Barbarossa PBEM campaing

[Imp]

I like Narwaans suggestion that the oucome of the battles should just shape the next game slightly & feel this is very workable.

Rather than reducing the quality of Russian forces reduce the quantity from those realy available.
The rational for this

The smaller force has one big advantage when you consider the size of the front shrink it to a raid 100 men vs 1000
The small force can hit & relocate causing more damage than it should for its size as the big force never manages to engage it with everything it has. It is easier for the small force to be & maintain organisation & thats if both sides have the same level of C&C
Sounds something like blitzkreig to me, if the big force has poor C&C they can be dealt with in "pockets" as the terms of the engagement are being controled by the smaller force.

The main problem is command & control both sides commanders will play there army in a way that simulates most closely the German force structure. The Soviets were abismal at C&C have a plan & stick with it & the men themselves did not know the plan & reacted very poorly to local events generaly just sticking to the plan.

This uncordinated attack & the use of waves could easily mean a large portion of troops play little part in the battle. You would then have to remove more units to allow for the superior Russian commander in the human player.

Artillery was much the same hence the massing of it to totaly hit an area. Generaly they would not select specific targets adjust plots etc for new threats but follow a pre definned pattern.

Also getting men to the front to actualy fight both had huge problems but Russians must have been harder. More stuff to pull forward plus pulling back & rebuilding your economic base (factories etc) to allow you to continue. No mean feat in the 40s
The problem is not so much the fighting men but the logistics of supply as the people that fight make up less than half of the army.