Shipbucket

I hate to say this, but its time to speak up as adm. over the style issues:

no gradient shading. never. Not even once

Its not Shipbucket style and doesen't belong to the style and has been discussed to the death many times in the past. If you wish to use gradient shading on your drawings, I suggest posting them on non-shipbucket section, the AU and Personal design sections are still preserved for drawings that comply with Shipbucket standards.

If you have proplems with Shading and how to properly use them, i suggest take a peak at here, here and here to draw inspiration of quality use of SB shading techniques.

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Shipbucket mainsite, aka "The Archive"
New AU project "Aravala"

@Gollevanien: I'll make the change.

@eswube: AA is shorthand for Anti-Aircraft. They're airfield defense.

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Redhorse

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A snapshot of the Texas Army in December 1941:



Total Regular Army personnel strength is 26,361, still well below the 30,000 authorized in 1940. Recruiting is slow those years. Most, if not all the units depicted are well below full strength. For example, the combined strength of the 35th Cavalry Brigade, 1st Division and 2nd Division should be about 37,527. The units in greatest need of recruits are the 3rd and 4th Armored Cavalry, and the 39th, 40th, and 41st Infantry Brigades (those five units were activated in 1940 and have been building combat power for two years.)

Unlike the US Army, we don't yet have separate armored divisions. Instead, there are tanks in the Armored Cavalry Regiment in each division. Armored divisions will be developed and activated in 1942.

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Redhorse

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Great work on the army structure.
Are the brigades sub-divided into regiments (and these in turn into battalions), or directly into battalions?

Yeah, I know what generally AA stands for, just wasn't sure if it's that in this particular case.

The brigades are still subdivided into regiments. Battalions will come later as the size of a regiment increases. My TO&E for a division is 17,748 right now. As long as I stay under 20,000, I'll tolerate it but I prefer a division of about 15K for agility.

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Redhorse

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Red, what about airborne units?

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"It is better to type nothing and be assumed an ass, than to type something and remove all doubt." - Me

not to be nit-picky, but is there a 12 Squadron? i notice your numbering omits that one.....

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Sean McIver
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Co-Host of Come and Take It, a podcast about Texas
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Are there internal AA elements within the Army, or are all AA units controlled by the Air Force?

Also how does the size of the Texas army compare with those of the other non-belligerents as of 1940?

this is all awesome. can't wait to see what changes the next 5 years bring!

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Sean McIver
Texan
Co-Host of Come and Take It, a podcast about Texas
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How's our navy organised? Does it have the same bureau system as the Yankee-navy? (BuOrd, BuNav etc...)

- by a proud fellow Texan!

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My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen

12th Balloon Squadron was de-activated to provide personnel for 20th Training Squadron. It was the only barrage balloon squadron in service. I just haven't reactivated it.
Naval organization is a bit nebulous. I'm an Army Officer so I have to avoid the temptation to do it the way the Army would do it. It generally follows US Navy practice. I'll post an organizational diagram at some point, but I'd rather focus on the operational forces.
The Army has point air defense assets in the tactical maneuver units and coast defense sites. The Air Force maintains air defense assets for airfields, but will expand that role during the war to protect critical infrastructure and high value targets.

Compared with the other non-belligerents as of 1940? We are much smaller. My next post will be the top five strategic projects for each service in 1942 (it'll give you a clue as to where things will head during the war.) Airborne units are one of the five for the Army.

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Redhorse

Current Projects:
Republic of Texas Navy
FD Scale F-14s