the Russian Air Defense Command. And you've lots of them click on your cities ( Leningrad etc.. and you'll see they are attached to the cities. If you have areas you think may be bombed ( defended cities, cities with Airfields etc.. Most importantly critical ports you can attach them to the city or remove them.
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Use it as an AT unit if its on the map or stack it with airbase counters if the enemy is bombing the afs
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Say if your in the Moscow Hex. you can attach up to 6 brigades of PVO AA to Moscow. When the enemy attacks itll give a solid defense against his air support and cause him casualties but if you lose the city ... oopsie
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I can attack AA support units. How do I best use AA Brigades (on map units)? Should I be building them?
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RE: Advice re Soviet PVO AA Brigades

Post by charlie0311 »

Hi,

For the campaign game I build one for each air army, leave them in the rear, bring them forward to aid in defense of my air bases if my opponent wants bomb them. Otherwise I see no use for them. IMHO.
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RE: Advice re Soviet PVO AA Brigades

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PVO means противовоздушной обороны.

which sounds like
protivo vosdoushny oboroni. Meaning literally

Against Air (from воздух, with inflection) defense.

which is the same as Air defense troops.
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