Panzer General II
Baltic Efile
V.13/02/2006
Covers the period from 1900-1926
By Toliy (gutalinn@yahoo.com)  http://staff.washington.edu/toliy/panzer/


Overview
The Baltic Efile's goal is to comprehensively cover the conflicts of the first quarter century in Europe and greater Russia:  from the Russo-Japanese War, through WWI, and ending with the inter-war period of revolutionary conflicts.


Installation
1)	You MUST use the May 13, 2005 datup
   available at http://www.adlerkorps.com/ or http://www.wargamer.com/pg2campaigns/steve/clearinghouse/pg2-mods_n_stuff.htm
2) You MUST use the V.2.10 patch (available at any of the two above sites)
3)	Add the new equipment by extracting the files from this .zip file (BALTIC-EFILE.ZIP) into your Panzer General II folder and overwrite any existing files from a previous installation.
4)	[optional] Use the FLAGSHIFTER program (available at any of the two above sites) to switch to the Baltic Efile flags.
5)	Start Panzer General II and play the game!

Functional Notes:
1)	Armored Trains:  Armored trains are AT, ARTY, and TANK class and have deep sea movement.  In some cases, special armored wagons are used as transport.  The implementation of railroads is done on a modified map by restricting the trains movement to sea and by placing port hexes along the railroad line.  Deployment of armored trains on ocean port hexes is possible in the game, but is improbable in reality and should be avoided.
2)	Elite infantry:  these units are very expensive and are effective as breakthrough and assault troops.  In some cases, elite infantry may acquire rail transport.  When next to railroad lines, these units can move rapidly using their transport.
3)	Cavalry:  all cavalry units are in the TANK class.  These soft-target units are very useful against unprotected soft targets and may use their fast movement for wide flanking maneuver.  However, they are vulnerable to artillery fire and should never be used to assault a fortified position.
4)	Visual tokens:  I have added non-moving and non-attacking units in INF class to function as placeholders at divisional and corps level to allow the creation of path-selection scenarios.
5)	Bombard Artillery:  The Army and Corps level artillery positions are represented by either 150 or 180mm artillery units, which are less powerful than their artillery-class counterparts but are longer-ranged to suppress defensive lines in depth.
6)	Trench warfare:  Some scenarios use a modified map with trench (fortification) lines.  There are some defensive units with both trench and regular unit functions.  Use these units for counterattacks and for shifting from line to line.  The trench unit can be employed frequently in campaign design to force the computer to hold defensive positions.  In addition, unit stacking with trench or fortification units adds a great touch to scenarios against the AI!
 
 
Release Notes:

Release Notes:
V.13.02/2006
Added Spanish units (except airforce) -- a big thank you to Juankar for all of the information!  A big cavalry rehaul in stats:  the idea is to match SA/GD to regular infantry and add initiative.  Countries completed:  Spain, Imperial Russia, France, Germany, Belgium, Turkey, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Japan, USA, Serbia, Czechoslovakia, Arabs, Romania, ANZAC.  Some additions to Turkey and France...
V.05/01/2006
A LOT of new icons used.  This is actually a product of a few iterations, but before they were distributed by email.
Many updates for Czechoslovakia:  trying out a new concept borrowed from Steve's Panzerzug campaign - making the naval transport class into a rail car and the majority transport for units.
Red Cross Stretcher unit added.
V.29/10/2005
Major update to planes:  in general, lower ground attack values, recalibrated naval attack values, and recalculated costs
V.23/10/2005
Incoporated the Flak class for self-propelled AD.  Some changes to German and Austrian Moerser guns.
V.06/09/2005
Small updates
V.01/09/2005
A lot of updates:  Russia, Romania, Germany, Austria-Hungary.
V.06/08/2005
More new units:  supply dumps.  These units can provide combat support to units around them.  They have parachute ability in order to model the first supply airlifts that the Allies undertook starting at Le Hamel in August of 1918.
V.29/07/2005
Russian infantry updates;  added a new type of unit:  the Wireless Detachment.  These units appear late in WWI for the major nations and can provide close support to units around them.
V.24/07/2005
A big cavalry update across all nations.  German, Austrian, and Russian unit updates.  Many different "transport column" units in the naval transport class added.  These units are land targets with wheeled movement and can be used to allow the player to deploy reinforcements in places of his choosing prior to using the unit's organic transport.
V.30/06/2005
3.7cm guns for AH and Germany updated.  A few fixes here and there...
V.25/06/2005
Too many changes to list...  Starting to apply the new patch functionality, big fix to Austro-Hungarian units.
V.15/05/2005
Lots of changes this time.
* Serbian transport names
* AH: Bosnian infantry added
* Starting experiment with dism. cavalry (British, Belgian, French)
* Airplane icons reshuffled
* Various icon updates everywhere
V.03/05/2005
Fortification icon change
Greek transport weights/new transports (hvy cart, bicycles, mules)
Serbian Slovenksa Pehota added
More Balkan nations units...
Serbian transports and weight classes set
V.01/05/2005
Greek infantry updates
Nieuport 24 bis added
V.30/04/2005
Turkish infantry/cavalry updates
Reverse "jump-out" ability set for selected infantry units
V.18/04/2005
Continuing updates...
V.11/03/2005
Adapting the Adlerized infantry prices.
V.26/02/2005
Some infantry pricing experiments;  using Adler's rarity factor formula (thank you!).
V.22/02/2005 ~
Starting with 22/02/2005 and until an actual V.4000 is released, these will be the beta tests!  The efile now implements transport weights, jump-out-of-transport, recon, and fire support abilities.
V.10 20/05/2004
A huge recalculation of all ATY, AT, and armored units stats!  All PGII stats have been calculated according to real-world values and are grounded in uniform formulas.  The plan is to move to a 2000/2000 efile really soon!
V.7.0 31/07/2003
Well, after discovering that I was not keeping track of the icon count correctly, I decided to release this quick fix.  Now the efile is again compatible with the regular version of the game.  Also, I have added a new unit: Gas Cloud to simulate the horrendous WWI practice of gas artillery.  Some minor updates/changes for units all around.
Units: 999
Icons: 399
V.6.0 22/07/2003
A long time since the last update!  I have gone through 4 playtest versions, however!  The modifications are too long to list.  Almost all classes have received major overhauls.  Naval units are now only in all-nations category and are generic for all nations.
Units: 998
Icons: 393
V.4.0 19/12/2002
This update features a few new units.  Specifically, I focused on updating the French and Polish units.  There are also some changes with naval units and small errors fixed all around.
Units: 947
Icons: 398
V.3.0 26/09/2002
This is the last fundamental update.  I have spent a lot of time on this one, and I hope that apart from a few minor tweaks and icon changes I will not alter the efile in the future.  The efile uses the BizUp2 datup upgrade, which is available on my site for download.  I have updated the campaign to include some of the neat units I have added
Units: 920
Icons: 394
V.2.0 11/06/2002
This is a big update.  In fact, it was so fundamental, that I had to redesign some scenarios in the campaign.  The efile now uses the April 25th, 2002 Datup, so please download it.
Nations: 26 (some nations have 2 or 3 slots)
Units: 893
Icons: 384
V.Alpha.1 22/07/2001
The birthday of the Efile!




 
List of foreign names (arranged by countrys slot number)
Latvian [2], Latvian Brunuvilciens Corps [11]
Automachina  Truck
Brunuvilciens  Armored Train
Brunuvagons  Armored Wagon
Freikorps  German Mercenaries Gvarde  Guards
Inzenieris  Engineers
Jager  All-terrain Infantry
Juras Transports  Naval Transport
Kajnieki  Infantry
Kavalerija  Cavalry
Platforma  Truck
Rekrutis  Recruits
Sapieru Dalas  Sappers
Strelnieks  Riflemen
Vezumnieks  Wagon
Makhnovista [3] (a Ukrainian Anarchist movement) [see Ukrainian]
Estonian [4], Estonian Soomusrong Div. [15]
Algaja  Recruits
Alpinist  Mountain infantry
Insener, Kaardivagi  Engineers
Jalavagi  Infantry
Platvormvagun  Truck
Ratsavagi  Cavalry
Soomusauto  Armored Car
Soomusrong  Armored Train
Tasuja, Vanapagan, Toonela, Pohjan Poika:  names of various armored cars
Vagun  Wagon
Ukrainian [5]
Bronyepoisd  Armored Train
Furgon  Truck
Kavalerija  Cavalry
Pihota  Infantry
Sapernoye Vysko  Engineers
Tachanka  Heavy MG Cavalry
Telega  Wagon
Tsyvilniye Vysko  Civil Defense
Finnish [6]
Jalkavaki  Infantry
Kiljetus  Naval Transport
Rautatievaunu  Train
Rautatievaunu Pass.  Armored Train
Soujekuskunnat  Infantry Reserve
Suksi - Ski-Infantry
Vauna  Wagon
French [7]
Kaiser Germany [8], German Panzerzug Corps [13], German Freikorps [14]
Artilleriewagen  Artillery Armored Wagon
Brukenpioniere  Bridging Engineers
Flakwagen  Anti-aircraft (flak) Armored Wagon
Flammenwerfer  Flame-thrower Infantry
Freikorps  Volunteer
Gardeinfanterie  Guard Infantry
Huszar, Uhlanen, Kavallerie  Cavalry
Krad Infanterie  Motorcycle Infantry
Jaeger  Mountain Infantry
Landeswehr  Recruit
Lastkraftwagen  Truck
Minnenwerfer  Mortar
Niederbordwagen  Flat-bed Rail Car
Panzerstrumwagen  Heavy Armored Wagon
Rungenwagen  Rail Car
Panzerwagen  Armored Rail Car
Panzerzug  Armored Train
Reservisten  Reservist
Czhechoslovakian [9] (Also represents Austro-Hungarian units)  [see Germany above]
USA [10]
Union of Cossacks [11] (although cossack units operated separately for the most part, I put them under one banner for the games sake) [see Russia]
Lithuanian [12]
Alpinistas  Mountain Infantry
Inzinerijos  Engineers
Karinis Eselonas  Armored Train
Pestininkai  Infantry
Pionerius  Assault Engineers
Platforma  Truck
Raitininkai  Cavalry
Raitoji Gvardija  Guard Cavalry
Sargyba  Guards
Vagonas  Horse-drawn Wagon
German Panzerzug Corps [13], German Freikorps [14] [see Germany]
Estonian Soomusrong Div. [15] [see Estonia]
Polish [16], Polish Pancerno Corps [17]
Furmanka  Horse-drawn Wagon
Kawaleria  Cavalry
Pancerno Motorowa  Armored Train
Piechota  Infantry
Piechota Gorska  Mountain Infantry
Pociag Pancerny  Armored Train
Rekonesans Konny  Cavalry Scout
Reserwa  Reservist
Saperzy Mostowi  Bridging Engineers
Saperzy Szturmowi  Assault Engineers
Romanian [18]
Vanatori de Munte  Moutain Infantry
Bulgarian [19]
Kavaleria  Cavalry
Morska Pehota  Naval Infantry
Opalchenec  Recruits
Pehota  Infantry
Razuanavachi  Scouts
Sapiori  Sappers
British Empire [23]
Japan [24]
Hoihei  Infantry
Kihei  Kavalry
Imperial Russia [25]
Belo-Gvardeisky............white guard
Belo-Partisansky...........white partisan
Belo-Pekhotny..............white infantry
Grenadersky................grenadier
Grenadery..................grenade (hvy) infantry
Inzhinerny.................engineer
Kav.Strelkovy..............cavalry rifle
Leib-Gvardii...............guard infantry
Morskoy Pekhotny...........naval infantry
Opolchenie.................reserve (3rd line)
Pekhotny...................infantry
Pekhotny 1 ocheredy........1st line infantry
Pekhotny 2 ocheredy........2nd line infantry
Plastunsky.................literally "crawling infantry" Caucasus infantry
Pogranichny................border guard
Radio-Telegrafny...........radio-telegraph equipped infantry
Samokatny..................motorcycle infantry
Saperny....................sapper
Sibirsky...................siberian infantry
Strelkovy..................rifle
Turkestansky...............Turkestan infantry
Udarny.....................shock infantry
Zhandarmsky................police
Zh-D Strelkovy.............railroad rifle
Soviet Red Army [20] (Note:  the Soviet Union was officially formed in 1923;  however, I represent all Bolshevik forces in Russia under this banner)
ChK Motostrelky............ChK (Cheresvychainaya Komissia, or secret police) motorcycle infantry
Estonsky Strelkovy.........Estonian rifle
Gorny......................mountain infantry
Gvardeisky.................guard infantry
Krasny Otryad..............red squad
Krasny Partisansky.........red partisan
Latyssky Strelkovy.........Latvian rifle
Militseisky................police
Partisansky ChK............ChK partisans (saboteurs)
Shturmovoy.................shock infantry
Velorazvedka...............bicycle recon


Acknowledgements
To Juankar from BP for his information on Spanish and Moroccan units
To Adler (http://www.medio.mh.se/~vonadler/pg2/) for his amazing artillery data sheet
To Lasse (http://www.strategyplanet.com/panzergeneral/PG2Main_news.html) for his work on the Datup and all other Panzer General updates
To PAT (pbdacc@dm.net.lb) for his incredible icons and his advice to keep all those anachronistic WWII icons out of the file!
To Dagger (dagger@mailbox.riga.lv) for his artillery statistics research (paper available on my site).
To Eric Meng (thetitleofname@yahoo.com; http://www.geocities.com/thetitleofname/pg2index.htm) for swapping information and great advice.
To Andreas Seidel (www.waffenkammer.com) for designing the WWI Efile, which was used as a basis.
To Karhu (http://karhu.free.fr/kowalski/pg2.htm) for his help with the French artillery research.
To Bismarck13 (http://galileo.spaceports.com/~wils13/) for his work on the BizUp.
To Marek, from JP, for great info on Polish units.
To Bergsteiger, from FFWC, for help with new units for the efile.

Final Note and Disclaimer
These files are freeware and may be freely distributed as long as they are not modified. The author makes no warranty as to the suitability of the files for their intended or any other purpose. Furthermore, the author is not responsible for any damage to your system nor is he liable for any other damages whatsoever that may be incurred by use of these files.

