By Philipp Elliot-Wright
Even if this new quantity in army Illustrated's "Classic squaddies" sequence emphasizes the Napoleonic Wars, the writer additionally covers the precursors of the Rifles and their amazing provider all the way down to the current day. the varied colour illustrations can be a needs to for artists, wargamers and re-enactors.
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The Red Army man needed fewer supplies; Russian weapons were less complex and needed less attention; civilians performed duties in rear areas, in hospitals, on the railroads, and as veterinarians, 2. The smaller wagons were easier on the horses; tractors pulled heavy loads instead of large teams of draft horses, 3. The German division had more men to supply and more heavy weapons; 4. German service units had to protect themselves against partisans and required more men to do so, 5. The German philosophy was that a division supplied itself directly from the army depots using its own men to bring forward the munitions, fuel, rations, and fodder.
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8. Hinrichs, p. 282. 9. Hinrichs, p. 282. 10. Hinrichs, pp. 275, 282. 11. , Battle for Moscow: The 1942 Soviet General Staff Study (Washington, DC: PergamonBrassey's, 1989), p. 185-88. 12. Hinrichs, pp. 276, 283; Ely, p. 97. 13. Hinrichs, p. 280. 14. FHO, CGR, Report, no date, H 3/104, Roll 551, Frame 238; For comparable German and American data, see Walter S. , Second Front Now 1943 (University, AL: University of Alabama, 1980), pp. 164-185. 15. FHO, CGR, Kraefteberechnungen, H 3/118, October 1943, Roll 552, Frame 357.