Some Comments

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Russ, I think that most of the new tanks (or turret upgrades) will go to the East front.


I agree, new tanks will go to the Eastern front but turrets and armour upgrade kits for existing units will be available to both theatre's. This was seen historically as well.

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In the South, the Luftwaffe is unable to perform what you describe. Moreover, the French will still rely on ground observers and picket ships in addition to radar. And this is probably also true for Greeks and Yougoslavs. But the Americans (and this is also true in a lesser extent for the British) relied more on radar and could be surprised like this. Yes, they were in OTL : operation Bodenplatte, in Jan 1945 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ope...odenplatte ).


What I described would take an infusion of 3 and a half squadrons on top of what is already deployed in the region. As for the spotters and pickets. Yes they could help but if you look at the area the allies have there toe hold on the best they would get from a spotter is 2 to 5 minutes warning and Pickets for the French will be thin as they would all be over supporting Torch. With a 6 month reliance on radar what Pickets and radar units that are present can easily be directed around by the JU-88's with the ASV radar flying topcover.

As for the Aircraft, I still say there's something wrong with the FFO's german calculations. What operation in FFO since March 1st 1941 has been able to destroy over 1000 aircraft a month of the RLM, that's above the 200 per month lost operationally?
This is based on, the UK cannot make any more aircraft then they did historically during the period and that the increased US production up till December 1941 will cover outfitting the UK up to historicall levels, The French and all the displaced airforces...just. The french and british money put into the US will not be seen till mid to late 1941. Example: the first ordered American built ship by the British in early 1940 with money before Lend lease will still not leave the yard any sooner than September 1941 regardless of how much money you throw at it. The aircraft industry is the same.

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The lessons and material given by the Japanese will probably not be in use before the beginning of 1943, at least.


Don't think so and many of my former collegues agree. Using the Rotterdam set as an example. Captured in Jan 1943, reverse engineered by Telefunkin, first Berlin set ready by May 1943. If Telefunkin and Gema get the stuff in May or June, the specs will save 2 months and you'll have the first ASV and AI sets by July. Also though the Japanese probably wont have the tech to do that fine a welding till 1943 ( means each set is hand made till then) the Germans can. This means a mass production of these sets can be started almost immediately.

Russ / Roller007