Lend Lease Idea: � This is a separate idea to YG’s NO suggestion and therefore deserves a separate post.
I agree on adding it as well. It makes sense and doesn’t really add extra IPCs to the Allies and could mitigate some of the “bids” people need to have a chance for the Allies.
At the US’s Mobilize and Spend Phase, they can then choose to “lend” 5 IPCs to Russia or the UK. Double the amount of lend lease money went to the UK. So don’t limit it to just Russia. Also, by-the time lend lease really got into effect, the equipment wasn’t there when Russia was close to falling and or losing during the opening campaign. I would stipulate, 3rd US Turn to provide Lend Lease to the UK, and 4th US Turn to provide lend lease to Russia.
For Russia, SZ 125 should be free of German subs in order to give aid to Russia. For UK, I think the rule of no German subs north or west of Great Britain within the range of two Sea Zones. Russia or the UK then get to spend the 5 IPC lend lease money however they see fit. Don’t limit it to specifics. That’s ridiculous. For instance, what if they received a lend lease donation of small arms equipment…(hint, that goes to infantry). Remember, the sculpts don’t represent actual units…or people. A good example of this is how almost every Infantry Corp (or Armor Division) has it’s own Anti-Air Battalion, but do we don’t let Infantry sculpts throw dice at aircraft like the AAA sculpt. Also the armor sculpt isn’t just equipment, it represent an unknown sized unit that in theory includes tank operators, mech infantry, staff officers, AAA, internal logistics…ect, all part of an “armor unit.” The same as the mech sculpt., which in real life is really the same as infantry, they just have self-mobilization, more mobile firepower, more mobile AAA.
(A small amount of lend lease money went to China throughout the war as well. So I suggest that the US could also opt to “lend” 3 IPCs to China starting on Turn 2, China was one of the first nation’s to receive lend lease supplies).