Here are a few possibilities of the advantages afforded by knowing an enemy makes 255 tanks/month: - You may figure it's worth your time to go out of your way

Here are a few possibilities of the advantages afforded by knowing an enemy makes 255 tanks/month: - You may figure it's worth your time to go out of your way to bomb a few extra tank factories, as the payoff will be 5.5x greater than it would if they were making 1400 tanks/month. - You may save money on R&D. Instead of devoting tons of resources to anti-tank weaponry, your more realistic estimate will lead you to spend money countering more important threads. - You'll have more realistic estimates of the number and type of German forces at each battle, and thus will be less likely to over (or under) commit your own forces, and also less likely to bring ill-suited weaponry and tech. - You'll be less likely to avoid or back down from winnable battles you would have previously considered to be un-winnable. Etc. Fighting a war (or doing anything for that matter) without proper intelligence turns it into a guessing game. It's always to your advantage to know rather than guess :)