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ComradeP -> RE: Operation Barbarossa - Alpha AAR (3/15/2010 11:24:24 PM)
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The Slovak Mobile Division OB from August 41 on has not tanks in it. Jim would have to speak to why this is so. The mobile brigade that starts the war has around 40 tanks in it, but they go away when the unit upgrades to the division.
The Slovak Expeditionary Army Group seems to have had 45.000 men, not the ~61.000 noted in the first turn OOB posted by Elmo, but maybe that includes forces in Slovakia.
After browsing through some OOB pages for a while, it seems Brigade Pilfousek looked like this when it was formed:
HQ
Motorized Reconnaissance Group:
HQ
Cavalry/Armored Car Platoon (the unit name indicates cavalry, but that doesn't mean it actually was a cavalry platoon)
Heavy weapons Platoon
2 x Bicycle Company
Engineer Platoon
2/6. Infantry Regiment (mot):
HQ
Radio Platoon
Anti-Tank Platoon
Mortar Platoon
Infantry Gun Section (75mm guns)
3 x Infantry Company
Machine Gun Company
Tank battalion:
Staff Company
2 x Tank Company (Brad Hunter's breakdown of its tank strength is correct according to the detailed Slovak wiki on the subject).
2 x Anti-Tank Company (9x 37mm guns)
1/11. Artillery Regiment
HQ
Radio Platoon
3 x Battery (I'd guess twelve 100mm vz. 30 guns)
Engineer Company
Radio Company
15. Anti-aircraft Battery
Automobile Repair Shop
315. Truck Column
The brigade had 59 officers, 27 NCO's and 1824 enlisted men.
The Fast Division indeed seems to have had no tanks when it was created, as they were send to Slovakia for refitting in August according to the Slovak wiki (I love cumbersome logistics). On the 29th of October the Fast Division reported a tank strength of 12 tanks. 6 LT-35's and 6 LT-40's. It isn't clear when the division had its full tank force available again. It's possible the tanks came back in September and most were lost/disabled in the weeks leading to late October.
It included 2 infantry regiments (classified as regular infantry, but they must've been motorized), an artillery regiment with 16 100mm vz. 30 guns and 4 105mm vz. 35 guns, an AT platoon with 12 37mm guns, an infantry/mountain gun battery with 4 75mm vz. 15 guns, an engineer battalion, a recon group/possibly battalion, an AA battalion with 12 20mm AA guns and 4 88mm AA guns (possibly all German) and support.
The division had 301 officers, 90 NCO's and 8060 enlisted men. The low number of NCO's probably due to the fact that the Slovaks didn't have a lot of quality NCO's because they were discriminated against in the Czechoslovakian army and didn't have the time to catch up yet, even though they were being trained by the Germans. At the time the unit was part of the 17th Army, advancing beyond the limits of the Slovak Army's effective control.
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As for the latest turn results: comparing this turn to the last, Italy, Hungary and Romania actually got more men, the Soviets have about 6000 men less, but they lost 559 tanks. The Germans gained guns, but have about 20.500 men less than last turn. I'm surprised at the Luftwaffe's strength, as it seems to be doing fine despite not having enough anti-freeze or facilities.
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