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That has hazards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Outward#Effects And keep in mind why they basically halted: Not sure if they really could have had any greater successes than IOTL.

Yes, the Lotfe 7D was better than the Norden, so much so the Soviets tried to install captured ones into their American aircraft after the war. Then there was the Fritz-X, a 1400kg glide bomb that had a CEP of about 100 feet. Plus they did hit some facilities during their bombing of Gorky in...

They probably wouldn't be seeing that many more German units turn up, as the Soviets still had a ton of banked combat power as of June-July 1943 due to the lull in operations since about March 1943. If anything they'd be locked down in the east and ensure the Soviets would be stopped around...

Why would they try when IOTL, despite knowing about the knock out effect was known IOTL, but thought to be too diffuse and robust to bother with? Unlike the highly concentrated Soviet system, the German one was based on a national grid with many small stations rather than a handful of highly...

Noted and will be more careful with my phrasing in the future.

Came across this in the conclusion section:

Are you asking for the citations from these pages? For those wondering what TsANO means: Central Archives of the Nizhny Novgorod Region https://www.europeanproceedings.com/article/10.15405/epsbs.2022.03.11

Hopefully this will help clear things up for some posters, screenshots from the book itself

Ok? They were incorrect. Though they also targeted a different facility than intended, as they thought the factory was for T-34s, not light tanks. As a result of the strike light tank production was mostly discontinued and a major production increase was stopped in its tracks. In terms of...

Not intentionally. If it got hit it was part of the dehousing program. Yes. That is exactly where the intelligence came from and motivation of Steinmann's proposal. Siemens FTW. That's also why the Luftwaffe had a complete plan presented to them within about a month after they put out a...

Nothing, since they explored that option IOTL, but thought the German system was too well defended and diffuse to bother with; they already knew how huge of an impact it would have had, but simply thought they couldn't actually knock out the system. After the war they realized their mistake and...

That all makes sense, but the constraint is not just shipping capacity, but also the ability to offload them in ports. That was a major constraint, as the US probably would have sent the Soviets even more if they could have actually done so. In fact that was even an issue for the US in...

Not according to the book I linked. They completely achieved their goals. That was the Carmen II bombing campaign. And yet the Germans had zero problem hitting all the targets they intended to with great effect per the Soviet reports cited in the book. I do not recall reading that, nor do I...

First of all that is inaccurate. The Soviets claimed October 1943, but some of the damage was never repaired and the raids were against multiple targets in the region and very effective. Then there is the fact that the targets are completely different. Power stations are overall much smaller...

What if Operation Eisenhammer was launched in June 1943 instead of the bombing campaign against Gorky? For those who are unfamiliar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eisenhammer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Gorky_in_World_War_II#June_1943 Historically the plan to bomb Soviet...

No, they lacked shipping for that. They were already pretty tight due to the convoy system and Uboats.