Captured Armor

[Bozo_the_Clown]

I just discovered that one of my Panzer divisions is using 45 T34 tanks. [:D] This is new and I like it. However, is there any historical precedence for this? Just curious.

[Walloc]

Yes, just Google german T 34. One of the SS Pz Div's. IIRC the 2nd, had a Company at Kursk equiped with T 34s.

http://www.achtungpanzer.com/panzerkamp ... ervice.htm

[Bozo_the_Clown]

Cool, thanks!

[56ajax]

Too be honest 45 sounds historically too high for just one Division; more like 20+.

[Denniss]

There's no option to restrict usage to smaller units

[morvael]

Unfortunately due to certain restrictions the game can't handle well multiple versions of the same equipment type, so instead of a few captured tanks in every unit it will strive to have 1-2 units full of captured tanks and the rest with different models.

[Bozo_the_Clown]

I think the Germans need any help they can get regarding material. 4th Panzer division now has 65 T-34 in it. I'm curious to what other equipment will be used.

[Aditia]

I am now in December 41 and so far my engineers have converted ~3.2k captured guns (you can track this by comparing total captured to what is left in the pool) for front line use and I have a bunch of units with BA-10 and BA-20 armored cars and 3 Pz Div.'s with 1 Bn of BT-7M each (which is a much better machine than the German light tank that it replaces).

It is actually really fun to keep track of

With regards to the machines being concentrated, just think of it as the one area where your logistics staff is doing better than historical; making the need for spare parts less complex [8|]

[Farfarer61]

Dec 43 and my 23rd Pz Div has 63 Panther D and 63 T34M1942. TOE is 63/72. TOE MAX set at 100.

[No idea]

Captured enemy tanks should have very few spare parts available, if any, which basically means that any damaged tank should be a total loss unless you cannibalize another tanks. But that in turn means that you need, lets say, 100 captured t34s to keep 50 of them operational.