The Armies: © 2006 Test of Battle Games

Part III
The Armies
This section tells you all you need to know to start gaming with the four most important armies of
the European Theater of World War II: The United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union (Red Army), and
Germany. It doesn’t have everything about those armies, but it has enough to get you started.
Each nationality has a brief overview and then a listing of the late war organization for an infantry
division and an armored division for that country. (In the Red Army, a division-sized armored unit was
called a Tank Corps). These are all pretty self-explanatory. As much as possible, the vehicle that trans-
ports a particular stand is listed immediately below it. Note, that we show all supply vehicles in italics.
You don’t need to (and shouldn’t) add these to the unit unless you are playing with the advanced Ammo
Depletion rules.
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The United States Army
Despite some bad press over the Kasserine Pass fighting, the U.S. Army was a solid and profes-
sional force, from top to bottom, throughout the war. With the right leadership, it could “blitz” with the
best of the German panzer divisions, as U.S. 3rd Army demonstrated in France. The Normandy bocage
fighting, as well as the Gustav Line, Siegfried Line and Vosges campaigns demonstrated the ability of
the infantry divisions to attack, keep attacking, and eventually win, even in very difficult conditions and
where the defender held most of the cards.
The U.S. Army is sometimes criticized for relying on firepower instead of being willing to take heavier
infantry casualties – as if that’s a bad thing. In fact, the basis of U.S. Army tactical doctrine was maneu-
ver rather than simple firepower. U.S. fire was used to suppress enemy fire, to enable the engaged U.S.
unit to maneuver to a flanking position, and then deliver the assault from there – simple but highly effec-
tive tactics
Company Designations
All companies are lettered consecutively within their battalion or regiment, skipping the letter J.
Specialized companies at regimental level, such as the cannon and antitank companies of an infantry
regiment, were known simply by their regimental number, such as “147th Regimental Cannon Company.”
By the same token, light tank and assault gun companies of a cavalry-reconnaissance squadron were
not lettered.
Unit Terminology
In the cavalry branch, battalions were called squadrons, and companies were called troops. In the
artillery branch, companies were called batteries.
Integral AT Weapons
Most personnel stands (as noted below) have integral bazookas in the European theater from about
February of 1943 on. In the Pacific they are not commonly available until mid or late 1943.
Reconnaissance Companies
The crews of the six recon jeeps and armored cars of each of the reconnaissance companies (recon-
naissance troops in cavalry units) may dismount as patrols and combine to form three recon infantry
stands.
Vehicle Abbreviations
A number of abbreviations were commonly used to describe certain types of U.S. vehicles, the most
important of which were:
• GMC Gun Motor Carriage
• HMC Howitzer Motor Carriage
• HTMC Half-Track Mortar Carrier
• MGMC Multiple Gun Motor Carriage

United States Infantry Division 1943-45
The backbone of the United States Army in World War II was the infantry division. Unlike the German Army,
where infantry divisions came to play a decidedly secondary role to the Panzer and Panzergrenadier units, in the US
Army, the infantry continued to shoulder a majority of the burden in both offensive and defensive operations.
U.S. infantry training was thorough, realistic, and effective. Most divisions, when first committed to combat in
Europe, had been working and training together for over two years, and showed it. A few divisions faltered when
first coming under fire, but the vast majority made the transition from “green” units to combat veterans without
missing a step.
One problem which the US ground forces suffered from was that the rear services managed to lay claim to
very high proportion of the best manpower, but that paid some unexpected dividends in France. When US infantry
casualties exceeded the ability of the normal replacement system to make good the losses, service units already in
the theater were “combed” for additional infantry replacement, and the quality of men received was so good that
many infantry commander rated their unit as more efficient and capable in early 1945 than they had been in the fall
of 1944.
Chain of Command Div HQ Troops

Troop Quality: Experienced.
Morale: 8
Selected divisions Veteran, particularly in 1945.
Div Arty AA Arty 3 Inf Regts TD Bn
A few divisions Regular in 1944. Engineer Bn
Bn each with
Tank Bn
Towed or SP
with
3 Inf Bn
3 FA Bn Med How Bn
DIVISION TROOPS
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DIVISION ARTILLERY
1 car
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1 57L52 AT gun and crew
Battery 1 medium supply truck with HMG
1 light truck
Cavalry 1 command stand
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and crew(ds)
crew (ds)
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truckwith HMG
withHMG
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1 jeep
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trailer Headquarters 1 command observation stand
1 light truck with assault boat trailer 1 jeep
1 bulldozer Headquarters and 1 staff radio light truck
3 Engineer 1 command engineer stand Service Battery 1 medium supply truck with HMG
Companies, each (integral bazooka)
3 Firing Batteries, each 1 command infantry stand
2 engineer stands (integral bazooka) (integral bazooka)
2 medium dump trucks 1 155L20 howitzer and crew (ds)
1 medium truck with HMG

United States Infantry Division 1943-45
Antiaircraft Artillery Auto Weapons Tank Battalion (attached)

Battalion, Mobile (attached) Headquarters 1 command M4 Sherman tank
Headquarters 1 command stand Headquarters and 1 staff radio half-track with MG
1 jeep Service Company 1 M8 HMC (M4 Sherman 105
4 Auto Weapons 1 command infantry stand in 1944-45)
Batteries, each (integral bazooka) 1 recon jeep with HMG
2 40L56 AA guns and crews 1 M4 HTMC
3 light trucks 1 medium supply truck with HMG
2 M16 MGMC 3 Medium Tank 1 command M4 Sherman tank
Companies, each 2 M4 Sherman tanks
333INFANTRY
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INFANTRY REGIMENTS,each
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each with
with Light Tank Company 1 command M3A1 Stuart light tank
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2 M3A1 Stuart light tanks
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11jeep
1jeep
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stand 1. M3A1 Tanks: By 1944 there were replaced by M5 tanks.
22MMG(ds)
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(ds) stands 2. M4 76mm tanks: Medium tanks were all M4(75) tanks until mid-
MMG
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stands
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stands June of 1944. At that time, 76mm-armed tanks began arriving, and by
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stand per company. Most separate battalions shipped to Europe from the late
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stand autumn of 1944 on were entirely equipped with 76mm-armed tanks.
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each
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infantry stands 3. Infantry Regimental Recon Jeeps: The two recon jeeps in the
each
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each
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3
(integral
3 bazooka)
infantry stands
bazooka)
infantry stands
each
each (integral
(integral bazooka)
3 infantry stands
bazooka) infantry regiment represent the regimental I&R (Intelligence and Recon-
each
each (integral
(integral
11weapons bazooka)
bazooka)
stand
each (integral
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(integral
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stand
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two stands may be combined to form a single recon infantry stand.
(integral
(integral bazooka)
bazooka) 4. Flamethrowers: No fixed number of flamethrowers were authorized
(integral bazooka)
for an engineer company, but instead were issued as needed.

United States Armored Division 1943-45
The U.S. Armored division was a balanced, mobile force of all arms. It habitually fought in three combat com-
mands, each with one battalion of tanks, half-track infantry, and self-propelled artillery, as well as a company of
half-track engineers, armored recon, self-propelled AA, and tank destroyers. It was a very advanced conceptual orga-
nization, and is the recognizable precursor of modern “heavy” divisions world-wide.
Troop Quality: Regular until first combat, Chain of Command Div HQ Troops
then Experienced
(1st, 2nd, and 4th Armored Divisions Veteran)
Morale: 8 Cav Recon AA Arty Armored 3 Cmbt Cmd
TD Bn SP Div Arty
(1st and 4th Armored Divisions 9) Sqdn, Mech Bn Eng Bn each with
Tank Bn
DIVISION TROOPS
Inf Bn
1 car FA Bn
Headquarters 1 staff radio half-track with HMG

Company 1 recon jeep with MG
1 M3A1 Stuart light tank Antiaircraft Artillery Auto Weapons Battalion, SP
1 infantry stand (division band) Headquarters 1 command stand
(integral bazooka) 1 jeep
1 57L52 AT gun and crew 4 Auto Weapons 1 command infantry stand
2 half-tracks with HMG Batteries, each (integral bazooka)
Cavalry 1 command stand 1 half-track with HMG
Reconnaissance 1 jeep 2 M15 MGMC
Troop, Mechanized 2 M16 MGMC
3 recon M8 armored cars Three batteries assigned to Combat Commands
1 weapons stand
1 half-track with HMG
Armored Engineer Battalion
Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 1 jeep
Mechanized
Headquarters 1 engineer stand (integral bazooka)
Headquarters 1 command stand and service 1 half-track with HMG
1 car Company
1 medium truck with class IV bridge trailer
Recon Troop 1 command stand
1 light truck with assault boat trailer
1 jeep
1 recon jeep with MG
Three companies assigned to Combat Commands
1 recon jeep with HMG
1 weapons stand Tank Destroyer Battalion SP (attached)
1 half-track with HMG Headquarters 1 command M20 armored car
Light Tank 1 command M3A1 Stuart light tank HQ and Service Bat- 1 medium supply truck with
Company 3 M3A1 Stuart light tank tery HMG
Assault Gun Troop 1 command infantry stand (integral Reconnaissance 1 command M20 armored car
bazooka) Company 1 recon M8 armored car
1 half-track with HMG 3 recon jeeps with MG
2 M8 HMC 1 recon jeep with HMG
Three troops assigned to combat commands 1 bazooka stand
1 light truck
Three companes assigned to Combat Commands

3 COMBAT COMMANDS, each with
Combat Command troops Tank Battalion

Headquarters 1 command stand Headquarters 1 command M4 Sherman tank
1 jeep Headquarters and 1 staff radio half-track with MG
Headquarters and 1 staff radio half-track with HMG Service Company 1 M8 HMC (M4 Sherman 105
Service Company 1 recon jeep with MG in 1944-45)
1 M3A1 Stuart light tank 1 recon jeep with HMG
1 medium supply truck 1 M4 HTMC

1 medium supply truck with HMG
Recon Troop (from 1 command stand
divisional squadron) 1 jeep 3 Medium Tank 1 command M4 Sherman tank
Companies, each 2 M4 Sherman tanks
Light Tank Company 1 command M3A1 Stuart light tank
2 M3A1 Stuart light tanks
1 recon jeep with HMG
1 weapons stand
1 half-track with HMG Armored Infantry Battalion
Auto Weapons Battery 1 command infantry stand (integral Headquarters 1 command stand
Troop (from divisional bazooka)
1 jeep
battalion) 1 half-track with HMG
Headquarters and 1 recon jeep with HMG
2 M15 MGMC
Service Company 1 M8 HMC
2 M16 MGMC
1 M4 HTMC
Armored Engineer 1 command engineer stand (integral
1 bazooka stand
Company (from bazooka)
divisional battalion) 1 half-track with HMG 1 57L52 AT gun and crew
2 engineer stands (integral bazooka) 1 half-track with HMG
1 medium dump truck 1 half-track with MG
Tank Destroyer Battery 1 command M20 armored car 3 Rifle Companies, 1 command stand
(from divisional 1 recon M8 armored car each 3 armored infantry/bazooka
battalion) stands
3 M10, M18, or M36 GMC
1 weapons stand
Tank Battalion - top right (integral bazooka)
Armored Infantry - middle right 2 half-tracks with HMG
Battalion 2 half-tracks with MG
Armored (DS) Field - bottom right
Artillery Battalion
Armored (Direct Support) Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters 1 command observation M4 Sherman tank
Headquarters and 1 staff radio half-track with HMG
Service Battery Medium supply truck with HMG
3 Firing Batteries, 1 command infantry stand (integral bazooka)
each
1 half-track with HMG
1 M7 HMC

4. Bazookas: Armored infantry battalions were lavishly supplied with
DIVISION ARTILLERY bazookas (74 in the battalion, as opposed to 29 in an infantry battal-
Headquarters 1 command stand ion). As a result, all infantry stands of the armored infantry battalion
1 jeep may function in each fire phase either in their normal role or as a pure
bazooka stand.
Headquarters 1 staff radio medium truck 5. M4 76mm tanks: Medium tanks were all M4(75) tanks until mid-
Battery 1 medium supply truck with HMG June of 1944. At that time, 76mm-armed tanks began arriving, and by
autumn of 1944 most low-numbered armored division in Europe had
All Firing Battalions Assigned to Combat Commands
one platoon per company. Divisions numbered 8 and higher were sup-
posedly all shipped to the ETO completely equipped with M4(76) Sher-
Notes mans, although there is considerable evidence that, in practice, these
1. Combat Commands: Combat commands were flexibly organized, divisions had a mix of tank types as well.
and the above is only a typical “balanced” force. Division assets could 6. Sherman Jumbos: In July of 1944, a small quantity of M4A3E2
be shuffled any way the tactical situation required. The division was Jumbos arrived, and most of these were assigned to armored divisions,
only provided with two combat command headquarters companies, but giving each enough for about one platoon per tank battalion. In several
most divisions received a third headquarters in Europe by assigning re- cases, one of the tank battalions in the division had a pure Jumbo com-
dundant Tank Destroyer Group headquarters to them. pany. All Jumbos were 75mm armed, as they arrived from the factory,
2. Armored Infantry Battalions: The actual organization of the bat- but a number were refitted in-theater with 76mm guns. Ordnance units
talion calls for each company to have an antitank platoon with three also modified a number of tanks to Jumbo standards in theater, prob-
57L52 antitank guns, or a total of nine guns in the battalion. This could ably more than the original production run of the vehicle. This involved
either be represented as two guns at the battalion level or one gun per cannibalizing the armor of a disabled Sherman (or, in some cases, a
company. However, it appears that most armored infantry dispensed German Panther) and welding it to the turret and hull front of a regular
with their antitank guns and organized the gunners as an additional rifle Sherman. There were also a number of armor upgrade kits manufac-
platoon in the company, for two reasons. First, the battalion was almost tured in the United States and sent to the ETO for fitting to standard
always deployed with tanks, which could provide better long-range fire- tanks. These field modifications appear mostly to have become avail-
power than the battalion’s own 57s. Second, in a close fight with tanks able in early 1945.
the lavish provision of bazookas in the battalion rendered the 57s su- 7. Division Artillery: The artillery battalions assigned to the three com-
perfluous. bat commands are also subordinate to he Division Artillery.
3. Organization: The organization shown above is a rough meld of 8. Flamethrowers: No fixed number of flamethrowers was authorized
several field expedient organizations that were adopted and probably for an engineer company, but instead were issued as needed.
comes very close to an actual average unit.

The British Army
The British Army was, in some respects, not an army at all, but rather a collection of armies. Each
regiment had it own traditions and, more importantly, its own approach to training and tactics. As a
result, there was no army-wide doctrine. In fact, the British Army has viewed the entire concept of “doc-
trine” with a very jaundiced eye until fairly recently. The argument against doctrine is that it squashes
the initiative of junior officers, by concentrating on memorization of a few “school” solutions which, given
the infinite complexity of the real battlefield, are unlikely to be the correct approach to the actual situa-
tion encountered. A less charitable view of British resistance to doctrine is that doctrine was considered
rules written by some fellow from a different regiment.
Whatever the basis of the independence of British regiments, there is little question that it produced
cohesive battalion-level units, and equally little question that battalions spent very little time training with
other battalions of their own arm, let along other combat arms, and so the British spent much of the
war “behind the curve” of combine arms warfare.
The one notable exception to this general rule was the Royal Artillery, which was a very professional
and forward-thinking force throughout the war. Even when things were at their absolute worst, the gun-
ners always kept the British in the fight.
Company Designations
All infantry, armor, and cavalry companies are lettered consecutively within their battalion or regiment,
usually starting with the letter A. Companies in some machine gun battalions are lettered W, X, Y, and
Z. Royal Horse Artillery batteries are independently lettered. Royal Artillery batteries and Royal Engineer
companies and squadrons are independently numbered.
Unit Terminology
In the armor and cavalry branch, companies were called squadrons, and platoons were called troops.
In the artillery branch, companies were called batteries, and platoons were called troops. In the engineers,
companies in armored or cavalry divisions were called squadrons, but elsewhere are called companies.
In general, the terms battalion and regiment are used interchangeably in the British Army to mean a
battalion-sized unit. Actually, infantry regiments have multiple battalions, but the infantry regiment itself is
a purely administrative organization, and the equivalent of the tactical regiment in the field is the brigade.
Likewise, early in the war, the Royal Tank Regiment consisted of multiple battalions, and so reference
to the 5th Royal Tank Regiment actually meant the 5th Battalion of the Royal Tank Regiment. Later in
the war, however, each battalion of the RTR became a regiment in its own right, and so the common
usage became correct.
Some British regimental names can be confusing. The 1st Rifle Brigade is not a brigade at all; it is the
1 Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (which is actually a light infantry regiment). Similarly, the 5th KRRC is the
st
5th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps (another light infantry regiment). The Honorable Artillery Company
is a regiment, not a company, Bull’s Troop, RHA, is a battery, not a troop, and the Rocket Troop of the
Royal Horse Artillery has not had rockets since the mid-nineteenth century.

British Infantry Division, 1943-45
This was the shape of the British and Commonwealth divisions which fought in Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, and Northwest
Europe. It is notable for the very large number of tanks normally available to the division commander – almost as
many as in an armored division.
Chain of Command Division HQ

Troop Quality: Regular,
Morale: 8
selected divisions Experienced.
Field Artillery Veteran
Royal Machine Div Recon 3 Inf Brigades Armoured Royal
Engineers Gun BN Regt each with Brigade Artillery
3 Infantry 3 Armoured 3 FA (DS)

DIVISION TROOPS Battalions Regiments Regiments
1 car Motor Antitank
Battalion Regiment
Headquarters Company 1 staff radio truck
Light AA
Commander, Division Royal Engineers Regiment
1 jeep
3 Engineer 1 command engineer stand (integral PIAT) 333INFANTRY
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each with
with
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Companies, each with 4 Universal carriers 33Infantry
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(ds)
carrier
(ds)
(ds)
(ds)
Headquarters 1 command Humber scout car 3”
111mortar3”
113” mortar
mortar
carrier
mortar stand
stand
stand (ds)
(ds)
(ds)
mortar
mortar3”
111mortar carrier
mortar
carrier
carrier stand (ds)
Headquarters 1 3”mortar stand (ds) 1mortar
mortar
mortar carrier
carrier
carrier
111engineer
1 mortar stand (integral
carrier PIAT)
Squadron 1 mortar carrier 1engineer
1
1 mortar
1engineer
engineer
engineer
engineer
stand
stand
stand
stand
stand
(integral
carrier(integral
(integral
(integral
(integral
PIAT)
PIAT)
PIAT)
PIAT)
PIAT)
1
111light
1
light
1engineer
truck
engineer
truck
engineer stand
stand
stand (integral
(integral
(integral PIAT)
PIAT)
PIAT)
light
111light
light truck
truck
truck
2 2-pounder AT gun and crew (6-pounder 11light
light
2222-pounder
light truck
truck
AT
truck gun and crews (6-
2-pounder
1 light
222-pounder AT
truck
AT gun
gun and
and crews
crews (6-
(6-
in 1944-45) 22-pounder
pounder2-pounder
pounder
2
pounder
2
guns
2-pounder
guns
2-pounder
guns
2-pounder
AT
AT
from
AT
from
AT
from
gun
AT
gun
1944
gun1944
gun
and
1944
gun
and
and
and
crews
on)crews
on)
and crews
on)crews
crews
(6-
(6-
(6-
(6-
(6-
pounder
2
pounder
pounder guns
2-pounder
guns
guns from
AT
from
from 1944
gun
1944
1944 andon)
on)crews
on) (6-
2 Lloyd carriers (Windsor carriers in pounder
222Lloyd carrier
pounder guns from
(Windsor
guns from 1944 on)
carriers
1944 on) in
Lloyd
Lloyd
222Lloyd carrier
poundercarrier
carrier (Windsor
guns from
(Windsor
(Windsor carriers
1944 on)
carriers
carriers in
in
ininin
1945) 1945)
1945)2Lloyd
1945)2Lloyd
1945)2Lloyd
Lloyd
Lloyd
carrier
carrier
carrier
carrier
carrier
(Windsor
(Windsor
(Windsor
(Windsor
(Windsor
carriers
carriers
carriers
carriers
carriers ininin
3 Squadrons, 1 command Humber scout car 1945)
1945)
1945)
111Wasp1945) flamethrower carrier
each with 3 recon scout/recce carriers 1Wasp1945)
1Wasp
1Wasp
Wasp
Wasp
flamethrower
flamethrower
flamethrower
flamethrower
flamethrower
carrier
carrier
carrier
carrier
carrier
444Rifle Companies, 1 1 Wasp
command
11Wasp flamethrower
infantry
flamethrower stand carrier
(integral
carrier
Rifle
444Rifle
Rifle Companies,
Companies,
Companies,
111commandWasp
command
command infantry
flamethrower
infantry
infantry stand
stand
stand (integral
carrier
(integral
(integral
1 infantry stand (integral PIAT) Rifle
Rifle Companies,
Companies,
each
444Rifle with
Companies,
1
PIAT)1
PIAT)1command
command
command infantry
infantry
infantry stand
stand
stand (integral
(integral
(integral
Rifleeach
Rifleeach
eachwith
Companies,
with
Companies,
with PIAT)1
PIAT)1
PIAT) command
command infantry
infantry stand
stand (integral
(integral
each
each
eachwith
with
with PIAT)
PIAT)
222infantry
PIAT) stands (integral PIAT)
1 light truck each with infantry stands
PIAT) stands
each with22infantry (integral
(integral PIAT)
PIAT)
infantry
22infantry stands
stands (integral
(integral PIAT)
PIAT)
1 recon Humber scout car (Humber Mk IV 2infantry
2infantry
infantry stands
infantrystands
stands (integral
stands(integral
PIAT)
(integralPIAT)
(integral PIAT)
PIAT)
armored car in 1944-45)
1 Humber Mk III armored car (Mk IV in
1944-45)

10
British Infantry Division, 1943-45
SEPARATE ARMOURED BRIGADE COMMANDER, DIVISION ROYAL ARTILLERY
(ATTACHED FROM CORPS) Headquarters 1 command stand
Headquarters 1 command Sherman IV/V 1 car
Headquarters Squadron 1 staff radio truck Headquarters Battery 1 staff radio medium truck
1 Sherman IV/V 1 medium supply truck
2 recon Humber scout cars
1 medium supply truck
333Field
FieldArtillery
Field Artillery(Direct
Artillery (DirectSupport)
(Direct Support)Regiments,
Support) Regiments,
Regiments,
each
each with
with
each with
333Armoured
ArmouredRegiments,
Armoured Regiments,each
Regiments, eachwith
each with Headquarters 1 command
with Headquarters commandobservation
Headquarters 11command observationstand
observation stand
stand
Headquarters 111command Sherman IV/V 111car
Headquarters
Headquarters command Sherman IV/V
command Sherman IV/V caror
car orjeep
or jeep
jeep
Headquarters
Headquarters Squadron
Squadron
Headquarters Squadron
111M4M4Sherman
M4 Sherman105
Sherman 105close
105 closesupport
close supporttank
support tank
tank Headquarters
Headquarters Battery
Battery 111staff
staff radiolight
staff radio
radio lighttruck
light truck
(in Headquarters Battery truck
(inItaly
(in Italyonly)
Italy only)
only) 111medium
medium supply
supply truck
truck
medium supply truck
111recon
recon M3/M5Stuart
recon M3/M5
M3/M5 Stuart
Stuart 333Firing
FiringBatteries,
Firing Batteries,
Batteries,
111command
commandinfantry
command infantrystand
infantry stand(integral
stand (integralPIAT)
(integral PIAT)
PIAT)
111recon
recon M3/M5 recceStuart
M3/M5 recce each
eachwith
recon M3/M5 recce Stuart
Stuart each with 111light truck or Universal carrier
with light
lighttruck
truckororUniversal
Universalcarrier
carrier
222recon
reconHumber
recon Humberscout
Humber scoutcars
scout cars
cars 22225-pounder
25-pounder field guns andcrew
25-pounder field
fieldguns
guns and
and crew(ds)
crew (ds)
(ds)
111medium
medium supply
mediumsupply truck
supplytruck
truck 222Quad
Quadprime
Quad primemovers
prime movers
movers
333Squadrons,
Squadrons,each
Squadrons, eachwith
each with 1 command
commandSherman
with 11command ShermanIV/V
Sherman IV/V
IV/V
222Sherman
Sherman IV/V (1 in late1944-45)
Sherman IV/V
IV/V(1
(1 in
inlate
late 1944-45)
1944-45) Antitank Regiment
111Sherman
ShermanVVVFirefly
Sherman Firefly(2(2(2inininlate
Firefly late1944-45)
late 1944-45)
1944-45) Headquarters 1 command observation stand
1 car or jeep
Motor Battalion Headquarters Battery 1 medium supply truck
Headquarters 1 command stand 1 Heavy Towed Battery 1 command infantry stand (integral PIAT)
1 car or jeep (2 Heavy Towed 3 17-pounder AT guns and crews (ds)
3 Motor Companies, 1 command infantry stand (integral PIAT) Batteries from 1944 on)
4 half-tracks with MG
each with 2 infantry stands (integral PIAT)
2 Light Towed Batteries, 1 command infantry stand (integral PIAT)
3 half-tracks with MG each (replaced by SP 1 Universal carrier
1 recon LMG stand (integral PIAT) batteries in 1944)
4 6-pounder AT guns and crews
1 universal carrier
4 Lloyd carriers (Windsor carriers in
Antitank Company 1 command infantry stand (integral PIAT) 1945)
1 Universal carrier 2 Self-Propelled Batter- 1 command Archer or Achilles
4 6-pounder AT guns and crews ies, each (1944 on) 2 Archer or Achilles
1945) Light Antiaircraft Regiment
Notes:
1. Integral Antitank Weapons: In early 1943, all integral anti- 1 car or jeep
tank weapon were Boys AT rifles. By mid-1943, these were mostly Headquarters Battery 1 medium supply truck
replaced by PIATS, as shown above.
2. Battalion Mortar Carrier: The mortar carrier was a modified 3 Batteries, each with 1 command infantry stand (integral PIAT)
Universal Carrier, fitted to carry the 3-inch mortar, its ammunition, 3 40L56 AA guns and crews
and crew. Despite its normal load capacity of 1, it may carry the dou-
4 light trucks
ble-sized 3-inch mortar stand.
3. Some divisions had US M10 tank destroyers instead of Archers,
although all divisions in Northwest Europe had reequipped with Archers 6. One company of the divisional machine gun battalion was routinely
or Achilles by the fall of 1944. attached to each infantry brigade. In independent infantry brigades this
4. 6-pounders began replacing 2-pounders in Italy in 1943 in the infantry was present and designated the Brigade Support Company.
battalions, but the 2-pounder was still in use throughout much of 1943. 7. For all practical purposes, there was always a separate armoured bri-
5. Each battalion could be made completely motorized by the attachment gade attached to the division, although the specific brigade attached
of four model heavy trucks, each of which would carry a rifle company. might change over time.

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British Armoured Division, 1943-45
This was the final version of the armored division, and it was used in this form throughout the last two years
of the war. An armored car regiment was often attached from corps to enable the division to use its own armored
reconnaissance regiment as a fourth tank battalion. The division would then reorganize as four tank-infantry teams,
each one similar to a U.S. combat command, with two teams serving under each brigade headquarter. This field
expedient organization was widely used from the time of the Normandy breakout on, and represented a genuine
step forward in combined arms practice.
Chain of Command Division HQ
Troop Quality: Experienced,

Morale: 9
Field Artillery (including self-propelled) Veteran Armoured Car Armoured Recn Lorried Inf Armoured Royal
(7th Armoured Division Morale: 7) Regiment Regiment Brigade Brigade Artillery
3 Infantry 3 Armoured FA (DS) Arty

Battalions Regiments Regiment
Motor Antitank
Battalion Regiment
DIVISION TROOPS
Headquarters 1 command stand Light AA
1 car Regiment

LORRIED INFANTRY BRIGADE
Brigade Troops
Commander, Division Royal Engineers
Headquarters 1 command stand 1 car or jeep
1 jeep
2 Engineer 1 command engineer stand (integral PIAT) 1 medium supply truck
Field Squadrons, each 3 engineer stands (integral PIAT) Brigade Machine Gun 1 command infantry stand (PIAT)
2 medium trucks Company 3 MMG stands
4 Universal carriers
Armoured Car Regiment (attached from Corps) 1 4.2” mortar and crew (ds)
Headquarters 1 command armored car 1 mortar carrier
Headquarters Company 2 recon Humber scout cars

333Infantry
Infantry Battalions,
Infantry Battalions,each
Battalions, each
each
3 Squadrons, each 1 command armored car
2 recon armored cars Headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters
111command
commandstand
stand
command stand
111car
caror
car orjeep
or jeep
jeep
1 recon Humber scout car
Headquarters
HeadquartersCompany
1 recon
Company 11recon
LMG
reconLMG LMGstand
stand(integral
(integral PIAT)
PIAT)
111universal
universal carrier
carrier
universal carrier
Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment 1113”3”mortar
3” mortarstand
mortar stand(ds)
stand (ds)
(ds)
Headquarters 1 command Cromwell 75 111mortar
mortar carrier
carrier
mortar carrier
1 recon M3A3 Stuart 111engineer
engineerstand
engineer stand(integral
(integral PIAT)
PIAT)
1 recon recce Stuart 111light
lighttruck
light truck
truck
2 recon Humber scout cars 2226-pounder
6-pounderAT
6-pounder ATgun
AT gunand
gun andcrews
and crews
crews
1 medium supply truck 222Lloyd
Lloyd carrier (Windsor carriersininin
Lloyd carrier
carrier (Windsor
(Windsor carriers
carriers
3 Squadrons, each 1 command Cromwell CS 1945)
1945)
1945)
2 Cromwell 75 111Wasp
Waspflamethrower
Wasp flamethrowercarrier
flamethrower carrier
carrier
1 Challenger 444Rifle
RifleCompanies,
Rifle Companies,each
Companies, each 1 command
commandinfantry
stand (integral
(integral
PIAT)
PIAT)
PIAT)
222infantry
infantrystands
infantry stands(integral
stands (integralPIAT)
(integral PIAT)
PIAT)
111heavy
heavy truck
truck
heavy truck

12
British Armoured Division, 1943-45
ARMOURED BRIGADE COMMANDER, DIVISION ROYAL ARTILLERY
Headquarters 1 command tank Headquarters 1 command stand
Headquarters Squadron 1 staff radio truck 1 car
1 tank Headquarters Battery 1 staff radio medium truck
1 recon Humber scout car 1 medium supply truck
Field Artillery (Direct Support) Regiment
333Armoured
ArmouredRegiments,
Armoured Regiments,each
Regiments, each
each Headquarters 1 command observation Sherman IV tank
Headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters
11command
1commandtank
commandtank
tank Headquarters Battery 1 staff radio light truck
111recon
reconM3A3
recon M3A3Stuart
M3A3 Stuart
Stuart 1 medium supply truck
111recon
recon recce
recceStuart
Stuart
recon recce Stuart 3 Firing Batteries, each 1 command infantry stand (integral PIAT)
111medium
mediumsupply
medium supplytruck
supply truck
truck 2 25-pounder field guns and crew (ds)
333squadrons,
squadrons,each
squadrons, each 1 command
commandtank
each 11command tank
tank 2 Quad prime movers
222tanks
tanks
tanks
111Sherman
ShermanFirefly
Sherman Firefly
Firefly Self-Propelled Field Artillery (Direct Support)
Regiment
Headquarters 1 command observation Sherman IV tank
Motor Battalion
Headquarters Battery 1 staff radio half-track with HMG
1 car or jeep
3 Firing Batteries, each 1 command infantry stand (integral PIAT)
3 Motor Companies, each 1 command infantry stand (integral
PIAT) 1 half-track with HMG
2 infantry stands (integral PIAT) 2 Sextons
1 recon LMG stand (integral PIAT) Antitank Regiment
1 universal carrier Headquarters 1 command observation stand
Support Company 1 command infantry stand (integral 1 car or jeep
PIAT)
Headquarters Battery 1 medium supply truck
2 MMG stands
2 Towed Batteries, each 1 command infantry stand (integral PIAT)
3 Universal carriers
3 17-pounder AT guns and crews (ds)
2 6-pounder AT guns and crews
2 Self-Propelled Batter- 1 command Achilles
1945)
ies, each 2 Achilles
1. Notes
2. 1. Usage: This organization was used in Italy and Northwest
Europe. Light Antiaircraft Regiment
3. 2. Integral Antitank Weapons: All infantry, recon, and command Headquarters 1 command stand
stands have PIATs.
4. 3. Tanks: 7th Armoured Division was equipped with Cromwells 1 car or jeep
while Guards and 11th Armoured Divisions, 4th Canadian Headquarters Battery 1 medium supply truck
Armoured Division, and the Polish Armoured Division (all of
which were organized as above) had Shermans. In Cromwell-
3 Batteries, each 1 command infantry stand (integral PIAT)
equipped armored regiments, 75mm-armed tanks are Cromwell 3 40L56 AA guns and crews
IV or VII, and close support tanks (in armored recon regiments) 4 light trucks
are Cromwell VI CS or Cromwell VIII CS. In Sherman-equipped
regiments all 75mm-armed tanks are Sher¬man III or IV. All 17-
pounder tanks in armored regiments are Sherman V Fireflies in
Northwest Europe. In Italy, these are replaced with M4 Sherman
(76) tanks until early 1945, when Sherman V Fireflies became
available. Challengers were used only in the armored recon
regiments.
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The Red Army
1943 was the genuine point of balance on the Eastern Front, not only in terms of the actual balance of forces
between the combatants, but also with respect to the maturing of the Red Army. Gone were the days when divi-
sions were nothing more than hastily assembled reservists or conscripts, poorly armed and scarcely trained, thrown
into the path of the German panzers. There was a growing sense of professionalism and confidence in Red Army
units, but they had yet to stop a major prepared German offensive in its tracks, and had yet to launch a success-
ful offensive of their own without the spearhead elements being badly mauled by a German counterattack.
All of that would come in 1943.
After 1943, the Red Army experienced an uninterrupted string of victories. In part this was due to their own
growing combat expertise, particularly at the higher command levels. It was also due in part to the widening gap
between German and Soviet front line strength, although this was itself due largely to the opening of additional
fronts in Italy in 1943 and France in 1944, and the resulting diversion of German combat resources west. The truth
was, Soviet wartime strength actually peaked in 1943, and all the talk of “inexhaustible Soviet manpower” notwith-
standing, Soviet armed forces strength steadily declined throughout 1944 and 1945.
Weapons
Submachine Guns
The Soviets used submachine guns as a cheap way to increase the close-range combat power of their infan-
try. When submachine guns first became available in quantity, in late 1941 and early 1942, the quickest and easiest
way to integrate them into the force structure was to form companies of submachine gunners and attach them
directly to rifle regiments. The regimental commander would then attach them to an assaulting rifle battalion, as
needed. These are represented in the game by the pure SMG stands in the Soviet force mix.
Starting in 1943, large numbers of submachine guns found their way into conventional rifle units, and a third
of all infantry was to equipped with them, with the exact distribution left up to the local commanders. These
were straight substitutions for rifles, with the heavier weapons – particularly light machine guns, remaining with
the unit. Unlike the pure submachine gun stands, these unit suffered little or no reduction in their long-range fire-
power. To show this in the game, from 1943 on, Soviet conventional rifle stands receive an extra ROF die in close
assaults.
Antitank Rifles
Soviet antitank rifle stands have both a small arms fire value and an armor piercing value, and can fire both
each turn. Although actual Soviet antitank rifle platoons had nothing more than the antitank rifle teams in them,
it was Soviet practice to add conventional infantry to them to make a more balance unit, and most photographic
evidence of antitank riflemen, particularly in the mid and late war period, shows them with submachine gunners
and even light machine guns as part of the combat team. So the game antitank rifle stands represent a platoon-
sized unit of infantry with eight or nine antitank rifles as additional weapons.
Company Designation
Most companies are numbered consecutively within their battalion or regiment. The companies of each battal-
ion of a brigade are numbered separately.
In rifle regiments, all companies are numbered consecutively by type. Thus, the first battalion has the 1, 2,
and 3 rifle companies and 1 machinegun company. The second battalion has the 4, 5, and 6 rifle companies and
2 machinegun company, etc. Regimental companies not part of a battalion, such as the regimental gun company,
carry the regimental number, such as ”regimental gun company of the 1517th Rifle Regiment,” or, more concisely,
“1517th Regimental Gun Company.”
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Soviet Rifle Division, 1943-45
This organization was used by all Soviet rifle divisions from about February of 1943 on. Guards divisions were
generally stronger, as noted below. Some non-Guards divisions might be reinforced to this strength as well, under
special circumstances. From 1943 on, the manpower in Soviet rifle divisions steadily declined, and only divisions
intended to lead major offensives were as strong as shown above. The majority of Soviet rifle divisions were so
chronically under-strength that specially modified TO&Es were issued for them. The modified TO&E of a 5,300-man
division, which was probably the typical field strength for Soviet divisions throughout the rest of the war, was simi-
lar to that shown below, except that each rifle regiment had only two battalions instead of three, and there was no
regimental antitank rifle company.
Division HQ
Troop Quality: Regular or Experienced,

Morale: 7 or 8, Guards 9 Engineer
Ski Battalion Antitank 3 Rifle Rgt Artillery
Guards Experienced or Veteran. Battalion Battalion each with Regiment
All rifle regiments one level lower
2-3 Rifle 2 Artillery
Battalions Battalions
Chain of Command
+1 Artillery
Battalion
(Gds Div 1943,
all div 1944)
DIVISION TROOPS
1 car
Division Zampolit 1 command infantry stand
1 light truck
1 4M Quad AAMG truck
Reconnaissance 1 command infantry stand
Company 1 recon infantry stand
2 light trucks
Antitank Battalion Ski Battalion (see notes)

Headquarters 1 mounted command stand Headquarters 1 ski command stand
Antitank Rifle Company 1 command PTRS AT rifle stand Headquarters and Weap- 1 ski command infantry stand
2 PTRS AT rifle stands ons Company 1 ski MMG stand
3 AT Gun Batteries, 1 command infantry stand 1 recon ski SMG stand
each with 1 45L46 AT gun and crew 2 Ski Rifle Companies, 2 ski infantry stands
1 limber each with
Engineer Battalion
Composite Company 1 command engineer stand
2 engineer stands
1 engineer flamethrower stand

15
Soviet Rifle Division, 1943-45
333RIFLE
RIFLEREGIMENTS,
RIFLE REGIMENTS,each
REGIMENTS, eachwith
each with
with ARTILLERY REGIMENT
Regimental
Regimental Troops
Regimental Troops
Troops Regimental Troops
Headquarters
commandstand
stand Headquarters 1 command stand
Regimental 1 car
RegimentalZampolit
Regimental Zampolit 111command
commandinfantry
infantry stand
Zampolit stand
Headquarters
Headquarters Company 111recon infantry stand Headquarters Battery 1 supply wagon
HeadquartersCompany
Company recon infantry stand
recon infantry stand
111engineer
engineerflamethrower
engineer flamethrowerstand
flamethrower stand
stand
111supply
supplywagon
wagon
supply wagon
Antitank
AntitankCompany
Antitank Company 1 command
commandinfantry
Company 11command infantrystand
infantry stand
stand 22 Artillery
Artillery Battalions,
Battalions, each
each with
with
11145L46
45L46 AT
AT gun
gun and
and crew
crew Headquarters
45L46 AT gun and crew Headquarters 11mounted
mountedcommand
commandobservation
observationstand
stand
111limber
limber
limber Headquarters
HeadquartersBattery
Battery 11supply
supplywagon
wagon
Regimental
RegimentalGun
Regimental Gun
Gun
111command
commandinfantry
infantry stand 22Gun
stand GunBatteries,
Batteries,each
each 11mounted
mountedcommand
commandinfantry
infantrystand
stand
Company
Company 11176L16 infantry gun and
Company 76L16
76L16infantry
infantrygun
gunandandcrew
crew(ds)
crew (ds)
(ds) 1176L39
76L39field
fieldgun
gunand
andcrew
crew(ds)
(ds)
111limber
limber
limber 11limber
limber
Heavy
Heavy Mortar
Mortar Company
Company
Heavy Mortar Company
111command
commandinfantry
infantry stand Howitzer
stand HowitzerBattery
Battery 11mounted
mountedcommand
commandinfantry
infantrystand
stand
111120mm
120mm mortar and crew
120mm mortar andcrew
mortar and crew(ds)
(ds)
(ds) 11122L22
122L22howitzer
howitzerand
andcrew
crew(ds)
(ds)
111limber
limber
limber 11limber
limber
Submachine
SubmachineGun
Submachine Gun
Gun
111command
commandSMG
command SMGstand
SMG stand
stand
Company
Company
Company 111SMG
SMG stand
stand
SMG stand
Antitank
AntitankRifle
Antitank RifleCompany
Rifle Company 2 PTRS
PTRSAT
Company 22PTRS ATrifle
AT riflestands
rifle stands
stands
+1 Artillery Battalion (in Guards Divisions in 1943,
and all divisions from 1944 on)
Headquarters 1 mounted command observation stand
2-3
2-3
2-3 Rifle
Rifle
RifleBattalions,
Battalions,
Battalions, each
each
each with
with
with
2-3
2-3
2-3 Rifle
Rifle
RifleBattalions,
Battalions,
Battalions, each
each
each with
with
with Headquarters Battery 1 supply wagon
2-3
2-3
HeadquartersRifle
HeadquartersRifle Battalions,
Battalions,
111command
command stand
stand each
each with
with
Headquarters
Headquarters
command
command stand
stand
stand
Headquarters
command stand
stand Gun Battery 1 mounted command infantry stand
Battalion
BattalionHeadquarters
Zampolit
Zampolit 1 command
111command stand
infantry stand
Battalion
Battalion
Battalion Zampolit
Zampolit
Zampolit 1command
1command
1command
command
infantry
infantry
infantry
infantry
stand
stand
stand
stand 1 76L39 field gun and crew (ds)
Battalion
Battalion
Battalion
HeadquarterZampolit
Zampolit
Zampolit
and 222MMG1 command
command
1 command
stands
infantry
infantrystand
infantry stand
stand
Headquarter
Headquarter
Headquarter and
and
and 2MMG
MMG
MMG stands
stands
stands
Headquarter
Headquarter
Weapons Company and
and 22 MMG
MMG stands
stands 1 limber
Headquarter
Weapons Company
Headquarter
Weapons Company and1 2
PTRS
and11PTRS2 MMG
AT
MMG
AT stands
rifle stand
stands
rifle stand
Weapons
Weapons Company
Company 11PTRS AT rifle stand
Weapons
WeaponsCompany
Weapons Company
Company 1PTRS
1182mm1PTRS
1PTRS
PTRS
AT
AT
AT
AT
mortar
PTRS
rifle
AT
rifle
riflestand
riflestand
stand
stand
rifle stand
(ds)
stand
Howitzer Battery 1 mounted command infantry stand
82mm mortar stand
11182mm mortar (ds)
stand (ds)
182mm
182mm
11145L46
182mm
82mmAT
82mm
mortar
mortar
mortar
mortar
gunmortar
stand
stand
stand
stand
(battalion
stand
(ds)
(ds)
(ds)
(ds)
gun)
(ds) and crew
1 122L22 howitzer and crew (ds)
145L46
45L46
45L46 AT
AT
AT gun
gun
gun (battalion
(battalion
(battalion gun)
gun)
gun) and
and
and crew
crew
crew
(in 1 45L46
Guards
1 45L46 AT gun
Divisions)
AT gun (battalion
(battalion gun)
gun) and
and crew
crew 1 limber
(in
(in
(inGuards
1 45L46
Guards
1 45L46
Guards Divisions)
AT gun
Divisions)
AT gun
Divisions) (battalion
(battalion gun)
gun) and
and crew
crew
(in
(in
(inGuards
Guards
Guards Divisions)
Divisions)
Divisions)
111limber
(in
limber
limber (in
Guards
(in
(inGuards
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Guards Divisions)
Divisions)
Divisions)
Divisions)
111limber (in Guards Divisions)
111Rifle Company 1limber
1limber
111command
(in(in
limber(in
limber Guards
Guards
Guards
infantry
(in Guards
Divisions)
Divisions)
Divisions)
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Rifle
111RifleCompany
Company
Company 1command
command
command infantry
infantry
infantry stand
stand
stand
(Guards Rifle
Rifle
Division Company
1Division
Rifle Company
only) 11 command
command infantry
infantry stand
stand
(Guards
(Guards
(Guards RifleCompany
Division
1Division only)
Company
only)
only)
1 command
111infantry stand
1 command
infantry
infantry stand
stand
infantry
infantrystand
stand
(Guards
(Guards
(Guards Division
Division
Division only)
only)
only) 111infantry
infantry
infantry stand
stand
stand
(Guards
333Rifle Division
Companies only) 1 infantry
222infantry stands
1 infantry stand
stand
33Rifle Companies 2infantry
Rifle Companies stands
(2 in 33Rifle
Guards Rifle
RifleCompanies
Companies
Companies
divisions, 2infantry
2infantry
infantry
infantry
stands
stands
stands
stands
(2
(2 in Guards Rifle Companies
divisions,
3 Rifledivisions, 2 infantry
Companies 2 infantry stands stands
(2in
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(2 inGuards
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ininGuards divisions,
divisions,
(2in
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Guards each
divisions,
each
divisions,
each
each
each
each
each
each
Notes
1. Ski Battalion: In most divisions, the ski battalion was organized only standard divisions, and an additional 2-battery battalion in Guards divi-
in winter, and took the place of one of the rifle regiment battalions. In the sions. In 1944, all divisions received the additional 2-battery battalion.
far north, facing Finland, these battalions were active year-round.
2. Rifle Regiment Troop Quality: Specialist units received first call
on replacement manpower, while rifle units suffered a disproportionate
share of the combat casualties. The result was that the average experi-
ence level in the rifle regiments lagged behind the rest of the division
(and the army, for that matter).
3. Artillery: The artillery regiment consists of two 3-battery battalions in

16
Soviet Tank and Mechanized Corps
The first tank corps were formed in March of 1942, and throughout that year learned a great deal. They were
beaten up at Kharkov in the spring, but led the Stalingrad offensive the following winter. By 1943, they had matured,
and had settled down organizationally into about the shape they would follow for the rest of the war.
The first of the new war-pattern mechanized corps were formed in September of 1942. There were always a lim-
ited number of mechanized corps, in large part due to the considerable amount of motor transport necessary for
them. They were highly prized as exploitation forces in breakthroughs, however, since the large infantry component
of the corps meant that they could not only seize ground, but once there, could hold it.
The organization below is for a mechanized corps. The tank corps organization was essentially the same, except
that the tank corps had three tanks brigades (instead of one), and had a single motorized brigade (instead of three
mechanized brigades). A motorized brigade was identical to a mechanized brigade except that it did not include the
tank regiment. The notes at the end apply to both types of corps.
Separate tank brigades and tank regiments were organized the same as those found in the tank and mecha-
nized corps.
Troop Quality: Regular or Experienced CORPS TROOPS

Morale: 8, Guards 9 Headquarters 1 command T-34/42 tank
Guards Experienced
Corps Zampolit 1 command infantry stand
1 light truck
Chain of Command
Corps HQ Troops
Guards Mortar Battalion
Guards Mortar Headquarters 1 command observation stand
Battalion
Motorcycle 1 car
Battalion
Heavy Antitank Medium SU
Battalion Regiment 2 Firing Batteries, each 1 command infantry stand
(replaced by (added
mid-1943)
1 light truck
Medium SU
regiment 1 BM-13 multiple rocket launcher
mid-1943)
Engineer
Battalion
Motorcycle Battalion
Armored Car
Battalion
Headquarters 1 command BA-64 armored car
Light SU Battalion Zampolit 1 command infantry stand
Regiment
Heavy SU 1 light truck
Regiment
(added Headquarters Company 1 82mm mortar stand (ds)
mid-1943) Antitank
1 medium truck
Regiment
Antiaircraft
(removed 1944) 1 engineer flamethrower stand
Regiment 1 light truck
MORTAR 2 Motorcycle Companies, 1 command motorcycle SMG stand
REGIMENT
Regiment 3 Mortar
each 1 motorcycle LMG stand
Troops Battalions
Motorized Rifle 1 command SMG stand
TANK Reconnaissance 1 recon SMG stand
BRIGADE
1 Medium Tank Light Tank Motorized Company
Brigade 2 light trucks or armored carriers
Troops Battalion Battalion Rifle Battalion
(2 in late 1943, (removed in Tank Company 1 command T-34/41 tank (joint
3 in 1944) late 1943)
(added 1944) command)
3 MECHANIZED 1 T-34/41 tank
BRIGADES,
Brigade Tank Mortar Light Artillery
Each With
Troops Regiment
3 Motorized
Battalion Battalion
Artillery Battery 1 command infantry stand
Rifle Battalions
(added 1944) 1 light truck
1 76L39 field gun and crew (ds)
1 medium truck or tractor
17
Heavy Antitank Battalion (replaced by Medium SU Regiment (added mid-1943)
Medium SU regiment mid-1943) Headquarters 1 command stand
Headquarters 1 command stand 1 car or armored carrier
1 car Regiment Zampolit 1 command infantry stand
Headquarters Battery 1 medium supply truck 1 light truck or armored carrier
3 AT Gun Batteries, each 1 command infantry stand Headquarters Battery 1 engineer stand
1 light truck 1 light truck or armored carrier
1 85L53 gun and crew (ds) 1 recon BA-64 armored car
1 heavy tractor 1 medium supply truck
4 Firing Batteries, each 1 SU-85 (SU-100 in 1945)
Antitank Rile Company 2 PTRS antitank rifle stands
Engineer Battalion (added in 1944) 1 medium truck
SMG Company 1 command SMG stand
1 car (added in 1944) 1 SMG stand
2 Line Companies 1 command engineer stand
1 medium truck
(3 in 1944-45), each engineer stand
1 medium truck
Heavy SU Regiment (added mid-1943)
Armored Car Battalion
1 car or armored carrier
Headquarters Company 1 command BA-64 armored car
Regiment Zampolit 1 command infantry stand
2 Armored Car 2 recon BA-10 armored cars
1 light truck or armored carrier
Companies, each (1943)
Headquarters Battery 1 engineer stand
2 Armored Car 1 recon BA-64 armored car
Companies, each 1 recon motorcycle SMG stand 1 light truck or armored carrier
(1944-45) 1 recon BA-64 armored car
1 recon SMG stand
1 armored carrier
4 Firing Batteries, each 1 SU-152 or ISU-152 (1SU-122 in late
1944)
Light SU Regiment Antitank Rile Company 2 PTRS antitank rifle stands

(added in 1944) 1 medium truck
1 car or armored carrier SMG Company 1 command SMG stand
(added in 1944) 1 SMG stand
Regiment Zampolit 1 command infantry stand
1 light truck or armored carrier 1 medium truck
Headquarters Battery 1 engineer stand

Antitank Regiment (removed 1944)
1 recon BA-64 armored car
1 car
2 Medium Batteries, each 1 SU-122 Headquarters Battery 1 medium supply truck
(removed in 1944)
4 Light Batteries, each 1 SU-76
1 light truck
(5 batteries in 1944-45)
1 45L46 AT gun and crew
Antitank Rile Company 2 PTRS antitank rifle stands
(added in 1944) 1 medium truck 1 Komsomolets tractor
SMG Company 1 command SMG stand Antiaircraft Machine 1 command infantry stand
(added in 1944) 1 SMG stand Gun Company 3 AA HMG stands
4 light trucks
1 medium truck

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Antiaircraft Regiment MORTAR REGIMENT
Headquarters 1 command stand Regiment Troops
1 car Headquarters 1 command stand
Headquarters Battery 1 medium supply truck 1 car
4 Antiaircraft Gun 1 command infantry stand Headquarters Battery 1 medium supply truck
Batteries, each 1 37L70 AA gun and crew
2 light trucks 333Mortar
MortarBattalions,
Mortar Battalions,each
Battalions, each
each
Antiaircraft Machine 1 command infantry stand Headquarters 1 command
Headquarters commandobservation
Headquarters 11command observationstand
observation stand
stand
Gun Company 3 AA HMG stands 111car
car
car
4 light trucks Headquarters Battery 1 medium supply
Headquarters
HeadquartersBattery 1 medium supplytruck
Battery 1 mediumsupply truck
truck
33Firing Batteries, each
Firing Batteries, each 1 command infantrystand
3 Firing Batteries, each
11 command
command infantry
infantry stand
stand
111light
lighttruck
light truck
truck
111120mm
120mmmortar
120mm mortarand
mortar andcrew
and crew(ds)
crew (ds)
(ds)
111medium
medium truck
mediumtruck truck
TANK BRIGADE
Brigade Troops Light Tank Battalion (removed in late 1943)

Headquarters 1 command BA-10 armored car Headquarters 1 command light tank
Brigade Zampolit 1 command infantry stand Composite Light 1 command light tank (joint
1 light truck or armored carrier Company command)
2 light tanks
Headquarters Company 1 recon BA-64 armored car
1 engineer stand Medium Company 1 command medium tank (joint
command)
1 medium tank
Antitank Battery 1 command infantry stand
1 light truck Motorized Rifle Battalion
1 76L39 field gun and crew (ds) Headquarters 1 command stand
1 medium truck or tractor 1 car
Antitank Rifle Company 2 PTRS AT rifle stand Battalion Zampolit 1 command infantry stand
1 medium truck 1 light truck
Antiaircraft Battery 1 command infantry stand Headquarters and 1 recon BA-10 armored car
1 light truck Weapons Company 1 PTRS AT rifle stand
1 AAHMG stand (replace with M16 1 light truck
MGMC in 1944) 1 82mm mortar stand
1 light truck (delete when equipped 1 medium truck
with M16 MGMC)
2 Rifle Companies, each 2 infantry stands
1 medium truck
111Medium
MediumTank
Medium TankBattalion
Tank Battalion
Battalion Tank Desant Company 1 command SMG stand
(2(2 in late 1943, 3in
(2 in
in late
late 1943,
1943, 3
3 in1944)
in 1944)
1944) 1 SMG stand
Headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters
111command
commandmedium
command mediumtank
medium tank
tank
Composite
CompositeMedium
Composite Medium
Medium
111command
command medium tank(joint
command medium
medium tank
tank (joint
(joint
Company
Company command)
command)
command)
Company
222medium
mediumtanks
medium tanks
tanks

19
3 MECHANIZED BRIGADES, Each With
Brigade Troops 333Motorized

MotorizedRifle
Motorized RifleBattalions,
Rifle Battalions,each
Battalions, each
each
Headquarters 1 command stand Headquarters
commandstand
stand
1 car 111jeep
jeep
jeep
Regimental Zampolit 1 command infantry stand Battalion
Battalion Zampolit
Zampolit 111command
commandinfantry
infantry stand
Battalion Zampolit stand
1 light truck 111light
lighttruck
truck
light truck
Headquarters Company 1 staff radio truck Weapons
WeaponsCompany
Weapons Company 2 MMG
MMGstands
Company 22MMG stands
stands
1 medium supply truck 11182mm
82mmmortar
82mm mortarstand
mortar stand(ds)
stand (ds)
(ds)
Reconnaissance 1 command infantry stand 222medium
medium trucks
trucks
medium trucks
Company 1 infantry stand Submachine Gun 222SMG
Submachine Gun
Submachine Gun SMGstands
SMG stands
stands
2 light trucks or armored carriers Company
Company 1 medium
mediumtruck
Company 11medium truck
truck
1 recon motorcycle infantry stand Rifle Company 1 command
Rifle Company commandinfantry
Rifle Company 11command infantrystand
infantry stand
stand
1 recon BA-64 armored car 111infantry
infantrystand
infantry stand
stand
Antiaircraft Battery 1 command infantry stand 111medium
medium truck
truck
medium truck
2 AA HMG stands 222Rifle Companies, 222infantry
Rifle Companies,
Rifle Companies, infantrystands
infantry stands
stands
3 light truck each
each 1 medium
each 11medium truck
mediumtruck
truck
Submachine Gun 1 command SMG stand Antitank Company
Antitank Company 1 commandinfantry
11 command
infantry stand
Antitank Company stand
Company 1 SMG stand 222PTRS
PTRSAT
PTRS ATrifle
AT riflestands
rifle stands
stands
1 medium truck 333light
lighttrucks
trucks
light trucks
Antitank Rifle Com- 2 PTRS AT rifle stands 11145L46
45L46AT
45L46 ATgun
AT gunand
gun andcrew
and crew
crew
pany 1 medium truck 111Komsomolets
Komsomoletstractor
Komsomolets tractor
tractor
Engineer Company 1 command engineer stand
1 engineer stand
1 medium truck Mortar Battalion
Headquarters 1 command observation stand
1 jeep
Tank Regiment Headquarters Battery 1 medium supply truck
Headquarters 1 command medium tank Heavy Battery 1 command infantry stand
Headquarters Company 1 recon BA-64 armored car 1 light truck
1 medium supply truck 1 120mm mortar and crew (ds)
3 Medium Tank 1 command medium tank (joint 1 medium truck
Companies (4 in 1944), command) 2 Medium Batteries, 1 command infantry stand
each 1 medium tank each 1 light truck
Light Tank Company 1 command light tank (joint command) 1 82mm mortar stand (ds)
(removed in 1944) 1 light tank 1 medium truck
Antitank Rifle Compa- 2 PTRS AT rifle stand
ny (removed in 1944) 1 medium truck
Light Artillery Battalion
Tank Desant Company 2 SMG stands
(added in 1944) Headquarters 1 command observation stand
1 jeep
3 Batteries, each 1 command infantry stand
1 light truck
1 76L39 field gun and crew (ds)
1 medium truck or tractor

20
Notes 6. Motorcycle Battalion: Every historical motorcycle battalion that
1. Units added in mid-1943 were, for the most part, not we have been able to find the actual organization for (about a half-
available in time to fight at Kursk, but were available for dozen) has been unique, and it appears that considerable latitude
the offensives that autumn. Some SU-85 regiments were was given in the organization of these units. All of them, however,
available for Kursk. included usually one (occasionally two) motorcycle company, and
2. Light Tanks: Light tanks were all T-60 or T-70, unless the unit either 2 or 3 other companies, all different. The following historical
was equipped with lend-lease tanks, in which case M3 Stuarts, organizations from this period serve to illustrate the diversity possible.
Valentines, or Matildas might be found as light tanks. It is odd to 2nd Guards Motorcycle Battalion (5th Guards
think of Valentines and Matildas as “light” tanks, but the Soviets Mechanized Corps), mod-late 1944: 1 armored car copany, 1
classified tanks as light or medium based on their gun size, not motorcycle company, 1 half-track company
speed. 76th Motorcycle Battalion (4th Guards Tank Corps),
3. Medium Tanks: Medium tanks were T-34s, unless the unit was August 1944: 1 motorcycle company, 1 armored car company, 1
equipped with lend-lease tanks, in which case in might have M3 half-track company, 1 tank company, 1 antitank battery, 1 field gun
Lees (in 1943) or M4 Sherman 75s (in 1943/44) or M4 Sherman 76s battery.
(in 1944/45). T-34s would be any 76mm version at first, with T- 94th Motorcycle Battalion (7th Mechanized Corps),
34/85s becoming available in 1944. October 1944: 1 half-track company, 1 motorcycle company
4. Heavy Tank Regiment: A Heavy SU regiment was often replaced 7. Antitank Regiment: By mid-1943 these were trading in their
by a heavy tank regiment, organized the same as the SU regiment, 45mm AT guns for either 57L53 AT guns or 76L39 field guns.
but having heavy tanks instead. These would be KV-1 tanks until 8. Tank Brigade Antiaircraft Battery: Replace the 37mm AA gun
1944, and then IS-2 tanks. Lend-lease Churchills were also some- with a AAHMG stand in 1943, and with an M-16 MGMC in 1944.
times used in heavy tank regiments.. 9. Armored Carriers: Armored carriers could be lend lease
5. Tank Desant Company: These troops rode on the tanks of the Universal carriers, White scout cars, or half-tracks.
brigade.

21
The German Army
The first part of World War II in Europe consisted of spectacularly successful German offensives which
changed – for a while – the map of Europe. The second part consisted of allied offensives which undid
those changes. As a result, the German Army set the standard against which all other armies were mea-
sured during the war. That doesn’t mean that it was necessarily the best army, particularly later in the
war. But it was always the army to beat.
German doctrine was based heavily on the successful World War I “Storm Trooper” tactics, which
called for pushing as much responsibility for tactics down to the lowest possible command level. This also
meant pushing control of the fire assets necessary to accomplish the mission don to the local level as
well. The Germans were pioneers in dedicating artillery batteries to specific maneuver battalions, and the
German practice of well-equipped regimental infantry gun and antitank companies were widely copied.
The organization, and actual employment, of the regimental infantry gun company illustrates this aspect
of German tactical use of supporting weapons. The company consisted of a 2-gun heavy section and
three 2-gun light sections. One light section was routinely attached to each infantry battalion, while the
heavy section stayed at regiment. (In the rifle regiments of panzer divisions, the light infantry gun section
was permanently part of the battalion’s “heavy” company.) By the same token, the three machine gun
platoons and the three two-mortar sections of the mortar platoon of he infantry battalion’s machine gun
company were always pushed down to the infantry companies in the form of a heavy weapons platoon
(four hvy machine guns and two mortars).
This desire to fight the battle at the lowest level possible paid considerable dividends early in the war,
but became a problem later on. Artillery control was decentralized, and so it was difficult to mass fires.
Faced with British and American artillery which could both provide excellent close support of maneuver
units and mass fire on a moment’s notice, the Germans began paying more attention to this problem
from 1944 on, but never really caught up. Declining troop quality also made it harder to be “good every-
where,’ and so more and more reliance was placed on the mobile units – panzers and panzergrenadiers
– to rush from one danger spot to another. As the mobile divisions became key element in the defense,
it became harder and harder to concentrate them for offensive action.
Unit Designations
All German companies are numbered consecutively within their regiment or separate battalion.
In infantry regiments, the first battalion consists of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (infantry) companies and the 4th
(machine gun) company, for a total of twelve numbered companies in the three battalions. The machine
gun company does not appear in the game, as it is broken up to support the three infantry companies.
The regimental antitank company is numbered 13 and the infantry gun company 14.
In rifle and panzergrenadier regiments, the “heavy” companies are not numbered, but are simply
called the schwere (heavy) company. The AA company was the 9th, infantry gun company 10th, and engi-
neer company 11th.
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German Infantry Division, 1944-45
This was the final organizational version of the infantry division during the war. It was increasingly superseded,
particularly in the West, in late 1944 by the Volksgrenadier Division. The normal pattern was to refit division on the
1944 pattern in the field, but divisions so badly shattered that they had to be withdrawn to be reformed were usu-
ally reformed as Volksgrenadier Divisions (and then usually committed in the west).
Troop Quality: Trained, Regular or Experienced

Fusiliers one higher Chain of Command
Morale: 7 or 8 Div HQ
Fusiliers 9
Fusilier Antitank Engineer 3 Inf Regts Artillery

DIVISION TROOPS Battalion Battalion Battalion each with Regiment

2 Inf Bn
1 car
3 Light (DS) Medium
Battalions Battalion
1 infantry stand (integral Panzerfaust)
1 light truck
Fusilier Battalion Antitank Battalion

Headquarters 1 motorcycle command stand Headquarters 1 command stand
Weapons Company 1 12cm mortar and crew (ds) 1 kubelwagen
1 limber Headquarters Company 1 supply maultier
Bicycle Fusilier 1 bicycle command infantry stand Towed AT Battery 1 command infanty stand (integral
(integral Panzerfaust) Panzerfaust)
Company 2 bicycle infantry stands (integral 3 75L46 AT guns and crews
Panzerfaust) 4 maultiers
1 bicycle weapons stand
Self-Propelled 1 command StuG IIIG
2 Fusilier 1 command infantry stand (integral AT Battery 2 StuG IIIG
Panzerfaust)
Self-Propelled 1 command infantry stand (integral
Companies, each 2 infantry stands (integral Panzerfaust) Panzerfaust)
1 weapons stand
AA Battery 1 light truck
3 SdLfz 10/4
Engineer Battalion
Headquarters 1 bicycle command stand
Bicycle Engineer 1 bicycle command engineer stand
(integral Panzerfaust)
Company 1 bicycle engineer stand (integral
Panzerfaust)
1 bicycle engineer flamethrower stand
1 bicycle weapons stand
2 Engineer 1 command engineer stand (integral
Panzerfaust)
Companies, each 1 engineer stand (integral Panzerfaust)
1 engineer flamethrower stand (integral
Panzerfaust)
1 weapons stand

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German Infantry Division, 1944-45
333INFANTRY
INFANTRYREGIMENTS,
INFANTRY REGIMENTS,EACH
REGIMENTS, EACH
EACH ARTILLERY REGIMENT
Regimental
Regimental Troops
Regimental Troops
Troops Regimental Troops
Headquarters
commandstand
stand Headquarters 1 command stand
111car
car
car 1 car
Headquarters
Company
111staff
staffradio
staff radiowagon
radio wagon
wagon Headquarters Battery 1 supply wagon
111recon
recon cavalry
cavalry(or
reconcavalry (orbicycle)
(or bicycle)stand
bicycle) stand(inte-
stand (inte-
(inte-
gral
gral Panzerfaust)
gralPanzerfaust)
Panzerfaust) 333Light
Light(Direct
Light (DirectSupport)
(Direct Support)Battalions,
Support) Battalions,each
Battalions, each
each
111engineer
engineerstand
engineer stand(integral
stand (integralPanzerfaust)
Panzerfaust) Headquarters
Headquarters 1 mounted
Headquarters 11mounted
command
mountedcommand observation
commandobservation
observation
111supply
supplywagon
supply wagon
wagon stand
stand
stand
Infantry
InfantryGun
Infantry GunBattery
Gun Battery 1 mounted
mountedcommand
Battery 11mounted commandinfantry
infantry stand Headquarters
Headquarters Battery
Battery 1 staff
stafftelephone
telephonewagon
(integral
stand Headquarters Battery 1staff
1 telephone wagon
wagon
(integralPanzerfaust)
Panzerfaust) 111supply
supply wagon
supplywagon
wagon
111150L11
150L11 infantry
infantrygun
150L11infantry gun(battalion
gun (battaliongun)
(battalion gun)
gun) 333Firing
FiringBatteries,
Firing Batteries,each
Batteries, each 1 command
commandinfantry
stand (integral
(integral
and
and crew
crew
and crew Panzerfaust)
Panzerfaust)
Panzerfaust)
111medium
mediumtruck
medium truck
truck 111105L28
105L28howitzer
105L28 howitzerand
howitzer andcrew
and crew(ds)
crew (ds)
(ds)
Antitank
Antitank Gun
AntitankGun Battery
GunBattery
1 command
commandinfantry
Battery 11command infantrystand
stand (integral
(integral 111limber
Panzerfaust) limber
limber
Panzerfaust)
Panzerfaust)
111light
lighttruck
light truck
truck
11175L46
75L46AT
75L46 ATgun
AT gunand
gun andcrew
and crew(ds)
crew (ds)
(ds) Medium Battalion
111medium
medium truck
mediumtruck
truck Headquarters 1 mounted command observation stand
444RkPzB
RkPzB stands
stands
RkPzB stands Headquarters Battery 1 staff telephone wagon
1 supply wagon
222Infantry Battalions, each 3 Firing Batteries, each 1 command infantry stand (integral
22Infantry
2
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Battalions,
Infantry
Battalions,
Battalions,
Battalions,
Battalions,
each
each
each
each
each
Panzerfaust)
Headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters
111command
command
command stand
stand
stand 1 150L30 howitzer and crew (ds)
Headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters
11 command
command
1 command standstand
stand
Weapons
Weapons Company
Company 11175L12 infantry gun (battalion gun)
Weapons
Weapons
Weapons Company
Company
Company 175L12
175L12
75L12 infantry
infantry
75L12infantry
75L12
gun
gun
infantrygun
infantry
(battalion
(battalion
gun(battalion
gun
gun)
gun)
(battaliongun)
(battalion gun)
1 limber
Weapons Company 1crewand
and
and crew
crew gun)
and
andcrew
and crew
crew
111limber
limber
limber
111limber
limber
limber
1118cm
8cm
8cm mortar
mortar
mortar (ds)
(ds)
(ds) or
or
or 12cm
12cm
12cm mortar
mortar
mortar and
and
and
1
crew118cm
8cm
(ds)
8cm mortar
mortar
mortar (ds)
(ds)
(ds) or
or
or12cm
12cm
12cm mortar
mortar
mortar and
and
and
crew
crew
crew (ds)
(ds)
(ds)
crew
crew (ds)
(ds)
111medium truck (if 12cm mortar pres-
1medium
ent)1medium
1medium
truck
truck
mediumtruck
medium
(if
truck(if
truck
12cm
(if(if
12cm
(if12cm
mortar
mortar
12cmmortar
12cm
pres-
pres-
mortarpres-
mortar pres-
pres-
ent)
ent)
ent)
ent)
ent)
333Infantry Companies, 111command infantry stand (integral
33Infantry Companies, 1command
Infantry Companies, infantry stand (integral
3Infantry
InfantryCompanies,
Infantry Companies,
Companies,
each 1command
1command
command
Panzerfaust)
command
Panzerfaust)
infantry
infantry
infantry
infantry
stand
stand
stand
stand
(integral
(integral
(integral
(integral
each
each
each Panzerfaust)
Panzerfaust)
Panzerfaust)
each Panzerfaust)
each22infantry stands (integral Panzerfaust)
22infantry
2infantry
stands
stands (integral
Panzerfaust)
2infantry
infantry stands
stands(integral
stands
infantrystand
111weapons (integralPanzerfaust)
Panzerfaust)
1weapons
1weapons
weapons
weapons
stand
1 weapons stand
stand
stand
stand

24
German Panzer Division, 1944-45
This was almost the final form of the panzer divisions, and was the version encountered by the Western Allies in
France and Northwest Europe from D-Day to the end of the war. It was an exceptionally well-equipped division, at
least on paper. In the field there were often major equipment shortages, especially in the panzer regiment, and so it
was not unusual to find additional armor added, in the form of army-level assault gun or tank destroyer battalions.
The growing number of antiaircraft guns reflected the new reality of allied air superiority over the front.
Chain of Command
Div HQ
Troop Quality: Experienced Antitank Engineer Panzer Panzergrenadier Panzergrenadier Artillery

Battalion Battalion Regiment Regiment Regiment Regiment
or Veteran (Gepanzert) (Motorized)
Morale: 8
Recon Antiaircraft
(reconnaissance 10) Panzer Artillery Light (DS) Medium
Battalion Battalion
Panzergrenadier Panzergrenadier Battalion Battalions Battalion
Battalion Battalion
(gepanzert) (motorized)
2 Panzer 2 Panzergrenadier
Battalions Battalions
DIVISION TROOPS Reconnaissance Battalion

Headquarters 1 command stand Headquarters 1 command stand
1 car 1 SdKfz 250/1
Headquarters Company 1 staff radio truck Armored Car Company 1 command SdKfz 234/1
1 recon motorcycle SMG stand (inte- (wheel) 1 recon SdKfz 234/3
gral Panzerfaust) 1 recon SdKfz 234/1
Escort Company 1 command panzergrenadier stand 2 recon SdKfz 234/2
Armored Car Company 1 command stand
1 weapons stand
(half-track) 1 patrol stand
1 medium truck
2 SdKfz 250/1
1 75L46 AT gun and crew (ds)
2 recon SdKfz 250/9
1 maultier
Light Armored Infantry 1 command stand
1 20L113 AA gun and crew
Company 3 recon panzergrendier stands (inte-
1 light truck gral Panzerfaust) OR 6 patrol stands
1 SdKfz 250/7
Antitank Battalion 1 SdKfz 250/10
Headquarters 1 command stand 6 SdKfz 250/1
1 kubelwagen Armored Infantry 1 command panzergrenadier stand

Company (integral Panzerfaust)
Headquarters Battery 1 SdKfz 10/4 Quad
2 panzergrenadier stands (integral
1 medium supply truck Panzerfaust)
2 Self-Propelled 1 command StuG III G or Marder 1 weapons stand
AT Batteries, each 2 StuG IIIG or Marders 1 SdKfz 251/10
Towed AT Battery 1 command infantry stand (integral 3 SdKfz 251/1
Panzerfust)
1 SdKfz 251/9
3 75L46 AT guns and crews (ds)
Heavy Company 1 command panzer engineer flame-
4 maultiers thrower stand (integral Panzerfaust)
2 SdKfz 251/1
1 SdKfz 251/2
1 FAC radio truck

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Engineer Battalion PANZER REGIMENT
Headquarters 1 command stand Regimental Troops
1 kubelwagen Headquarters 1 command PzKw VG
Armored Engineer 1 command panzer engineer stand Headquarters Battery 1 staff radio SdKfz 251/1
Company (integral Panzerfaust) 1 recon PzKw IVH
1 panzer engineer stands (integral
1 Mobelwagen or Ostwind
Panzerfaust)
1 panzer engineer flamethrower stand
1 weapons stand
4 SdKfz 250/1 22 Panzer
Panzer Battalions,
Battalions, each
each
2 Motorized Engineer 1 command engineer stand (integral Headquarters 1 command tank
Headquarters 1 command tank
Companies, each Panzerfaust) Headquarters
HeadquartersCompany
Company 11recon
recontank
tank
2 engineer stand (integral Panzerfaust) 11recon
reconmotorcycle
motorcycleSMG
SMGstand
stand(inte-
(inte-
1 weapons stand gral
gralPanzerfaust)
Panzerfaust)
2 medium trucks 11panzer
panzerengineer
engineerstand
stand(integral
(integral
Panzerfaust)
Panzerfaust)
Bridging Company 1 command engineer stand (integral
Panzerfaust) 11SdKfz
SdKfz251/1
251/1
1 engineer stand (integral Panzerfaust) 11SdKfz
SdKfz10/4
10/4Quad,
Quad,Mobelwagen,
Mobelwagen,or
or
Wirbelwind
Wirbelwind
1 medium truck with assault boat
trailer 11medium
mediumsupply
supplytruck
truck
2 heavy trucks with pontoon trailers (1 44Tank
TankCompanies,
Companies,each
each 11command
commandtank
tank
class V bridge) 22tanks
tanks
2 SdKfz 7 with pontoon trailers (1
class V bridge)
PANZERGRENADIER REGIMENT (GEPANZERT)
Regimental Troops
Antiaircraft Battalion Headquarters 1 command stand
Headquarters 1 command stand 1 SdKfz 251/1
1 kubelwagen Headquarters Company 1 staff radio SdKfz 251/1
Headquarters Battery 1 medium supply truck 1 recon motorcycle SMG stand (inte-
gral Panzerfaust)
2 Heavy AA Batteries, 1 command infantry stand (integral
each Panzeraust) 1 medium supply truck
1 20L113 AA gun and crew Engineer Company 1 command panzer engineer stand
2 light trucks
1 weapons stand
1 88L56 AA gun nd crew (ds)
1 medium truck
1 SdKfz 7
1 panzer engineer flamethrower stand
Light AA Battery 1 command infantry stand (integral (integral Panzerfaust)
Panzeraust)
1 SdKfz 251/1
1 light truck
1 SdKfz 251/16
2 37L98 or 20L113 AA guns and crews
Infantry Gun Company 1 command infantry stand (integral
2 SdKfz 10
Panzerfaust)
1 SdKfz 10/4 Quad
1 SdKIfz 251/1
1 SdKfz 251 with searchlight
1 GW 38(t) Grille
Antiaircraft Company 1 command infantry stand (integral
Panzerfaust)
1 light truck
2 SdKfz 10/4

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Panzergrenadier Battalion (gepanzert) PANZERGRENADIER REGIMENT (MOTORIZED)
Headquarters 1 command stand Regimental Troops
1 SdKfz 250/1 Headquarters 1 command stand
3 Panzergrenadier com- 1 command panzergrenadier stand 1 car
panies, each (integral Panzerfaust) Headquarters Company 1 staff radio wagon
2 recon motorcycle SMG stands (inte-
Panzerfaust)
gral Panzerfaust)
1 weapons stand
1 SdKfz 251/10
1 SdKfz 10
3 SdKfz 251/1
1 SdKfz 251/9
Engineer Company 1 command engineer flamethrower
Heavy Company 1 command panzer engineer stand stand (integral Panzerfaust)
2 engineer flamethrower stands (inte-
1 SdKfz 251/2 OR 1 12cm mortar and gral Panzerfaust)
crew (ds)
1 weapons stand
2 medium trucks
2 SdKfz 251/1 (3 if 12cm mortar pres-
Infantry Gun Battery 1 command infantry stand (integral
ent)
Panzerfaust)
1 recon motorcycle SMG stand (inte-
1 light truck
gral Panzerfaust)
1 150L11 infantry gun (battalion gun)
and crew
Panzergrenadier Battalion (motorized) 1 SdKfz 10
Headquarters 1 command stand Antiaircraft Battery 1 command infantry stand
1 kubelwagen 1 light truck
3 Panzergrenadier Com- 1 command panzergrenadier stand 2 SdKfz 10/4
panies, each (integral Panzerfaust)
Panzerfaust) 22 Panzer-grenadier
Panzer-grenadier Battalions,
Battalions, each
each
1 weapons stand Headquarters
commandstand
stand
2 medium trucks 11kubelwagen
kubelwagen
Heavy Company 1 command panzergrenadier stand 33Panzergrenadier Com-
Panzergrenadier Com- 1 commandpanzergrenadier
1 command panzergrenadierstand
stand
(integral Panzerfaust) panies, each (integral Panzerfaust)
panies, each (integral Panzerfaust)
1 light truck 22panzergrenadier
panzergrenadierstands
stands(integral
(integral
Panzerfaust)
Panzerfaust)
1 8cm mortar (ds) OR 12cm mortar
and crew (ds) 11weapons
weaponsstand
stand
1 medium truck 22medium
mediumtrucks
trucks
1 75L46 AT gun and crew (ds) Heavy
HeavyCompany
Company 11command
commandpanzergrenadier
panzergrenadierstand
stand
(integral
(integralPanzerfaust)
Panzerfaust)
1 maultier
11light
lighttruck
truck
1 recon motorcycle SMG stand (inte-
gral Panzerfaust) 1175L12
75L12infantry
infantrygun
gun(battalion
(battaliongun)
gun)
and
andcrew
crew
11SdKfz
SdKfz10
10
118cm
8cmor
or12cm
12cmmortar
mortarand
andcrew
crew(ds)
(ds)
11medium
mediumtruck
truck
1175L46
75L46AT
ATgun
gunand
andcrew
crew(ds)
(ds)
11maultier
maultier
11recon
reconmotorcycle
motorcycleSMG
SMGstand
stand(inte-
(inte-
gral
gralPanzerfaust)
Panzerfaust)

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ARTILLERY REGIMENT Light (Direct Support) Battalion
Regimental Troops Headquarters 1 command observation stand
Headquarters 1 command stand kubelwagen
1 car Headquarters Battery 1 staff radio truck
Headquarters Battery 1 medium supply truck 1 supply wagon
Panzer Artillery Battalion 1 light truck
Headquarters 1 command observation PzBeoWg III
1 medium truck or SdKfz 10
Headquarters Battery 1 staff radio SdKfz 251/1
2 Light (Direct Support) 1 command infantry stand (integral Medium Battalion
Batteries Panzerfaust) Headquarters 1 command observation stand
1 light truck 1 kubelwagen
1 Wespe Headquarters Battery 1 staff radio truck (added in 1944)
Medium (General Sup- 1 command infantry stand (integral 1 supply wagon
port) Battery Panzerfaust)
1 light truck
1 light truck
1 Hummel
1 medium truck or SdKfz 6
Notes
1. Panzer Regiment: One tank battalion was equipped with PzKw VG,
the other with PzKw IVH.
2. SdKfz 251/9s: Although the half-track battalion was authorized twelve
of these, many battalions did not receive this many. As an alternative,
remove the SdLfz 251/9s from the companies and replace them with a
single vehicle in the heavy company.
3. Kettenkrads: In the east, Kettenkrads can be substituted for motor-
cycles

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Chain of Command Div HQ Troops

Antiaircraft Artillery Auto Weapons Tank Battalion (attached)

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Headquarters 1 staff radio half-track with HMG

Combat Command troops Tank Battalion

1 M3A1 Stuart light tank 1 recon jeep with HMG

1 medium supply truck 1 M4 HTMC

2 engineer stands (integral bazooka) 1 half-track with HMG

1 medium dump truck 1 half-track with MG

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Chain of Command Division HQ

3 Infantry 3 Armoured 3 FA (DS)

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Troop Quality: Experienced,

3 Infantry 3 Armoured FA (DS) Arty

Headquarters Company 1 staff radio truck

Headquarters 1 command armored car 1 mortar carrier

Headquarters Company 2 recon Humber scout cars

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2 infantry stands (integral PIAT) 2 Sextons

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Troop Quality: Regular or Experienced,

Antitank Battalion Ski Battalion (see notes)

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Troop Quality: Regular or Experienced CORPS TROOPS

Light SU Regiment Antitank Rile Company 2 PTRS antitank rifle stands

Headquarters Battery 1 engineer stand

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Brigade Troops Light Tank Battalion (removed in late 1943)

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Brigade Troops 333Motorized

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Troop Quality: Trained, Regular or Experienced

Fusilier Antitank Engineer 3 Inf Regts Artillery

Headquarters 1 command stand

Fusilier Battalion Antitank Battalion

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Troop Quality: Experienced Antitank Engineer Panzer Panzergrenadier Panzergrenadier Artillery

DIVISION TROOPS Reconnaissance Battalion

Antitank Battalion 1 SdKfz 250/10

Headquarters 1 command stand 6 SdKfz 250/1

1 kubelwagen Armored Infantry 1 command panzergrenadier stand

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