The Push West: Russia 1943

As 1942 gave way to 1943, the Soviets continued to push west in the Rzhev area during the winter months. While the fighting took a large toll on the advancing Soviet armies, it created an interesting pocket structure all the way to Velikiye Luki that left some German Army and Luftwaffe units strung out all the way to Rzhev.

This FSO is set to depict the air battles that happened over the skies of Russia during the winter of 1942/1943. 

Allies: 52% / Axis 48%

Order of Battle | Phase 1:

Order of Battle | Phase 2:

Loadout Restrictions:

Bf 109G-2 gondolas disabled at t+30 (Phase 2 launch)

Bf 110G-2 restricted to 2x 250kg bomb package. No wing bombs or rockets.

A2G ord disabled on all other fighters.

37mm disabled on Yak-9T

Scoring:

Fighters – 1

Twins – 2

Hangars – 5

Bunkers – 1

Town - .25 per building

Arena Settings:

- Terrain: russiaw

- Fuel Burn: 1.0

- Clouds: med5kmed15k

- Icons: 3K Friendly/Enemy

- Ack: .3

- Fighter and Bomber warning range: 63360 (about 12 miles)

- Tower range set to 63360 (for display only to match the above setting)

- Haze/Fog: 15 miles

- Radar: Off

- Enemy collisions: on

- Friendly collisions: off

- Killshooter: off

- Time: 1000 (10AM) Game Clock

- Formations: On

- Formation Autopilot: On

- Bomber calibration: Automatic

- Wind: 0K-2K NO WIND

2K-16K: E TO W - Speed 5

16K-20K: SE to NW - Speed 10

20+K: 45mph downdraft

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