War in the Far North

[Rainbow Six]

Hey Chico, good to see you around.

Personally I'd love to see a German Army Guide (especially if it included the German Territorial units that were largely overlooked by the NATO Vehicle Guide). Would probably fit well with your Czechoslovak Guide.

[pmulcahy11b]

Yeah...I went to your site and basically downloaded everything new. I love having a GBit connection!

[Ewan]

Still valid back then as it is today

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2021/march/03/210303-arctic-mobility

[Vespers War]

Just as an aside because this is one of the rare times it's relevant, a Norwegian campaign seems like the sort of place where someone might try dogsleds for transporting supplies. Historically, a pair of large sled dogs could pull a sled with 200-250 pounds plus provisions for the dogs and musher at about 4 miles per hour. The Sirius Patrol in Greenland currently uses around 11-15 dogs per sled, which are smaller than the 19th-century dogs (Greenland dogs are 30-32 kg while malamutes are 36-54 kg), and they haul 350-500 kilograms at a time. Greenland has close to 15,000 dogs, half of which are actively used for pulling sleds.

[chico20854]

Ok, here it is finally... part two, War in the Kola and the attendant map pack.

(The maps are all included in the document, the map pack is just for those that might want to look at them separately). I'll get this up on the website soon.

Some minor "designer's notes": 1) It took longer than I thought it would to finish this up, partly because of some other projects I'm working or helping on, so I apologize if you've been waiting; 2) the 16th MRD is renamed the 376th at some point after the narrative in this document; and 3) I apologize that there are 2 different styles of map - the theater map is too large to show the action along the Litsa and the map I was able to work off of for the Litsa was a completely different style than the theater map. These were my first attempt to do any sort of semi-serious graphic editing. They certainly aren't of contemporary professional standard but I think they adequately convey the information.

Thanks to Lurken for his help refining some of the ideas in here!

Take a look and let me know what your thoughts are!

[Ewan]

Just started to read it and at thirty eight pages looks really thorough, also the maps look really impressive. Well thats my bank holiday weekend taken care off.

Thank you for both this and the Norwegian campaign write ups as it gives a new insight to a neglected part of the overall war.

[Raellus]

Arctic Warfare at its Finest

Outstanding work, as always, Chico. I'm really enjoying it. Thank you for sharing it here.

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[Trooper]

Great work!

Very useful background material for my own Nordic Twilight 2000 campaign.