Blackdog,
Your post regarding what you wanted in a dynamic campaign concerning airfield fuel supplies prompted me to check the ROYAL AIR FORCE WAR MANUAL, AIR PUBLICATION 1301 for the period; part II covers organisation and administration. It covers many things, including policy to be followed for reserves of supplies (inc fuel) and ammunition. Chapter XV states:
"The main reserves of supplies and ammunition are held in depots. Owing to the bulky nature of supplies and the vulnerable nature of ammunition and fuel, only a limited amount of these commodities is held by units. A definite amount of supplies and ammunition is normally in transit between depots and units, and this may be regarded as a further reserve. In principle, in addition to the complete or partly expended day's requirements held at units, there will be two day's full supplies in transit beween the railhead and the unit. This two day's supply may in certain cercumstances be kept on wheels or may be dumped at a convenient place."
From this, it would appear that as one would expect, fuel and other supplies are constantly being delivered by trucks and tankers, not necessarily in convoy. I suspect that the location of a tanker on the road or the location of a "convenient place" will rarely be known in advance by the enemy.
The publication is very interesting and covers many things, including reserves of aircraft in the field and reserves of engines in the field and even such things as pay and claiming marriage allowance. On a sober note, it also covers how graves are to be prepared and marked and states that "the burial of the enemy's dead and the marking of their graves will be carried out in the exactly the same way as for our own troops, a seperate cemetery or plot in a cemetery being used."
As for a dynamic campaign for CloD, I think it should not be made too complicated.
Happy landings,
Talisman
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01-31-2012, 02:55 PM
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