[jerry]

Liten aning mer info, från designern himself


Hi Jerry,
There's no public component list yet,  but here's some info:
3 96×55cm maps
2 80x40 maps
Probably 1400 counters
Same scale as 1985:Under an Iron Sky (regiment and brigades), but with several battalion sized units too

[Mats Eden]

 

[Fredrik H]

Förbeställt! Stöder gärna den här mannen. Jag är imponerad av kvalitetsnivån med tanke på att han i princip solokör.

[Mimer]

Förbeställt! Måste passa på, så pass sällan Norden kommer med ordentligt i sådana här sammanhang.

[Detox]

Stör mig lite på designern, såg att Arlanda inte finns med på kartan, men Tullinge, jag kontaktade honom och skrev att vår brigad P10 hade som huvuduppgift att försvara Arlanda. Fick ett jättekonstigt svar att P10 skulle försvara Everöd Flygfält (?)
Arlanda var vad jag vill minnas de sa till oss det enda flygfältet i centrala Sverige som kunde ta emot fullastade IL76.

[EvilSpook]

Hoppas på korrekt svensk krigsorganisation, krigsbaser för flotta och flyg och ledningsplatser i berg.

Men man blir alltid besviken... 

//EvilSpook

[Vengardo]

Tidigare versioner av IL-76 krävde väl i storleksordningen 1500-1800 för start, och ca 1000 för landning. T-versionerna har pressat det till 850 för start och 450 för landning vilket är rätt imponerande, sen har de ju en irriterande förmåga att uppföra sig som i filmen nedan.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/2019_landing_of_Il-76MD_on_an_unpaved_airfield.webm/220px--2019_landing_of_Il-76MD_on_an_unpaved_airfield.webm.jpg

[EvilSpook]

Det börjar röra lite på sig på Norra TVDn.
Att vi har en Svensk Co-designer verkar lovande. 
Har vi Ulf på forumet?

//EvilSpook

[Andreas Lundin]

Vad heter han mer än Ulf?

[Mats Eden]

Ulf Krahn, enligt Designers notes (så tänker att det är OK att skriva är också, ur GDPR-perspektiv...)

/Mats

[Andreas Lundin]

Skulle ju lika bra kunna vara dansk, finsk, färöisk eller norsk med det namnet...

[nielsen.filip]

Ulf Krahn, enligt Designers notes (så tänker att det är OK att skriva är också, ur GDPR-perspektiv...)

/Mats

Men är det ok att skriva utifrån ett DDR-perspektiv?

[EvilSpook]

Skulle ju lika bra kunna vara dansk, finsk, färöisk eller norsk med det namnet...

Ulf Krahn, our man in Stockholm, is a consultant and private contractor for the Armed Forces of several countries. He's a specialist in professional tactical combat computer simulations and in the organization and doctrine of Swedish Armed Forces during the Cold War period and beyond.

Kanske inte lika bra, men möjligt är det ju. 

//EvilSpook

Edit : Lägger till en länk så att det inte verkar som jag okynnes-hänger-ut folk.
https://bigboardgaming.com/dnl_part2/

[Andreas Lundin]

Det är hoppingivande

[fvianello]

Hi everybody!
I've been following with interest your forum for almost a year, and today I've finally decided to register....passing the registering questions in Swedish wasn't particularly simple!

As the release date for 1985: Deadly Northern Lights is getting very near, I'll try to answer a couple of questions / doubts I've seen in this thread.

Ulf Krahn
Yes he's Swedish, co-designer and private consultant for several armies around the world.....The dream job for many of us. His contribution has been critical for understanding and representing the complicated Swedish OOB and peacetime - wartime transition. Also, he's the main architect and source for the "Swedish Intervention" rules, allowing Sweden to have an active (and for Warsaw Pact, disturbing) role even while neutral.....You'll have the full details when the 1985DNL rules are released on our site

Arlanda Airfield
In the earlier versions of the map Arlanda was left out for the following reasons:
- At the 1985 scale, representing each single airfield would result in each side having 200+ airfields available
- It was a civilian airfield, and Sweden already had enough military air bases around
- It was not included in the Bas 60 / Bas 90 war plan
- It was not the only airfield usable for IL76 landing. Tullinge, for example, had one 2360 m x 40 m Asphalt/Concrete and one 1800 m x 40 m Asphalt strips (https://www.mil-airfields.de/se/list.htm#423169)

Anyway, the introduction of different Repair and Support limits for airfields allowed to add Arlanda, with a Repair 0 and Support 0 values. This allows both sides to use it for landing supplies and troops, but not as a permanent base for combat squadrons.

P10 brigade tasks
P10 and I1 Brigades were practically the only regular units in the Stockholm area and would have been assigned to several different tasks including the defense of Barkarby, Tullinge, Arlanda and Bromma air bases.
I'm sure that Arlanda was explicitly indicated as the P10 brigade objective, but I'd take that with some reserves - secret war plans are not usually made public with everyone in the unit, particularly in an army formed by conscripts. Tullinge had a higher priority for sure as it was used by air force squadrons, had underground hangars and AA defense facilities, was part of the war dispersal plans and had a air strip usable by Il-76.

Swedish Mobilization
Swedish Mobilization rules are the most detailed of the whole 1985 series and include both the Cadre Regiment -> Brigade augmentation and the HemVärnet mobilization. Giving the scale of the game, not every single battalion is represented but I think we did a nice job here

Hope this helps!