Reconnaissance units can be very important in WWII wargames especially in encounter type scenarios. So I planned to paint up TWO complete battalions for the German side. One is late war, one is early war .
I am putting the OOBs up here for reference. By the way these are WARGAMING OOBs tailored for the ruleset that I play; they are an APPROXIMATION of true OOBs, open to interpretation so nobody should get their knickers in a twist.
LATE WAR 1944
Bn HQ: Heavy staff car
HQ COY:
signal pl: sdkfz 251/3 half track
supply pl: Opel Blitz truck
HEAVY ARMOURED CAR COY:
coy HQ: sdkfz 234/3 (75mm howitzer)
4 pl each: 1 sdkfz 234 Puma
1st RECCE COY (half tracks):
coy HQ: sdkfz250/3
3 pl each: 1 sdkfz 250
heavy pl: 250/7 80mm mortar
support pl: 250/8 75mm howitzer
2nd RECCE COY (kubelwagens)
coy HQ: radio kubel
3 pl each: 1 kubel
MG pl: 1 kubel
Optional: I am not sure that there should not be a Heavy Company with towed AT, Engineer and possibly, by this stage of the war, light AA pl.
I need to investigate this further but the original internet sources I made this OOB from have gone down.
EARLY WAR 1939-41 (Blitzkreig era)
Note: I took liberties with the number of a/cars, there should be TWO a/car coys but because of the cost of the a/car models I have only one of these and TWO m/c coys instead.
Bn HQ: sdkfz 261
signal pl: hvy field car (radio)
supply pl: Opel Blitz truck
ARMOURED CAR COY:
coy HQ: sdkfz 221 or 223
4 pl each: 1 sdkfz 222
heavy pl: sdkfz 232 (6 rad)
M/C COY:
coy HQ: Kubel (radio)
3pl each 1 m/c combi
2nd M/C COY:
as above.
HEAVY COY:
coy HQ: field car
at gun pl: PAK 36 and towing vehicle (seperate gun model for deployed AT gun)
cannon pl: IG 18 and towing vehicle (seperate gun model for deployed Infantry gun)
engineer pl: light truck or heavy field car. Seperate base for engineers when deployed, or boat model)
4 comments:
I like the late war recce units - I think that these were often a real mish-mash of stuff.
My 28mm Saxons and Normans are well on the way to completion now - love them. Will put photos on my blog when I have got the bases done.
Yes- I have just discovered some units had an extra coy of 250/9 half tracks with the 20mm turret of the 222....would like to work those in somewhere...
Look forward to seeing your Dark Age stuff
I think that german half track variants could be a hobby all on their own! Sneak in a 251 with a Pak 40, etc...
Nah I didn't like that variant.....besides a 251 would be stretching a point, 251 series was for panzer grenadiers, the recce bns had the 250 series....
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