These are early production model tanks and you can’t equip entire battalions with them yet. Finally the Soviets have a tank equipped with a weapon that can engage the Panzer brigades from ranges only dreamed of in the mid war period. With AT 12, FP3+ and an extra 4″ of range but, most importantly in game terms, no “overworked”. Following on from the abandoned T-43 program, the Soviets decided to mount the highly effective D-5T 85mm gun on the T-34 tank chassis. However, there is one major equipment upgrade the arrival of a new T-34/85 turret. Battlefield tactics have been honed in the cauldrons of fire and flame and a new breed of soviet warrior has emerged no longer are the Rifle Battalions reliant on the urging of the NKVD who have been returned to a more security focussed rather than a purely military role.įirst up, what’s changed as we move in to Late War? Well, there is much for the Soviet player to get to grips with but not too much in terms of new equipment that will come later. The workers of Mother Russia have produced more and better equipment, new regiments have been raised, and old ones re-equipped, at least in part with the latest Soviet tanks, as well as updated versions of Lend Lease vehicles. The Soviet Union, after the tactical victories of 1943, has had time to catch up with the Nazi war machine. Now with the release of Fortress Europe the T-34 Battalion has evolved again. In my previous articles ( Evolution of a Tank Brigade and The Final Evolution) I have talked about the T-34 Battalion and how my playing force evolved through the mid war period with the initial Enemy at The Gates release covering 1942/3 and then how this list altered as time moved on to Red Banner covering most of 1943. Martin takes a look at how Fortress Europe allows the re-equipping his T-34 Battalion from the Hero force that ended 1943 (Red Banner) into the late war period equipping and preparing them for Operation Bagration (scheduled for release next year).
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