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xhoel -> Wiking: Unit History (2/18/2022 10:05:14 AM)
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It is easy to get caught up in the major operational moves that happen in a game of this scale while forgetting about the individual units that make up these colossal armies. I wanted to try something different, by showing the readers the unit history of the Wiking SS Panzer Division in the span of T1-T16 and will continue to update about their fate until the end of the campaign.
January 1945
Turn 1: Wiking starts broken down in three regiments defending in Hungary. At the start of the Soviet offensive, one of its regiments (the 1st) is hit hard and mauled losing 31 AFVs out of 42.
Turn 2: The unit is reformed as a division and ordered to defend the fuel refineries at Almasfuzito. Attached to the IV SS Panzer Corps (Obergruppenfuhrer Gille), operating under the 6th Army (General Balck). It is reinforced by the 525th Heavy Panzerjäger Battalion (31 Nashorns). Divisional Morale is at 74, 48% ready TOE, 93 AFVs on hand.
Turn 3: No change in positioning, morale remains at 74 and same TOE. Losses 1 AFV to attrition, 92 left. Set to refit.
T1 Battle:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/YklqRrE.jpg[/img]
T2: Status and SU attached:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/Phd14Oz.jpg[/img]
February 1945
Turn 4: Morale increases to 75 (matching NM), TOE drops by 1% to 47%. 91 AFVs on hand.
Turn 5: Leads the successful counterattack against the 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps, losing only 11 AFVs in the process. At the end of the week it has a morale of 77, 41% ready TOE and 80 AFVs on hand.
Turn 6: Remains in Almasfuzito. Ready TOE increases to 43% but 2 AFVs are lost to attrition (78 remaining). Morale remains at 77.
Turn 7: Remains in Almasfuzito. Ready TOE increases to 46% but 1 AFVs lost to attrition (77 remaining). Morale remains at 77.
Counterattack on T5:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/T23lgWn.jpg[/img]
March 1945
Turn 8: Remains in Almasfuzito. No changes in TOE, morale and AFV numbers.
Turn 9: Attacked during Soviet T8, holds the position, causing heavy losses to the enemy in both men and material. Morale increases to 78 due to the win. Fort level in Almasfuzito drop from 3 to 1 and with the division only at 34% of TOE (64 AFVs left) it is ordered to pull back to Komarom and defend the fuel refineries there. Of the 64 AFVs it still has, 37.5% of them (24) are damaged and in need of repairs.
Turn 10: One of the few units that is spared during the start of the Soviet Hungarian offensive. Is ordered to move to Vienna and set on refit. Morale at 78, 36% ready TOE and 62 AFVs left.
Turn 11: Received replacements in Vienna that bring the division up to strength. Morale remains at 78, TOE increases to 64% and the number of AFVs increases from 62 to 93. Moved south of Vienna to hold the defensive line there.
Turn 12: Ordered to move south of Prague to hold the defensive line on the river Sasava. Attached to III SS Panzer Corps (Obergruppenführer Keppler) subordinated under the 6th SS Panzer Army (Oberstgruppenführer Dietrich). Reinforced by the Dresden Corps MG Battalion. Ready TOE at 63%, 91 AFVs on hand, morale remains at 78.
T9 hold and unit status:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/NVAr3oP.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/uTT94ak.jpg[/img]
T11 after refit:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/ldlHLvC.jpg[/img]
Unit movement T1-T12:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/zHKrqyC.jpg[/img]
April 1945
Turn 13: Pulled back south-west of Prague being held in reserve. Ready TOE at 64%, 89 AFVs on hand. Morale continues at 78. Receives the 505th Heavy Panzer Battalion (31 King Tigers) as reinforcements. CPP at 75. With the attached SUs, it sports 150 AFVs in total.
Turn 14: Spearheads the counterattack against Kravchenkos 9th Guards mechanized Corps, mauling them badly but takes heavy losses in the process. In total (including SUs) 44 AFVs are lost, 30% of the initial strength. Morale jumps at 80, 44% ready TOE, the division itself has 50 AFVs on hand. Together with SUs, that number stands at 106.
Turn 15: Joins the counterattack against the 76th Rifle Corps causing heavy losses to the enemy. Ready TOE drops to 40%, morale remains at 80, total of 101 AFVs left in the unit. Remains south-west of Prague defending the city outskirts.
Turn 16: Remains in the same positions. Ordered to hold at all cost to prevent the Soviets from cutting off the rail line that goes out of the city. Ready TOE up at 45%, total of 103 AFVs in the unit but only 43 AFVs in the division itself. Almost no Pz. IVJ left, 36 Panther Gs make up most of the divisional AFVs.
Total losses for the period T1-T16: 118 AFVs
Attached SUs T13:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/pTDlT2L.jpg[/img]
Counterattack T14:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/hEFkAnG.jpg[/img]
Counterattack T15:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/HLjexFD.jpg[/img]
Unit status T16 (before the Wehrmacht goes isolated on T17):
[img]https://i.imgur.com/zEL9A6S.jpg[/img]
Unit movement T12-T16:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/est6Py1.jpg[/img]
Pantergrenadiers going in action:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/jNMVqBp.jpg[/img]
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