Novam Bellum III: One Final Ride

Country Name:
Der Deutsche Demokratische Republik
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Government:
Unitary Marxist-Leninist one party socialist republic

Leader:
Walter Ulbricht

Political party:
Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, SED

Population:
17,020,000

GDP:
3,700,000,000 USD

Currency:
Ostmark

Shipyards:
None operational

Arms companies:
None

Naval companies:
None

Military Numbers:

Volkspolizei-Bereitschaften
15,000 personnel

Firearms:
MPi 41
SKS
AK-47
Walther P38

Artillery:
Zis-6 76mm field gun
Zis-4 57mm AT gun
8.2 cm GrW 274/2(r)

Armored vehicles:
50 Sonder Kfz-1
40 Sonder Kfz-2

Grenztruppen
47,000 personnel

Firearms:
MPi 41
AK-47
SKS
RPD
RPG-7
RPG-2

Artillery:
8.2 cm GrW 274/2(r)

Armored vehicles:
PSzH-IV

Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse
211,000 personnel

Firearms:
Kar98k
G43
SVT-40
MPi 41
DP-28
MG-34
Walther P38

Landstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee
165,000 soldiers

Firearms:
27,000 STG-44s
800,000 SKSs
1,300,000 AKMs
32,000 RPD LMGs
12,000 PK GPMGs
400,000 RPG-7s
540,000 RPG-2s
29,000 Makarov pistols

Artillery:
8.2 cm GrW 274/2(r)
120-PM-43 mortar
10.7 cm Gebirgsgranatwerfer 328(r)
BM-24
BM-21 Grad
12,2 cm s.F.H.396(r)
152 mm howitzer M1943
BS-3 100mm AT gun
T-12 10mm AT gun



Tanks/Tankettes:
690 T-54 MBTs
244 T-55 MBTs(+1500 by 1980)
872 T-34/85 Medium tanks
170 PT-76 Light tanks

Armored vehicles:
150 BRDM-1 Amphibious armored scout cars
80 BRDM-2 Amphibious armored scout cars(+200 by 1968)
300 BTR-40 APCs
200 BTR-50 APCs
500 BTR-60 APCs(+1000 by 1970)
760 BTR-152 APCs

Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee:
670 MiG 15s
340 MiG 17s
251 MiG 21s
18 An-2s
25 Mi-2s

Volksmarine:
4 Riga class frigates
10 Osa class missile boats
12 Kronshtadt class submarine chasers
27 Komar class missile boats
6 Wolgast class medium landing ships
12 Pr.46 class landing utility ships
10 Habicht class minesweepers
10 Krake class minsweepers
41 Schwalbe class minesweepers

Alliances/trade agreements:
Warsaw Pact

TURN 4


Internals:



Open Friendship Stores in major cities selling imported consumer goods at a premium

Reorganization of the air forces

Increase flight hours and training intensity of air force pilots, adding long range interdiction and close range air support to flight training.

Mass reorganization. Air armies outside of the Northern and Souther theater command can be left understrength and with legacy aircraft.



Diplomacy:



Respond to the circumnavigation mission with the sole Golf-Class Great Wall-1.


Offer to resell all IS-2, IS-3, and ISU-152 vehicles currently in inventory, targeting Africa and the Third World in general.


Production:



Approve J-7, Q-5, and H-5A for production. Initial production order to replace the Inner Mongolian Air Army with new aircraft.

Procure sufficient equipment to completely rearm the ground forces of the Inner Mongolian region.



Development:



Type 56C: Short-barreled Type 56 rifle/PDW for use with vehicle crew and police

Type 66 SMG: Cheaper blowback operated alternative to the Type 64 SMG based on Kalashnikov parts.



053K Air Defense Frigate

053H Surface Warfare Frigate

As historical but with Wartsila diesels and twin 3"/50 replacing the 100 mm gun. HQ-61 (Terrier Mounts) for 053K, and



Expand 85 mm HEAT-FS technology to 105 mm guns and legacy 122 and 152 mm guns.

Develop HESH rounds for artillery of all calibers.