Sigh.ljadw wrote:You start from the unproved claim that there were 40000 German vehicles in the Ardennes = that the PzG leist was following the Ardennes .
FYI :
6 + 8 PzD started at the German-Belgian border and one can assume that they were crossing the Ardennes (mostly ? )
but,Guderian ? his 3 PzD (2, 1 , 10 ) started at the border of Germany and the Duchy Luxembourg ,and the duchy of Luxembourg is mostly outside the Ardennes .And,from what I have read, he advanced on the axis Arlon-Sedan .Arlon is not the Ardennes . If that is true, Guderian was avoiding the Ardennes as mostly as he could .
Two other questionable points :
4 roads for 8 divisions ?
40000 wheeled vehicles for 8 divisions ?
Panzerkorps Hoth and Kluge's 4. Armee marched St Vith-Marche-Dinant-Florennes-Beaumont...until crossing the Meuse in the "Ardennes". 11 divisions (2 Panzer)
Panzergruppe Kleist and List's 12. Armee marched Bastogne-Libramont-Montherme...in the "Ardennes". 18 divisions (5 Panzer and 3 Mot)
Weich's 2. and Busch's 16. Armee followed in trail Kleist and List...in the "Ardennes". 21 divisions.
Some 50 divisions and ancillary supporting Heerestruppen marched through the "Ardennes".
Each of the 7 Panzer divisions had 500-600 PKW, 1,400-1,500 LKW, 1,200 or so motorcycles, and 300-400 armored vehicles. Each of the 3 motorized divisions had about 600-800 PKW, 1,200-1,300 LKW, and 1,200 or so motorcycles. Each of the 40 infantry divisions had about 400 PKW, 500 LKW, 500 motorcycles, and 800-1,200 horse drawn vehicles.
So around 90,000 motorized and 40,000 horse drawn vehicles in the divisional units alone.