Europa Games and Military History
Question:
The 384 Inf XX is listed as `forming” in Oct II 43, but it is initially in the West on Jul I 43, and historically it went to the East Front about Oct II 43.
Answer:
The Oct II 43 West listing is missing a line. It should read:
West, Forming:
1 × 14-10 PzG XX 17 GvB (SS)
Withdraw to East:
1 × 5-7-6 Inf XX 384
Source:
TEM 43/44
Question:
As per the OB, the 505 Pz II “returns” to the West in Jun I 44, but is not mentioned previously.
Answer:
It should be an “Arrive” instead of a “Return.” (The Axis OB originally included April through June 1943, but these months were dropped in favor of the July 1943 start up. The 505th is in the West in April 1943 and goes east before the July 43 start-hence it is actually returning in June 44 in the context of the wider OB. This listing inadvertently didn’t get changed for the SF-only context.)
Source:
TEM 41
Question:
Is there any game significance to Alarm units, as opposed to infantry, or is this purely for historical information?
Answer:
Purely historical information.
Source:
TEM 43/44
Question:
I am guessing that, as illustrated above, the equipment is relative and changes over time without any player effort (a 1-10 AT II in 1939 is equipped with 37mm ATG, while the same unit in 1943 would have 5cm or 75mm… ?)
Answer:
Yes. Europa assumes all sides are incrementally upgrading their equipment throughout the war, so that a 1-10 AT II vs. a 2-1-10 Tk II in 1940 could be a 37mm vs. a Pz II/III, while in 1944 it could be a 75mm vs. a late-war Pz IV, etc. Thus, most evolutionary equipment changes are not shown (otherwise we’d probably need triple the number of counters!) but revolutionary equipment changes are (for example, the appearance of the Panther tank).
Source:
TEM 53
Question:
What sort of equipment difference is there between a German 1-10 mot AT 1I and a 1-2-10 mot AT II? They appear in the same time frame.
Answer:
Antitank and Tank Destroyers:
1-10 towed and early SP AT guns.
1-2-10 Nashorns.
2-1-10 Hetzers.
2-8 Elefants.
3-6 Jagdtigers (underequipped battalions; had sufficient Jagdtigers been available to fully equip a battalion, rating would be 3-4-6 or 4-6).
3-8 Jagdpanthers.
Source:
TEM 53
Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov, Air Marshal of the Soviet Union, in 1944
An Europa-map of the island of Sicily, assembled from maps 26 and 27 from Second Front.
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