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Good news for all you Gary Grigsby fans out there, a new update for War in the East 2 is now live.

The Morale update adds a new optional rule about, well... morale. You can find the new morale settings, which allow you to adjust national morale by country in new games, if you scroll down in the game options. Also introduced with 01.03.09 is a new optional rule that re-balances retreat attrition. When enabled, routing units will suffer less retreat attrition than normal. The default is for this to be off. With this option enabled you are under far greater pressure to actually encircle enemy formations to destroy them, rather than purely by pursuit.

1.03.10 rebalanced air/ground attacks. The number of requested bomber aircraft for Ground Attack Air Directives must now be set to at least 10 (or set to 0 for Automatic). This update also saw improvements to the multiplayer UI, making it easier to report and log any errors you may encounter.

You can find the full changelog posted below.

IMPORTANT NOTE 1: All save game and scenario files created with this or later versions may only be loaded with this or a later version. Versions prior to 1.03.03 may not load these newer save game or scenario files. Old saves and scenarios may be loaded with this and newer versions.

IMPORTANT NOTE 2: The extensive changes made to the OB and map files in 1.03.03 will require that any modded scenario created prior to 1.03.03 will need to have their generic data locked using generic data from 1.02.52 or an earlier version. If you are going to start a modded scenario that was created prior to 1.03.03, make sure that you are using a version of the scenario that had its generic data locked.

Change History
V1.03.11 – 25th March 2024
• 1.03.10 public beta version made official

V1.03.10 – 6th February 2024
New Features and Rule Changes

• Changes/improvements to the Multiplayer Server system:
o Any error from the server will display a message window that requires the player to press
a key to close. Please note the error message if you are going to report an issue to
technical support.
o Game now logs server requests/responses/errors in a server.log file that is stored in the
main game directory (Gary Grigsby’s War in the East 2). Whenever the game is restarted
and the first server request is made, it will create a new file. It will store the previous
server file as server-prev.log. If you report a tech support issue with your server game,
please attach your server.log and/or server-prev.log file to your report.
o Other changes were made to reduce the number of automatic retries, reduce the amount
of logins, and avoid token expiration issues.

• Rule Change – The number of requested bomber aircraft for Ground Attack Air Directives must
now be set to at least 10 (or set to 0 for Automatic).

Bug Fixes and AI Improvements
• Halftracks with mortars are not using their mortars in combat. Fixed.

Data and Scenario Changes
• Ob.dat changes:
o Some spelling updates
o 42 A.S. Ital. Semi-Mot Infantry Division now uses the Italian version of the 88mm Flak
o 43 LW Flak Regiment used the single barrel version of the 128mm Flak
o 42c Tier 1 Motorized Division has the proper 50mm GrW used
o 43 Guards Airborne Division and OB Chains have been synched to prevent unlimited
building

• Device.dat file changes:
o 75mm vz.15 L/15 Gun (0348) – Rate of Fire decreased from 20 to 10.
o 75mm M34 L/46 Gun (0375) – Rate of Fire increased from 10 to 20.
o 37mm da 37/45 L/45 Gun (0672) – Rate of Fire increased from 10 to 15.
o 76.2mm KT-28 L/25 Gun (0351) – Renamed 76.2mm KT-28 L/16.5 Gun.
o 76.2mm L-10 L/30.5 Gun (0378) – Renamed 76.2mm L-10 L/26 Gun.
• Gtype.dat file change - SP Rocket Launcher (0056) – Combat Value increased from 1 to 3.

• Ground.dat file changes:
o Panzer IIIe (0006) – Ammo Use increased from 20 to 24.
o Panzer IVf2 (0019) – Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o Panzer IVg (0020) – Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o Panzer IVh (0021) – Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o Panther D (0022) – Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o Panther A (0023) – Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o Panther G (0024) – Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o Sturmpanzer IV (0027) – Ammo Use decrease from 184 to 168.
o Stug IIIf (0030) – Ammo Use decreased from 132 to 120.
o Stug IIIg (0031) – Ammo Use decreased from 132 to 120.
o Jagdpanzer IV (0032) – Ammo Use decreased from 132 to 120.
o Panzerjaeger II (0034) – Ammo Use decreased from 193 to 187.
o Marder II (0035) – Ammo Use decreased from 215 to 210.
o Marder III (0036) – Ammo Use decreased from 215 to 210.
o Panzerjaeger 38t (0037) – Ammo Use decreased from 193 to 187.
o Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer (0039) – Ammo Use decreased from 132 to 120.
o Jagdpanzer IV/70(V) (0041) – Ammo Use decreased from 132 to 120.
o Hummel (0046) – Ammo Use decreased from 424 to 384.
o Lorraine (SdKfz-135/1) (0047) – Ammo Use decreased from 424 to 288.
o sIG33 (0052) – Ammo Use decreased from 278 to 252.
o sIG33 Grille K (0053) – Ammo Use decreased from 278 to 252.
o SdKfz-234/3 Armored Car (0059) – Ammo Use increased from 174 to 203.
o SdKfz-234/4 Armored Car (0060) – Ammo Use decreased from 215 to 210.
o SdKfz-233 Armored Car (0066) – Ammo Use increased from 160 to 203.
o 75mm PaK40 AT Gun (0069) – Ammo Use decreased from 231 to 225.
o 76.2mm PaK36(r) AT Gun (0070) – Ammo Use decreased from 210 to 204.
o 88mm Pak43 AT Gun (0071) – Ammo Use increased from 240 to 264.
o 75mm leIG18 Infantry Gun (0074) – Ammo Use decreased from 218 to 210.
o 150mm sIG33 Infantry Gun (0075) – Ammo Use decreased from 276 to 252.
o SdKfz-251/22 Halftrack (0107) – Ammo Use decreased from 215 to 210.
o 150mm K39 Field Gun (0108) – Ammo Use decreased from 210 to 190.
o 75mm leFK18 Field Gun (0109) – Ammo Use decreased from 149 to 126.
o 150mm sFH Howitzer (0112) – Ammo Use decreased from 412 to 384.
o Panzer IVj (0125) – Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o Stug IIIg (0140) – Ammo Use decreased from 132 to 120.
o 75mm K/40 AT Gun (0145) – Ammo Use decreased from 231 to 225.
o 150mm H/15 Howitzer (0164) – Ammo Use increased from 309 to 376.
o Panzer IVj (0166) – Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o Stug IV (0170) – Ammo Use decreased from 132 to 120.
o StuIG33B (0175) – Ammo Use increased from 185 to 168.
o M-11/39 (0179) – Ammo Use increased from 17 to 20.
o M-13/40 (0180) – Ammo Use decreased from 50 to 33.
o M-15/42 (0181) – Ammo Use decreased from 41 to 27.
o Semovente L40 da 47 (0183) – Ammo Use decreased from 69 to 39.
o 47mm M35 AT Gun (0192) – Ammo Use decreased from 68 to 45.
o 75mm M34 AA Gun (0213) – Ammo Use increased from 140 to 280.
o Panzerjaeger 38(t)H (0216) – Ammo Use decreased from 215 to 210.
o sIG33 Grille H (0218) – Ammo Use decreased from 278 to 252.
o T-4(g) (0233) – Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o T-4(h) (0234) – Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o TA(g) (0236) – Ammo Use decreased from 132 to 120.
o TACAM T-60 (0237) – Ammo Use decreased from 228 to 182.
o TACAM R-2 (0238) – Ammo Use decreased from 228 to 182.
o 20mm Oerlikon AA Gun (0242) – Ammo Use increased from 21 to 60.
o 37mm Bofors AT Gun (0243) – Ammo Use increased from 20 to 24.
o 47mm Breda AT Gun (0244) – Ammo Use decreased from 68 to 45.
o 25mm Mle 1939 AA Gun (0259) – Ammo Use decreased from 162 to 90.
o 75mm Mle 1897 Field Gun (0262) – Ammo Use increased from 192 to 196.
o Panzer IVh (0284) – Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o Stug IIIg (0286) – Ammo Use decreased from 132 to 120.
o 75mm PaK40 AT Gun (0291) – Ammo Use decreased from 231 to 225.
o 75mm 15M Mountain Gun (0313) – Ammo Use decreased from 280 to 140.
o 37mm vz.37 AT Gun (0320) – Ammo Use increased from 25 to 30.
o LT-40 (0335) – Ammo Use decreased from 15 to 12.
o Marder III (0336) – Ammo Use decreased from 215 to 210.
o Panzer IVj (0337) – Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o Panzer IVh (0348) – Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o Stug IIIg (0351) – Ammo Use decreased from 132 to 120.
o 47mm PaK181(f) AT Gun (0357) – Ammo Use decreased from 60 to 45.
o 40mm 40M AT Gun (0359) – Ammo Use decreased from 100 to 40.
o 75mm leIG18 Infantry Gun (0364) – Ammo Use decreased from 218 to 210.
o 150mm sIG33 Infantry Gun (0365) – Ammo Use decreased from 276 to 252.
o 75mm Pak40 AT Gun (0366) – Ammo Use decreased from 231 to 225.
o 75mm GebG36 Mountain Gun (0373) – Ammo Use increased from 91 to 98.
o Panzer IIf (0379) – Fuel Use increased from 22 to 23.
o Marder I (0401) – Ammo Use decreased from 215 to 210.
o GW 39H(f) (0402) – Ammo Use decreased from 215 to 210.
o GW FCM(f) (0404) – Ammo Use decreased from 215 to 210.
o sIG33/2 Hetzer (0410) – Ammo Use decreased from 278 to 252.
o Panzer Ia (0415) – Ammo Use increased from 3 to 5.
o Tauchpanzer IIIf (0417) – Ammo Use increased from 20 to 24.
o sIG33 II (0420) – Ammo Use decreased from 278 to 252.
o SdKfz-8 Flak18 (0422) – Ammo Use increased from 240 to 480.
o SdKfz-9 Flak18 (0423) – Ammo Use increased from 240 to 480.
o 47mm M35 Infantry Gun (0444) – Ammo Use increased from 68 to 75.
o 47mm M1937 AT Gun (0448) – Ammo Use decreased from 60 to 45.
o Stug IIIf/8 (0451) – Ammo Use decreased from 132 to 120.
o 47mm M1935 Infantry Gun (0460) – Ammo Use increased from 30 to 75.
o SdKfz-251/9D Halftrack (0461) – Ammo Use increased from 154 to 203.
o 75mm leIG37 Infantry Gun (0467) – Ammo Use decreased from 174 to 168.
o 75mm K/17 Field Gun (0485) – Ammo Use increased from 132 to 196.
o 75mm PaK40 AT Gun (0495) – Ammo Use decreased from 231 to 225.
o Recon Squad (0496) – Hand Grenade (0176) facing changed from Fwd to Side.
o Panzer IVg (0506) – Last Year changed from 1943 to 1945; Last Month changed from 4
to 8 and Ammo Use decreased from 182 to 165.
o Stug IIIg (0507) – Ammo Use decreased from 132 to 120.
o 37mm vz.37 AT Gun (0511) – Ammo Use increased from 25 to 30 and Build Limit
decreased from 1 to -1 (production deactivated).
o 75mm PaK97/38 AT Gun (513) – Build Cost increased from 5 to 22.
o 75mm PaK40 AT Gun (0514) – Ammo Use decreased from 231 to 225.
o 75mm leFK18 Field Gun (0519) – Ammo Use decreased from 149 to 126.
o 75mm M15 Mountain Gun (0520) – Ammo Use decreased from 280 to 140.
o 105mm Skoda Field Gun (0521) – Build Cost increased from 2 to 57.
o 150mm sFH18 Howitzer (0524) – Ammo Use decreased from 412 to 384.
o Lorraine (SdKfz-135/2) (0544) – Ammo Use decreased from 424 to 252.
o OT-34/85 M1944 (0728) – ROF increased from -4 to -3 and Ammo Use increased from
158 to 182.
o T-34/85 M1944 (0747) – ROF increased from -4 to -3 and Ammo Use increased from 140
to 160.
o M4A2 Sherman (0751) – Ammo Use decreased from 195 to 165.
o M4A2(76)W Sherman (0752) – Ammo Use decreased from 202 to 124.
o KV-85(0757) – ROF increased from -4 to -3 and Ammo Use increased from 140 to 160.
o IS-2 M1944 (0759) – Ammo Use increased from 110 to 165.
o IS-1 M1943 (0763) – ROF increased from -4 to -3 and Ammo Use increased from 100 to
160.
o ZiS-30 (0764) – Ammo Use increased from 108 to 126.
o SU-85 (0766) – ROF decreased from -3 to -4 and Ammo Use increased from 120 to 140.
o ISU-122(0769) – Ammo Use decreased from 165 to 110.
o 57mm ZiS-2 AT Gun (0782) – Ammo Use decreased from 160 to 140.
o SU-85M (0830) – ROF decreased from -3 to -4 and Ammo Use increased from 120 to
140.
o 75mm PaK40 AT Gun (1003) – Ammo Use decreased from 231 to 225.
o 76.2mm PaK36(r) AT Gun (1004) – Ammo Use decreased from 210 to 204.
o 75mm leIG18 Infantry Gun (1005) – Ammo Use decreased from 218 to 210.
o 150mm sIG33 Infantry Gun (1006) – Ammo Use decreased from 276 to 252.
o 75mm leFK18 Field Gun (1028) – Ammo Use decreased from 149 to 126.
o 150mm sFH Howitzer (1031) – Ammo Use decreased from 412 to 384.
o SdKfz-250/11 (0441) – Scrap date changed from 1943 to 1944.
o OT-130/133 (0743) – Scrap date changed from 1940 to 1941.
o T-34 M1941 (0745) – Scrap date changed from 1943 to 1945.
o T-34 M1942 (0746) – Scrap date changed from 1944 to 1945.
o KV-1s M1942 (0750) – Scrap date changed from 1943 to 1945.
o KV-85 (0757) – Scrap date changed from 1944 to 1945.
o M-30-4 Rocket Launcher (0816) – 7.62mm M1938 Carbine (0157) facing changed from
Fwd to Side.
o KV-1 M1941 (0839) – Scrap date changed from 1943 to 1945.

• Map changes (hex.dat, hexart.dat and maptext.dat):
o Location changes:
0558 Messina (ITA) moved from Calabria to Sicily region
0782 Braila (RUM) moved from Dobrogea to Muntenia region
o Region changes:
Transylvania region (Rumania) slightly reduced in size
0088 Muntenia (RUM) slightly extended in Nothwest
0086 Oltenia (RUM) slightly extended in North
0087 Banat (RUM) slightly extended in North and East
0089 Crisana (RUM) slightly extended in East, slightly shrunk in South
0244 Languedoc (FRA) slightly extended to West and Northwest
o minor hex art changes:
Hex 175,217 transferred from RUM to HUN
Hex 177,220 transferred from YUG to RUM
o Omul (2505m) -> Omu (2505m)

• 1941 Campaign(s):
o RHG Command HQs changed to a different OB, restoring the 500 support squad max
size
o fixed some on-map support units without combat preparation points

• Road to Leningrad, Destruction of Southwester Front, Road to Minsk, Red Army Resurgent
scenarios:
o RHG Command HQs changed to a different OB, restoring the 500 support squad max
size

V1.03.09 – 9th January 2024
New Features and Rule Changes
• New Game Option – Reduced Retreat Attrition – When enabled, routing units will suffer less
retreat attrition than normal. The default is for this to be off. This value may not be changed once
a scenario has begun in PBEM and MP games.
• New Game Option – Morale Mod (by country) – This allows a value between 0 and 20 to be set
for each active country. The value set is added to the ground national morale value for the
country. The default is for all of these to be set to 0. This value may not be changed once a
scenario has begun in PBEM and MP games.
• Leaders in charge of air command HQs will no longer gain victories and defeats.
• In order to reduce failures when attempting to save MP games, the amount of time has been
increased before a save will timeout with a failure.
• Manual correction (section 23.7) - Reserve units committed to support a cross river attack are not
subject to additional disruption.
• Manual correction (section 28.6.2) - Damage is calculated by factory as follows: ((100-
damage)/100) x factory points and rounding up. So a 12 factory with 40 damage would produce 8
(((100-40)/100) x 12) = 7.2 rounded up to 8.
• Updated the Living Manual.pdf file in the \Manuals folder. This is up to date with changes through
game version 1.03.0.

Bug Fixes and AI Improvements
• Units that are class Mech-Infantry (ground elements of type Mech-Infantry, Cavalry, and several
others) are firing in combat with 20% of their correct effectiveness. Fixed.
• Routed units in theater boxes will automatically unrout in the logistics phase.

Data and Scenario Changes
• Device.dat changes:
o 50mm Type 89 Grenade Launcher (0174 & 0183) – Duplicated Japanese devices both
removed as no use in WitE2.
o 7.5mm FM Mle 24/29 AAMG (0223 & 0231) – Duplicated device both removed as no use
in WitE2.
o 6.5mm Breda BMG (0258) & (0280) – Duplicated device both removed as no use in
WitE2.
o 7.5mm MAC 31 BMG (0290) – Duplicated device removed.
o 7.62mm DT TMG (0296) – Duplicated device removed.
o 12.7mm DShK TMG (0297) – Duplicate device removed.
o 20mm Flak30 L/65 Gun (0651) – Duplicate device removed.
o 8mm 35M Rifle (0652) – Duplicate device removed.
o 7.92mm ZB M1924 Rifle (0659) – Duplicate device removed.
o 7.92mm vz.26 BMG (0662) – Duplicate device removed.
o 165 USG Drop Tank (0722) – Duplicate device removed.
o 5in/38 Mk 12 Gun (1055) – Duplicate device removed.

• Ground.dat changes:
o Panzer IIf (0003) – Scrap date changed from 1944 to 1945.
o Flammpanzer II (0005) – Upgrade to Flammpanzer III (0012) removed.
o Panzer IIIe (0006) – Upgrade path changed from Panzer IIIg (0007) to Panzer IIIf (0438).
o Panzer IIIg (0007) – Upgrade path changed from Panzer IIIm (0010) to Panzer IIIh (0008)
and Scrap date changed from 1943 to 1942.
o Panzer IIIh (0008) – Maximum Imports increased from 0 to 150; Import From ID changed
from 0 to 0007 (Panzer IIIg); Last Year changed from 1941 to 1942; Scrap date changed
from 1944 to 1943; Last Month changed from 3 to 6 and Build Limit increased from –1 to
3.
o Panther D (0022) – Upgrade path to Panther G (0024) removed.
o Stug IIIf (0030) – Upgrade path changed from Stug IIIf/8 (0451) to Stug IIIg (0031).
o Labor Squad (0133) – Ammo Use increased from 2 to 3.
o 65mm M13 Infantry Gun (0195) – Build Limit decreased from 1 to -1 (production
deactivated).
o T-35 (0227) – Gun changed from 37mm KwK34(t) L/40 (0310) to 37mm vz.34 L/40
(0309); ACC increased from 425 to 475; CMG changed from 7.92mm MG37(t) (0267) to
7.92mm vz.37 (0266) and BMG changed from 7.92mm vz.26 (0662) to 7.92mm vz.26
(0268).
o T-38 (0231) – BMG changed from 7.92mm vz.26 (0662) to 7.92mm vz.26 (0268).
o TACAM T-60 (0237) – BMG changed from 7.92mm vz.26 (0662) to 7.92mm vz.26 (0268).
o TACAM R-2 (0238) – BMG changed from 7.92mm vz.26 (0662) to 7.92mm vz.26 (0268).
o 20mm Oerlikon AA Gun (0242) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to
7.92mm ZB M1924 (0132).
o 37mm Bofors AT Gun (0243) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to 7.92mm
ZB M1924 (0132).
o 47mm Breda AT Gun (0244) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to 7.92mm
ZB M1924 (0132).
o 60mm Mle 1935 Mortar (0247) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to
7.92mm ZB M1924 (0132).
o 81mm Mle 27/31 Mortar (0248) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to
7.92mm ZB M1924 (0132).
o 120mm Resita Mortar (0249) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to 7.92mm
ZB M1924 (0132).
o 37mm M1939 AA Gun (0258) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to 7.92mm
ZB M1924 (0132).
o 25mm Mle 1939 AA Gun (0259) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to
7.92mm ZB M1924 (0132).
o 25mm Puteaux AT Gun (0261) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to
7.92mm ZB M1924 (0132).
o 75mm Mle 1897 Field Gun (0262) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to
7.92mm ZB M1924 (0132).
o 100mm vz.30 Howitzer (0263) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to 7.92mm
ZB M1924 (0132).
o 122mm M-10 Howitzer (0264) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to 7.92mm
ZB M1924 (0132).
o 13.2mm Mle 1930 AAMG (0265) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to
7.92mm ZB M1924 (0132).
o 105mm leFH18 Howitzer (0268) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to
7.92mm ZB M1924 (0132).
o 149mm vz.37 Howitzer (0269) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to 7.92mm
ZB M1924 (0132).
o 45mm M37 AT Gun (0271) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to 7.92mm
ZB M1924 (0132).
o Labor Squad (0272) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to 7.92mm ZB
M1924 (0132).
o 75mm Vickers AA Gun (0273) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to 7.92mm
ZB M1924 (0132).
o T-38E (0281) – BMG changed from 7.92mm vz.26 (0662) to 7.92mm vz.26 (0268).
o OA vz.30 Armored Car (0331) – BMG changed from 7.92mm vz.26 (0662) to 7.92mm
vz.26 (0268).
o 128mm Flak40 AA Gun (0340) – Fuel Use increased from 0 to 22.
o 76.2mm FK295(r) (0443) added – Captured Soviet 76.2mm M1902 Field Gun added; 500
imported at 10 per month from 1/42.
o 47mm M35 Infantry Gun (0444) added – Identical to 47mm M35 AT Gun but classified as
Infantry Gun Type (62) with Build Limit of 2 per turn thru 9/43.
o 47mm M1937 AT Gun (0448) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to 7.92mm
ZB M1924 (0132).
o 47mm M1935 Infantry Gun (0460) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to
7.92mm ZB M1924 (0132).
o 105mm Mle 1913 Field Gun (0468) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to
7.92mm ZB M1924 (0132).
o 105mm Mle 1936 Field Gun (0470) – Rifle changed from 7.92mm ZB M1924 (0659) to
7.92mm ZB M1924 (0132).
o SU-57 (0726) – Upgrade path to SU-76M (0731) added.
o Engineer-Sapper Squad (0733) – Ammo Use increased from 2 to 3.
o T-40 M1941 (0739) – Upgrade path to T-60 M1941 removed.
o OT-34 (0748) – Upgrade path to OT-34/85 (0728) removed.
o M4A2 Sherman (0751) – Upgrade path to M4A2(76)W (0752) removed.
o Churchill IV (0762) – Scrap date changed from 1945 to 1944.
o IS-1 M1943 (0763) – Upgrade path changed from IS-2 M1943 (0829) to IS-2 M1944
(0759) and Scrap date changed from 1943 to 1944.
o ZiS-30 (0764) – Upgrade path to SU-76 (0765) added and Scrap date changed from 1941
to 1942.
o SU-76 (0765) – Upgrade path to SU-76M (0731) removed and Scrap date changed from
1943 to 1945.
o SU-85 (0766) – Upgrade path changed from SU-85M (0830) to SU-100 (0767).
o SU-122 (0768) – Upgrade path changed from ISU-152 (0771) to ISU-122 (0769).
o 76.2mm 3-K AA Gun (0811) – Fuel Use increased from 6 to 22.
o Motorcycle Squad (0813) – Fuel Use increased from 10 to 12.
o T-50 M1941 (0826) – Upgrade path changed from T-34 M1942 (0746) to T-70 M1942
(0741).
o 152mm D-1 Howitzer (0827) – Size increased from 1 to 2 and Fuel Use increased from 6
to 22.
o KV-8 (0842) – Scrap date changed from 1944 to 1945.

• 2 new photos for ground elements 043 and 0444.

• 1941 Campaign(s) changes:
o Assigned non-PVO Soviet fighter AOGs, and non-Long Range Air Command bomber
AOGs, directly to ground support Air Directives.
o Fixed experience of support elements in German 3rd and 6th Panzer Divisions.
o Added 25,000 vehicles to the German vehicle pool.

• Stalingrad to Berlin Campaign(s), Vistula to Berlin Campaign, Steel Inferno 1943 and 1944
Campaigns changes:
o Changed all airbases in Slovakian to German nationality
o 6th SS Mountain Division now leaves Norway for WE rather than the Map.
o The 7th Mountain Division was left out of each Campaign. It begins in Finland and will
move to Norway.
o Added Air Directives for the different PVO Air Commands.

The Order of Battle Update for War in the East 2 is out now. This massive update includes the addition of new OOB's to more accurately model the condition and organization of German divisions during the Second World War.

The full changelog of this update is so massive, it literally cannot be presented here, the list of changes hits the character limit of this page. A full changelog can be viewed here[www.matrixgames.com] for the OOB update. Access to the full living update manual can also be found here.[www.matrixgames.com]

The organization of the Grossdeutschland division in May, 1944

The new formations added model both the differing quality of equipment different divisions were supplied with, and the time period they historically were organized.

The changing shape of the Panzer division from 1941-1945

There is also increased variety for other Axis powers OOB's. Italy now has divisions modeled for the Metropole, North Africa, and the Russian Front.

From the halls of Garibaldi to the shores of Tripoli

Finally, security divisions now make use of captured foreign tanks.

Captured French and Czech tanks as part of a security division

While the changes to the Order of Battle are the most noticeable feature with this update, there are several others worth highlighting. Aircraft with anti-armor cannons are more likely to deliberately target AFV's, all scenarios were updated to include the new Division templates, there are a host of bugfixes and scenario updates including the correction of certain formation and location names, and changes to scenario reinforcement and supply pools.

We are very proud of this massive update, and hope you enjoy playing it.

A big update is on the way for War in the East 2.

If you follow the Matrix Forums, you will know there has been a big public Beta out for the last month with a slew of changes to WITE2[www.matrixgames.com]. The number of bug fixes, tweaks, and scenario patches included in this update is truly massive.

The really substantial part however is the orders of battle. There are now an increased number of divisional templates to represent the variants of organization that were adopted on the Eastern Front during World War 2. These additions are especially noticeable for German infantry and Panzer divisions, modelling the different forms of organization and equipment adopted during the war. Just a short sample of updated features includes.

Data and Scenario Changes
• Major changes to the OB.dat file:
o Reorganization of data list by nation, unit type and size for easier and more logical viewing
o Comprehensive review and update of all Axis units (Italians are divided into Metropolitan, African and Russian variants of organization)
o Hundreds of new OBs to fill in gaps
o German Divisions now have numerous archetypes to reflect the varied nature of their organization and equipment (there used to be one standard infantry and panzer division - now there are numerous variants to use a wider variety of equipment)
o Better transition of Axis units that become equipped with Panzerfausts in late 1943 (all units should now have unit upgrades when the squads get updated to panzerfausts in Oct 43)
o Revised inclusion of German imported equipment into Axis minor OBs (Panzerschreks in Finnish units, German anti-tank guns and panzers in Italian, Rumanian, Finnish and Hungarian units)
o Different OBs with appropriate naming of motorized and non-motorized variants of units (Standard Pioneer unit versus a Motorized Pioneer unit)
o Reviewed/corrected the unit symbols used by OBs using the new editor feature and updated some units' symbols as being marine and light infantry.

These features are all already available on the beta branch of WITE2. This is available for download on the Matrix Forums[www.matrixgames.com] or by opting into the beta via Steam. We would like to thank everyone that helped beta test this update and the team members that developed it.

The Order of Battle update itself will be going live at the end of November, so you don't have to wait much longer to play with these changes.

We are proud to announce our new Home of Wargamers live event, which will take place on September 12th at 5 pm UK time.

Join us on our Twitch channel to know more about our biggest franchises. You can set a reminder here[www.twitch.tv].

We will talk about a lot of important updates for some of our Matrix Games best sellers and coming soon games, such as:

• Modern Naval Warfare
  
• Nuclear War Simulator
  
• Command Modern Operations
  
• Flashpoint Campaigns
  
• Rule the Waves 3
  
• Strategic Command
  
• Combat Mission
  
• Valor & Victory

We have just released a major new official update for Gary Grigsby’s War in the East 2, you can download the detailed Changelog from this link[www.matrixgames.com].

These are the main features added by this update:

• Many significant changes and improvements to the air game to further balance ground support and ground attack strikes, air doctrine, interception and air superiority, staging and logistics.
  
• Fixes to certain logistics issues
  
• Fixes and improvements for urban and city fort CVs
  
• Improvements to displayed CV accuracy in the CV pop-ups and displayed combat values
  
• Many data and map improvements and fixes
  
• Added Living Manual v1.22.pdf file in the \Manuals folder. This is up to date with changes through game version 1.02.52.

War in the East 2: Steel Inferno - Race for the Caucasus Tournament

Please note, entry into this tournament requires ownership of the Steel Inferno DLC for War in the East 2.

Welcome, Wargamers, to our first War in the East 2 tournament using the PBEM++ system. This is a standard tournament which we are organizing on the War in the East 2 forum at Matrix Games.

We have 16 slots available for players to compete using the new scenario “AG A – Part I – Race for the Caucasus”, a 17-turn scenario which focuses on the historical Operation Edelweiss and the drive by 1st Panzer and 17th Armies, supported by Rumanian forces, to breakthrough to the oil rich regions of the Caucasus. The Soviet forces are initially disrupted and scattered but are quickly reorganized and reinforced. The remaining terms and rules for this tournament are detailed below.

1. Please only sign up if you are able to commit to playing through all rounds should you advance and completing all of your assigned games with your assigned opponents. We expect this tournament to go for a total of 4-5 months.
   
2. For all major communications and tournament announcements, there will be a Tournament sub-forum in the Gary Grigsby’s War in the East 2 main forum. Forum link[www.matrixgames.com]
   
3. When you sign up, in addition to your forum name, please let us know your PBEM++ login handle as well as an e-mail where we can reach you when necessary and a confirmation that you own the DLC. Only complete applications will be accepted.
   
4. Please check back on the forum regularly for tournament updates. These will include your assigned opponent, your assigned side to play, and any other updates relevant to the tournament.
   
5. Players will be randomly assigned a side to play for each round.
   
6. You will have roughly one month to play each round, or about 30 days for 17 turns. The exact start and end date will be announced on the forum.
   
7. We will start with 16 players, paired up to play 8 initial games.
   
8. The second round will consist of 8 players, paired up to play 4 games.
   
9. The third round will consist of 4 players, paired up to play 2 games in the Semi-Final.
   
10. The final Championship round will consist of 2 games: one for 1st and 2nd place, played by the 2 winners of the Semi-Finals, the other for 3rd and 4th place, played by the two eliminated players from the Semi-Finals.
    
11. It is the responsibility of players to reach out to their assigned opponent to begin matches. Please use the Tournament sub-forum to organize and confirm opponent pairings and communication.
    
12. Players will have one week to organize their games. Players who do not respond within the time limit will be disqualified and replaced from chosen back-ups. If you are unable to connect with your assigned opponent within the allotted time, please let MaximKI and Joel Billings know as soon as possible.
    
13. Tournament recruitment is based on a first-come first-serve basis with the first 16 players to sign up given priority to participate.
    
14. We will keep the applications after the first 16 and if there are drops in the first or before the Top 16 round, those who are next in line on will be offered a spot in the tournament.
    
15. A win in the scenario will advance you to the next round. A loss will eliminate you from the tournament. A draw will advance whichever player had the edge in the draw result, however small, in terms of the VP ratio. If a winner cannot be determined by VP ratio, a judgement will be made by the tournament judge, Joel Billings. Please post a screenshot of the VP ratio screen in the Tournament sub-forum.
    
16. After the first round, if there are drops before the start of a round, those who were eliminated in the earlier rounds but were closest to victory will be offered to substitute dropped players.
    
17. If a game is not completed and the inability to complete the game is primarily due to delay on the part of one player, the player who delayed the game will forfeit and be eliminated. We will judge player turn delay by looking at the PBEM++ server logs. If both players actively played the game but there were significant delays on both sides, the projected victory will be used to determine who advances to the next round.
    
18. No Temporary Motorization of units is allowed.
    
19. For any questions or disputes regarding game outcomes, Joel Billings has final say.

Sign-ups open November 18th, 2022 at 3 PM GMT. Sign-ups will now be active until Monday, December 5th at 3 PM GMT. Top 16 rounds begin on December 6th, 2022 at 3 PM GMT and end on January 10th, 2023 at 3 PM GMT.

Tournament Prizes

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

First Place: A $100 voucher to spend on games, DLCs, and expansions from the Matrix Games / Slitherine game library, along with a custom “WITE2: Steel Inferno Champion” forum avatar
Second Place: A $50 voucher to spend on games, DLCs, and expansions from the Matrix Games / Slitherine game library, along with a custom “WITE2: Steel Inferno 2nd Place” forum avatar

Third Place: A $30 voucher to spend on games, DLCs, and expansions from the Matrix Games / Slitherine game library, along with a custom “WITE2: Steel Inferno 3rd Place” forum avatar

Fourth Place: A $25 voucher to spend on games, DLCs, and expansions from the Matrix Games / Slitherine game library, along with a custom “WITE2: Steel Inferno 4th Place” forum avatar

AAR Award: In addition to these prizes, players who write up a detailed After Action Report of their tournament games on the Matrix Games forum or any of our official social media channels, or record a detailed video AAR and share it, will be awarded a $25 voucher to spend on games, DLCs, and expansions from the Matrix Games / Slitherine game library. Please note, each player is eligible for a total of one voucher this way, not one voucher per AAR. For example, if you were to place Fourth and write up a nice AAR about at least one of your tournament games, that would earn you a total of two vouchers as a prize.

If you have further questions, please reach out to either MaximKI and/or Joel Billings.

- The Matrix Team

War in the East 2 – Steel Inferno Out now

It's time to expand the front.
Steel Inferno is the first expansion for the award-winning monster wargame War in the East 2. 

This content-packed DLC includes all of the Operations in Yugoslavia in 1944, the appearance of Finnish forces in the area North of Leningrad, the attack in the Caucasus, and a wealth of hypothetical scenarios.

Furthermore, the Drama on the Danube scenario places the German players in the difficult position of trying to deal with the surrender of Romania and Bulgaria and the difficulties of the German forces in Greece trying to escape North through the partisan-controlled territory.

Also included are two new full map campaigns, which begin with the German Operation Citadel in July 1943 and about a month before the Soviet Operation Bagration in May 1944.

Campaigns:

• 1943 Campaign - 3 Jul 43 - 6 Jul 45 -- A full Campaign starting out with the German Operation
  Citadel, the largest tank battle in history.
  
• 1944 Campaign - 11 May 44 - 4 Jul 45 -- A full Campaign that begins with the Soviets readying for
  the start of their massive Summer 1944 offensives.

Scenarios:

• Road to Karelia - 22 Jun 41 - 11 Oct 41
  
• Army Group A - Part I - Race for the Caucasus - 25 Jul 42 - 20 Nov 42
  
• Case Blue Phase II 42-43 - 25 Jul 42 - 5 Mar 43
  
• Case Blue Phase II 43-43 - Alternate - 25 Jul 42 - 5 Mar 43
  
• Army Group A - Part II - Kuban Bridgehead - 1 Feb 43 - 10 October 43
  
• AG C - Kutuzov to Bagration 43-44 - 12 Jul 43 - 2 Apr 44
  
• Western Ukraine 43-44 - 3 Nov 43 - 25 Apr 44

War in the east 2 – Steel Inferno Out now
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1975590/Gary_Grigsbys_War_in_the_East_2_Steel_Inferno/

War in the East 2 Official Update V1.02.45
New Features and Rule Changes
• Added Living Manual v1.18.pdf file in the \Manuals folder. This is up to date with changes through
game version 1.02.44.

Bug Fixes and AI Improvements
• Air units in non-reserve theatre boxes stopped being set to automatic upgrades as they should be,
and in fact were incorrectly being set to manual upgrades. Fixed. Now, units in non-reserve
theatre boxes should spend no more than one turn, after their arrival there, in manual upgrade
mode, before being set to automatic upgrades.
• Found another case where air units in the reserve could automatically upgrade even when set to
manual upgrade. Fixed.

V1.02.44 – 12th October 2022
New Features and Rule Changes
IMPORTANT NOTE: All save game and scenario files created with this or later versions may only be
loaded with this or a later version. Versions prior to 1.02.44 may not load these newer save game or
scenario files. Old saves and scenarios may be loaded with this and newer versions.
• Brigades can no longer be used to create Soviet rifle corps.
• Adjusted combat so that various Mech ground elements will be considered dismounted when shot
at under 500 yards. Made it less likely they would be fired at by armored piercing direct fire at
ranges over 500 yards.
• Made it so partisan type unit type units can be used and in most ways is treated as if it’s a fort
type unit. However, unlike a fort type unit it can retreat. Partisan type units are not used in the
standard game scenarios, but are used in one of the Steel Inferno scenarios.
• When a leader is automatically replaced, the system will now attempt to find a leader of suitable
rank, if one is available, before promoting a lower ranking leader.
• Removed the Vehicle Repair line from the left side of the production screen. You can still find the
number of vehicles in repair on the right side of the production screen.
• Added Living Manual v1.17.pdf file in the \Manuals folder. This is up to date with changes through
game version 1.02.42.

Bug Fixes and AI Improvements
• In some cases the AI depot assist will not function until the game is saved and reloaded. Fixed.
• Fixed typos in logistics report loss by phase section and in send air units back to reserve text.
• Temp port was not retaining its city ID link. Fixed.
• Airbases could end up with over 20 air units, and/or over 300% of airbase capacity. Made
adjustments to transfer routines to prevent this.
• The production screen aircraft build numbers for 2 German aircraft models was increasing by
thousands each turn (display issue only). Fixed.
• Damage to an airbase in a temporary port hex in displaying as overlapping text in the city detail
screen. Fixed.
• Unit moving onto a ferry is incorrectly able to undo its move even after moving next to an enemy
unit. Fixed.
• Vehicles listed as built in the production screen incorrectly includes captured vehicles. Fixed.
• When Soviet corps are broken down, the interface should automatically select the first unit on the
right unit panel. Fixed.
• Air groups in the reserve set to Manual Upgrade are automatically upgrading. Fixed.
• Some ski units were not displaying the ski unit symbol (but were getting their CV bonus). Fixed.
• Editor – Changing the ‘action’ in one action line in an event (example: SET TO) could change
other action lines in the same way. Fixed.
• Editor - Going to the Ground Elements tab in old editor forces you into the new editor. Fixed.

Data and Scenario Changes
• Changes to OB file:
o All FKL units are now armored instead of engineer
o Added zbV Mot. Regiment OB
o Fixed TK SS upgrade paths
o Adjusted number of Panzer recon elements in some OBs
o Doubled Sdkfz 250 Recon Sections in all German units
o Doubled Mot. Recon Section in all German units
o Added OB for SS Mountain Sturm Brigade
• Changes to device file:
o Unused Effect rating removed from all aircraft weapons.
o RS-82 Rocket (0070) – Load increased from 15 to 24, Range decreased from 6800 to 0,
Accuracy decreased from 8 to 2, Blast decreased from 6 to 5, Anti-Soft decreased from
92 to 80, Anti-Armor decreased from 80 to 7, Penetration decreased from 6 to 0, and
HEAT Pen increased from 40 to 50.
o RP-3 60lb SAP Rocket (0071) – Load increased from 97 to 98, Range decreased from
1700 to 0, Accuracy decreased from 8 to 4, Anti-Armor increased from 0 to 44,
Penetration decreased from 6 to 0, and HEAT Pen decreased from 75 to 0.
o 5in HVAR/HE Rocket (0073) – Load decreased from 141 to 134, Range decreased from
1650 to 0, Accuracy decreased from 8 to 4, Anti-Soft increased from 182 to 186, AntiArmor increased from 0 to 15, Penetration decreased from 15 to 0, and HEAT Pen
decreased from 125 to 90.
o RS-132 Rocket (0074) – Load increased from 50 to 86, Range decreased from 7750 to 0,
Accuracy decreased from 6 to 2, Blast decreased from 11 to 10, Anti-Soft decreased from
197 to 185, Anti-Armor increased from 0 to 15, Penetration decreased from 12 to 0, and
HEAT Pen increased from 62 to 75.
o 132mm M-13 Rocket (0433) – Range decreased from 9250 to 7350, Blast decreased
from 15 to 9, Anti-Soft decreased from 296 to 156, and Anti-Armor decreased from 25 to
13.
o 300mm M-31 Rocket (0440) – Blast decreased from 19 to 16, Anti-Soft decreased from
419 to 348, and Anti-Armor decreased from 35 to 29.
o 300mm M-30 Rocket (0442) – Range decreased from 3100 to 2900, Blast decreased
from 19 to 16, Anti-Soft decreased from 419 to 348, and Anti-Armor decreased from 35 to
29.
• Changes to Ground file:
o Fiat 3000B (0344) renamed L5/30 – Fuel Use decreased from 71 to 15.
o FT-17/37 (0345) – Fuel Use decreased from 71 to 24.
o Added (import) production of panzer recon sections
• Changes to factory file:
o German vehicle factories - all size-1 factories either removed or increased to size-2, some
removed points redistributed to larger factories
o German/Soviet vehicle factories - some size optimizations to reduce rounding losses from
production modifiers
• Changes to map in maptext, hexart, hex, control, city, mapregion files:
o Road system review in Hungary, Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Alps region between eastern
France over Northern Italy and Southern Germany to Austria
o Fixed wrong names and some layout issue of Carpathian mountain passes
o Fixed multiple issues with map texts
o Italian hexes in Tyrol region moved to Alto Adige
o Some region/border changes in southern Caucasus, central/northern Italy,
southern/southeastern Germany/Austria, Rumania/Hungary
o Two swiss hexes ceded to Germany, one each from France/Italy ceded to Switzerland
o Changes to locations:
0098 Schulau renamed Wedel
0246 Bad Hersfeld renamed Hersfeld
2561 Telav renamed Telavi
5627 Bad Langensalza renamed Langensalza
5650 Puettnitz renamed Puetnitz
829 Targu Ocna HUN -> RUM
• 1941 Campaign(s) changes:
o rebuilt soviet airbases to limit their available supply, fuel and ammunition to ~50-60% of
their needs
o added 20k Axis vehicles to pool after removing 15k excess vehicles from existing units
and 5k+ from delayed units
o added 40k damaged Soviet vehicles after removing ~33k excess vehicles from existing
units (mostly airbases) and ~7k+ from delayed units
o invalid rename in unit slot 1751,8661 removed
o invalid rename in air unit slot 2294 removed
o Airbase units renamed: Bad Langensalza,Puettnitz
o Airbase unit added: Stavropol
o XVII Ital. Corps removed from Balkans (duplicate), Armored Ital. Corps in IT renamed to
XVII Corps with Barbieri in command
o Giovani Fascisti Division reduced to 75% strength
o Savona Ital. Infantry division rebuilt as mot. Inf
o Brennero,Venezia,Ferrara,Marche,Puglie,Arezzo Infantry Division reformed as Ital.
Mountain Division
o Piacenza, Montova, Rovigo Ital. Mot. Infantry Divisions downgraded to plain Infantry
Divisions
-> all three had either limited motorization or had to give up motorized elements to
Eastern Front or North Africa
o Piacenza remove NA transfer; Rovigo available mid 3/42, add WE transfer in early 11/42
o 303rd FKL Panzer-Pioneer Bn disabled - became part of PzDiv Schlesien while forming
o 638th French Infantry Regiment disbands mid 7/44 (became part of the Charlemagne
Brigade)
o Polish/Czechoslovak unit arrival changed from Map to Reserve, all equipment except
non-specialist combat and support squads removed
o 1st Polish Rifle Division arrives 9/43 with combat and support squads full
o 1st/2nd Polish Army HQs upgraded to larger late war organization and fully equipped with
support squads
o other 1st Polish Army divisions arrive with 50% of their squads available, the support units
are equipped with 100% support squads
o 2nd Polish Army divisions and support units arrive with 50% of their support squads filled
o Czechoslovak Tank brigade arrives with just 50% of their support squads
o 1st Czechoslovak Rifle Corps downgraded to Brigade, arrives 9/43 with just squads filled,
upgrades to Division in 4/44
o 2nd Czechslovak Rifle Brigade added, arrives 6/44, upgrades to Division in 1/45
o 3rd Ski Brigade - conflicting rename removed
o 8th Tank division - conflicting rename removed
o 20th Tank division - conflicting rename removed
o fixed minor issues and typos with events 88, 93, 94, 252.
• Road to Leningrad, Operation Typhoon, Road to Minsk, Red Army Resurgent, Destruction of
Southwestern Front change:
o fixed a small number of broken HHQ links.
o fixed minor issues and typos with events 88, 93, 94, 252.
• Changes to icon G0344 and phot GP0756

V1.02.41 – 4
th September 2022
New Features and Rule Changes
IMPORTANT NOTE: All save game and scenario files created with this or later versions may only be
loaded with this or a later version. Versions prior to 1.02.37 may not load these newer save game or
scenario files. Old saves and scenarios may be loaded with this and newer versions.
• The odds brackets for the loss of combat preparation points (CPPs) have been changed slightly
from v1.02.39. They are now as follows:
o Deliberate attack
<20 to 1 odds – 50% reduction
>=20<35 to 1 odds – 40% reduction
>=35<50 to 1 odds – 30% reduction
>=50 to 1 odds – 25% reduction
o Hasty attack
<20 to 1 odds – 50% reduction
>=20<35 to 1 odds – 35% reduction
>=35<50 to 1 odds – 20% reduction
>=50 to 1 odds – 10% reduction
• Lowered front line attrition by roughly 30%, although it is still roughly double what it was in
1.02.32.
• Amphibious HQ units may no longer enter ferry hexes.
• Added visibility to losses due to front line attrition in logistics report losses by phase section.
• On map units in reserve mode will no longer commit into hasty attacks.
• Reduced the amount of lend lease vehicles received by the Soviets per turn as follows:
o 1943 - 4500 -> 2500
o 1944 - 6000 -> 4000
o 1945 - 1500 -> 1000
• Improved the system for sending back non-standard OB ground elements during the logistics
phase and when building up units. The system will be less likely to send items that don’t match
the items in the unit TOE, and will better account for items that are subbing in for non-standard
items. However, there is still a chance that items will be sent back due to limited slots and/or
having non-standard items.
• Audited flak code to bring air phase and ground phase flak into alignment. The changes are
expected to bring down flak losses in some cases in the air phase, while increasing them in some
cases in the ground phase.
• Air unit transfers in the ground phase are no longer reported in the logistics report. These had
been getting reported to both players. Now, only air unit transfers that happen during the logistics
phase are listed in the logistics report, and this info is not in the enemy report.
• Editor Clarification – To create a temp port in the editor, first set the x,y coordinate, player and
nation for a location slot, name the slot. Next, with that slot selected, press the Build Temp Port
option.
• Added Living Manual v1.16.pdf file in the \Manuals folder. This is up to date with changes through
game version 1.02.41.
Bug Fixes and AI Improvements
• Air group renaming does not change aircraft as listed in the rename. Fixed.
• Rallying appears to be automatic and not dependent on range to HQ. Fixed.
• Axis vehicles in depots goes negative, resulting in millions of vehicles. Fixed.
• Soviet unit gets freight from an Axis depot. Fixed.
• In some cases, airbases with aircraft never received any ground elements. Fixed.
• Editor - Can't delete objective cities from campaign victory screen. Fixed.
Data and Scenario Changes
• OB.dat file changes – Soviet Mountain units now have their own OB chains and they are
unbuildable. A few other minor OB changes.
• Factory.dat change – Complete review of vehicle factories in Soviet Union, Axis minor and
occupied countries. Reduced vehicle overproduction in Germany.
• 1941 Campaign(s) changes:
o 50k damaged vehicles added to Soviet pool
o several low-priority depots added to supply frozen units in Hungary, Rumania and
Slovakia
o Tyrol removed from Italian Theater Box
o several small scale fixes to events
o several units slightly moved and/or reassigned in Rumanian sector to better match
historical positioning/command structure
o fixed OB issue for 718th Static division rename
o 66th Flak Regiment now moves to West in 4/43
o all Italian Coastal Divisions are now TB-locked
o Added three Italian Flak, one SP Gun and three Tank Destroyer Battalions (1/43)
o LXXXX corps reformed into 5th Panzer Army, arrives 3 turns later
• Stalingrad to Berlin and Vistula to Berlin – several minor changes to depots and AOG air profiles
allowed.
• Destruction of Southwest Front – Added 15k damaged vehicles to Soviet pool.
V1.02.39 – 2nd August 2022
New Features and Rule Changes
IMPORTANT NOTE: All save game and scenario files created with this or later versions may only be
loaded with this or a later version. Versions prior to 1.02.37 may not load these newer save game or
scenario files. Old saves and scenarios may be loaded with this and newer versions.
• Increased general front line attrition (damage/destruction of ground elements in units next to an
enemy controlled hex).
• Increased the chance of leaders being dismissed due to perceived poor performance.
• Increased the base costs of dismissing Soviet Front/Army/Corps leaders.
• The loss of combat preparation points (CPPs) by attacking units, instead of always being a 50%
reduction in CPP, is now based on the type of attack and the final combat odds:
o Deliberate attack
<10 to 1 odds – 50% reduction
>=10<20 to 1 odds – 40% reduction
>=20<50 to 1 odds – 30% reduction
>=50 to 1 odds – 25% reduction
o Hasty attack
<10 to 1 odds – 50% reduction
>=10<20 to 1 odds – 35% reduction
>=20<50 to 1 odds – 20% reduction
>=50 to 1 odds – 10% reduction
• When the sub units of an Axis Division or Soviet Corps reform into the larger unit, the unit with the
lowest CPP value is weighted as if it was two units, when calculating the unit CPP. Example:
When units with 25, 50, and 100 CPPs recombine, the combined unit will have 50 CPPs
((25x2)+50+100/4).
• Adjustments to ground combat:
o Reduced AFV losses, focusing on reducing the extreme losses of AFVs by the losing side
(90%+). Now, as AFV losses climb, there will be a chance that the remaining AFVs will try
to refrain from engaging in combat.
o Increased the willingness of armored cars to engage soft targets.
o Small increase in fire against soft targets.
o Reduced the amount of shots taken by medium flak ground elements, more so against
soft targets than AFVs.
• Changes to Max TOE for Axis units in non-reserve theatre boxes:
o Units will normally have their Max TOE automatically set to 100 when in a non-reserve
theatre box.
o Axis non-motorized, non-elite units, in non-reserve theatre boxes will have their TOE’s
lowered if they do not have the sufficient manpower in their national active manpower
pool as follows:
a) German non-motorized, non-elite units, will be set to Max TOE of 80 if the German
active manpower pool begins the turn below 150,000. They will have Max TOE set to
65 if the pool begins the turn below 75,000.
b) Italian, Romanian, and Hungarian, non-motorized, non-elite units, will be set to Max
TOE of 80 if their national active manpower pool begins the turn below 20,000. They
will have Max TOE set to 65 if the pool begins the turn below 10,000.
c) Finnish non-motorized, non-elite units, will be set to Max TOE of 80 if their national
active manpower pool begins the turn below 10,000. They will have Max TOE set to
65 if the pool begins the turn below 5,000.
d) Slovakian non-motorized, non-elite units, will be set to Max TOE of 80 if their national
active manpower pool begins the turn below 2,000. They will have Max TOE set to 65
if the pool begins the turn below 1,000.
• Removed the additional sound effect clean up routines added in 1.02.32 as they were
unnecessary and they caused some bad side effects.
• Adjusted ground support commitment routines to better ensure that there will rarely be more than
300 aircraft committed to any one battle. Also, increased the chance that the Soviets will commit
less bombers to any battle before 1943.
• Increased the chance that level bombers will destroy or damage an element when conducting
ground support (more so for defensive ground support), as opposed to just disrupting.
• Soviet vehicle mobilization during the first 10 turns of the war will now mobilize 60% of the original
number of vehicles. Instead of 260,000 vehicles mobilized, The Soviets will mobilize 156,000
vehicles.
• Changed the display of air unit range circles shown in the AOG view for fighters and fighterbombers that are set to Mission: Fighter. They used to show a purple line equal to their escort
range, but now, they show the purple line equal to their combat (intercept/patrol) range. The unit
detail screen has been changed so that for fighters and fighter-bombers set to mission:fighter,
show escort range/intercept (combat) range. Clicking on a hex with an airbase in the normal map
view (with no ground unit in the hex), will still show both the green (escort range) circle, and the
purple (combat range) circle, for each air unit at the airbase.
• Added x and y coordinate columns to the CR screen for ground units.
• Entrained units are no longer susceptible to first winter rules.
• The Reinforcement & Transfers screen now has a new Renames tab under the Units and Air
Groups tabs. The Renames tab shows all scheduled ground and air unit renames, as well as
some information about these renames.
• Editor – A new editor is under construction. It is possible to switch back and forth between the
new and the old editors when on the editor main screen. The old editor is still fully functional,
except for unit and air group renames. These renames must be done in the new editor. Each
rename no longer takes up a slot in the editor. Instead, all the rename info is contained in the
original unit’s slot. Note there is now expanded search capability. For a directed search with
multiple words, start with a quote (“) sign to limit the search. The new editor has improved use of
larger screens and in-game scaling, but is not yet fully functional. Work is continuing to complete
full functionality in the new editor.
Bug Fixes and AI Improvements
• German and Italian leaders are never promoted. Fixed.
• Ground units in the Axis national reserve were skipping key logistics routines that increase
morale/experience and deal with damaged elements. Fixed.
• Fixed another bug that was causing defensive ground support to completely miss all targets.
• The Max TOE values of human controlled German units were, under some rare conditions, being
altered during the Soviet AI turn. Fixed.
• Axis Allied units can merge into German units. Fixed.
• Air transport freight airdrops are benefitting when delivering to hexes with size 0 airfields (airfields
starting construction). Fixed.
• Units that required a very small amount of support help were not receiving it as they should
(example: Motorized Flak Companies). Fixed.
• Fixed rollover text over requested aircraft in the air directive creation panel (used to say required
aircraft).
• AI – Brigades in city forts could be moved out of the city fort by the AI in a way that had it showing
in two locations at once. Fixed.
• AI – Improved the Axis AI use of Max TOE settings based on manpower remaining in the national
manpower pools.
• AI – Improved Axis rail repair in Road to Leningrad.
Data and Scenario Changes
• OB.dat changes:
o Added Panzergrenadier Panzer Battalion (45 x StuG-IIIG)
o Changed Soviet Fortified Region build limit to 50
o Changed Axis Fortified Region build limit and AP costs as follows:
June 41 to Dec 42 – 4 AP / 20 build limit
Jan 42 to Jun 43 – 4 AP / 40 build limit
Jul 43 to Dec 43 – 3 AP / 60 build limit
Jan 44 to Dec 44 – 2 AP / 60 build limit
Jan 45 to end – 2 AP / 80 build limit
• Ground.dat changes:
o changes to the Soviet 203mm and 280mm guns to prevent them from swapping out
o 8mm Schwarzlose AAMG (0306) - Build Limit increased from 2 to 4
o 75mm M37 Field Gun (0389) - Symbol corrected to Light Artillery
o 105mm 31M Field Gun (0466) - Symbol and Type temporarily changed to Artillery.
o extended the scrap date on most Italian ground elements to 1945
• Device.dat changes:
o upgraded the Italian HEAT ratings.
o adjusted the armor penetration of the Soviet 76.2mm F-32 gun to that of the 76.2mm L-11
gun.
• 3 new photos for ground elements 150,247,337, 1 new photo for aircraft 428
• Ac.dat changes:
o 0094 Fw 190A-8 - production reduced by 500 to account for the new A-9 '44'
o 0251 CR.42 (HU) - upgrade change from Me 210C to Bf 109G-2
o 0260 Ju 86K-2 (HU) ends in 5/42 now
o 0261 Ju 87D (HU) - +12 imports to 60, delayed to 3/43, turn import limit +2 to 3
o 0262 Ju 88A-4 (HU) - +27 imports to 80, delayed to 3/43, turn import limit +2 to 3
o 0265 Me 210Ca-1 (HU) - changed from FB to TacB
o fuel reduced for IAR 3x series aircraft and PZL 11
o add aux tank option for IAR 3x series aircraft
o gun changes for multiple Rumanian aircraft
o fuel and endurance reduction for IAR 80 series aircraft
o multiple minor data corrections
o 5 new/adjusted aircraft symbol files
o New aircraft - 0428 Fw 190A-9 1944 - available 9/44 with limited production
• Factory.dat change - IAR 39 airframe production moved to Bucharest (SET)
• Nat.dat changes:
o Albania: Oil/Fuel production 1941-45 from 0 to 100%
o Luxembourg: Resource production 1941-45 from 0 to 100%, Supply production 1941-45
from 0 to 40,90,90,110,90
o France: Fuel production 1941-45 from various percentages to 100%
o Italy: Manpower production 1944-45 from 300 to 50, Armament production 1944-45 from
100 to 50
o Yugoslavia: Fuel production 1941-45 from various percentages to 100%
• Map Changes to hexart/hex/control/city/maptext .dat files:
o Location changes
291 Rheine 114,173 -> moved 1 click W to 113,173
1016 Imely Slov -> HUN
o Hex changes
113,172 missing border added
o Other changes
small rail changes around Venlo and Enschede
rail rearranged in Leningrad
very limited rail changes in BUL/YUG
• 1941 Campaign(s) changes:
o Reduced the German vehicle pool by 20,000 to 5,000.
o Reduced the per turn admin points received by the Germans to 14 and the Soviets to 20.
o Event 87 changed to make Bosnia & Herzegovina an off map Soviet area.
o Changed event 156 to bomb fuel/railyard factories with 3 raids of 25 damage
o Fixed event 160 to bomb airframes
o Increased pool of Panhard 178 Armored Cars to 140
o Replaced 223B armored cars in 4 units with 223 armored cars
o Locations
0943 Dubova at 157,203 deleted and factories removed, locally enforced location not
present in generic data
1443 Torn at 161,162 deleted, locally enforced airbase not present in generic data,
possible confusion with Torun (Thorn in German)
3857 Le Bourget at 0,0 deleted, locally enforced location not present in generic data
5847 Kotelnikovo at 173,170 deleted, locally enforced airbase not present in generic data,
possible confusion with an airbase near Stalingrad
o Land Units
x ITALY x
48th Taro Infantry Division moved to Balkans
52nd Torino Infantry Division - IT transfer delayed to end of 3/43 (destroyed in/around
Stalingrad)
75mm M34 mountain gun replaced with older M15 gun, 50 guns each placed in pool for
M11 Field and M15 mountain gun
x HUNGARY x
1st Infantry Brigade becomes 1st Security Division in 10/42 and move to SG
2nd Infantry Brigade becomes 102nd Security Division in 10/42
3rd Infantry Brigade disbands 8/41
21st Infantry Brigade becomes 121st Security Division in 8/43
8th/9th Border Guard Brigades made Axis-Elite - these were actually mountain troops,
built to higher strength/exp/morale
1st Security Division transformed into rename from 1st Infantry Brigade
1st mot. Brigade transfers to West early 12/41 but comes back to AR in 5/42
2nd mot. Brigade disbands early 12/41
1st Armored Division rename moved forward to 1/42
2nd Armored Division changed to separately arriving division, 1/44 in Kecskemet
2nd Security Brigade transformed into 2nd Cavalry Brigade, disbands mid 12/43
9th Security Brigade disabled
31 CSABA armored cars added to pool
x RUMANIA x
Army Group Antonescu is removed on turn 19
x GERMANY x
721,723,743,745,751,773,830,834,849 LW Light Flak Bn - Remove -> Disband
641 LW Mixed Flak Bn - Remove -> Disband
142,245,323,342,363,384,541,662 LW Heavy Flak Bn - Remove -> Disband
West schnelle Brigade - add lots of converted French SP guns instead of German ones to
provide the approximate amount of them historically available
Rhodos Sturm Division - remove rebuild restriction
334th Infantry Division had PzJ II changed to Marder I
338th Static Division changed to infantry-type OB
344th Static Division delayed to mid 9/42
43rd Sturm Pioneer Bn disbands early 4/42 - became part of GD Div
90th Stug Battery disbands 9/43 (Afrika unit)
287th Stug Battery - disband delayed to 5/43
x SOVIET x
137,430,515,522,527 BM Howitzer Bn changed from 280mm to 203mm gun
32,34,245,315,316,317 High Power Artillery Bn - add two damaged guns
40,226 High Power Artillery Bn - 6+6 guns reduced to 4+2
280mm Br-5: 12 guns added to pool
203mm B-4: 170 added to pool
o New Land Units
102nd Hun. Security Division, 10/42 from 2nd Ind Bde
1st Reserve Panzerjaeger Bn - arrives 8/42 to AR (locked) and disbands a turn later.
Provides 170x Marder I
1st Reserve Mixed Artillery Bn - arrives 8/42 to NA (locked) and disbands a turn later.
Provides 23x Lorraine sFH, 50x 25-pounder and 12x sIG33-II
Added frozen Rumanian fort units to Constanta and Sulina, Axis Elite with 60 exp/morale
and fort-level 3 (Coastal Defense units)
LXX Corps transfers to Norway instead of Finland
757th Pioneer arrives in Norway instead of Finland
o Air Units
x GERMANY x
Stab/KG 26 will arrive with He 111 torp bombers
I-III/KG 26 will become naval-only with He 111 torp bombers in 2/42
KG 77 (except IV.) becomes naval-only with Ju 88 Torp bombers in 7/43
x HUNGARY x
some air units renamed
Para Transport Sqn will become 1st Transport Sqn
II./1st Fighter Group will become I./101st fighter Group in 5/44 flying G-6, remove disband
I./2nd Fighter Group will become II./101st fighter Group in 9/44 flying G-14, remove
disband
I./5th Fighter Group will become 102nd Fighter Group flying G-6 and III./101st flying G-10
in 1/45
I+II Recon Squadrons changed from disband to rename into 1+2 Squadron of 4th Recon
Grp
Both units of 3rd Bomb group disband on T90 (3/43)
1/102nd FB Group changed into group-sized 102nd FB Grp arriving late 12/43 with Me
210
1/102nd DB Sqn changed into 102nd DB Grp
2/102nd DB Sqn changed into 102nd Bomb Grp flying Ju 88A-4, renames from II./4th
bomb Grp on T90 (3/43)
102nd Assault Bomb Grp delayed to mid 12/44 flying Fw 190F, renames from 102nd DB
Grp
multiple rename slots or arriving units disabled/removed
• Destruction of SW Front changes:
o RUMANIA
Army Group Antonescu is removed on turn 19
Added frozen fort units to Constanta and Sulina, Axis Elite with 60 exp/morale and fortlevel 3 (Coastal Defense units)
o HUNGARY
8th/9th Border Guard Brigades made Axis-Elite - these were actually mountain troops,
built to higher strength/exp/morale
31 CSABA armored cars added to pool
o SOVIET
137,430,515,522,527 BM Howitzer Bn changed from 280mm to 203mm gun
34,245,315,316,317 High Power Artillery Bn - add two damaged guns
203mm B-4: 44 added to pool
• Red Army Resurgent changes:
o 75mm M11 field guns replaced by M37 ones in Italian units
o 37mm Anti-tank guns replaced by 40mm Anti-tank guns in frontline Hungarian units
• Stalingrad to Berlin changes - added the 153rd Field Training Division to the Axis OOB

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