Several Moscow 42 Questions

[Strela]

The majority of the Panzerjaeger companies use 37mm guns. To me, it seems odd that they (and only most of them) are assigned to infantry regiments. For the infantry guns, it's understandable, but less so for the Panzerjaeger Abteilung.

The problem with having them as companies is that they're too vulnerable (because units can be targeted individually when in a stack) and too weak, which sort of promotes a strategy of parking them in the rear somewhere because otherwise I'd be giving the Soviets easy points.

Also: I see that, presumably for balance reasons, Katyusha units have 8 instead of 36 launchers. Was the range of Nebelwerfer units also decreased for balance reasons, to avoid downsizing the units?

All units are done exactly as per the historic OB's. Infanterie Regiments had a generic AT company and the Division an independant PanzerJager Battalion. This equates to 6 companies in total (1 per regiment, 3 in the PzJ Battalion). They have been setup in the main to support the infantry and wherever possible put on the road to help them retreat. Unfortunately they are extremely hard to move in snow/frozen conditions particularly when off road. In a historical context this is correct.

The 37mm guns are of very marginal use (again as they were historically) and will be a pain to use in any form of a retreat.

As far as the katuyshas, only battalions were available at this time. Larger formations (regiments) only started to appear late in the winter/early spring.

The range for Nebelwerfers was adjusted by Ed Williams to balance out the fact that they actually have a minimum range that the game system doesn't handle. The current values are a compromise.

Hope that answers your questions.

David