Sunday, December 21, 2014

The OKH's Fire Brigade - KG Klink OOB

Yet another campaign plan, "The OKH's Fire Brigade, Kampfgruppe Klink."  As usual, I am taking some liberties with TO/Es in order to make the situation 'game-able,' i.e., to fit what I want to do.

The patriarch, founding father, patron saint, original member, and Colonel of Panzer troops commanding the kampfgruppe:

Colonel Klink

Date/Location: 1 Sep 1939 - 6 Oct 1939, Poland (Operation Fall Weiss), Attached to 10th Army's 4th Panzer Division, Army Group South at Kreuzberg, striking northeast to encircle Army Group Poznan, then on to Warsaw.

Commanding Officer: Col Klink
Executive Officer: Maj Schultz

Panzer Battalion - Maj Bohm

1st Panzer Company - 1st Lt Loeb
1st Panzer Platoon - 2nd Lt Grebel (2 Pz II, 3 Pz III)
2nd Panzer Platoon - 2nd Lt Zedler (2 Pz II, 3 Pz III)
3rd Panzer Platoon - 2nd Lt Mettner (2 Pz II, 3 Pz IV)
4th Panzer Platoon - Off Cadet Knacke (2 Pz II, 3 Pz IV)

2nd Panzer Company - 1st Lt Schiffer
1st Panzer Platoon - 2nd Lt Fahrmann (2 Pz II, 3 Pz III)
2nd Panzer Platoon - 2nd Lt Grossman (2 Pz II, 3 Pz III)
3rd Panzer Platoon - 2nd Lt Schonau (2 Pz II, 3 Pz IV)
4th Panzer Platoon - Off Cadet Mayer (2 Pz II, 3 Pz IV)

3rd Panzer Company - 1st Lt Gerhart
1st Panzer Platoon - 2nd Lt Friessler (2 Pz II, 3 Pz III)
2nd Panzer Platoon - 2nd Lt Emmerich (2 Pz II, 3 Pz III)
3rd Panzer Platoon - 2nd Lt Harms (2 Pz II, 3 Pz IV)
4th Panzer Platoon - Off Cadet Glucke (2 Pz II, 3 Pz IV)

1st Schutzen Battalion - Maj Freitag

1st Grenadier Company - 1st Lt Nessler 
1st Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Landauer (4 x Rifle Squad)
2nd Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Haas (4 x Rifle Squad)
3rd Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Nadler (4 x Rifle Squad)
4th Rifle Platoon - Off Cadet Hackl (4 x Rifle Squad)

2nd Grenadier Company - 1st Lt Klugmann
1st Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Aust (4 x Rifle Squad)
2nd Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Hasselbach (4 x Rifle Squad)
3rd Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Obst (4 x Rifle Squad)
4th Rifle Platoon - Off Cadet Lutz (4 x Rifle Squad)

3rd Grenadier Company - 1st Lt Tausch
1st Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Schlessinger (4 x Rifle Squad)
2nd Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Lowenstam (4 x Rifle Squad)
3rd Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Hauer (4 x Rifle Squad)
4th Rifle Platoon - Off Cadet Kamphaus (4 x Rifle Squad)

4th Heavy Company - 2nd Lt Vetter
MG Platoon - Sgt Steinkamp (8 x MG34)
Mortar Platoon - Sgt Vogel (4 x 80mm mortar)
Field Gun Platoon - Sgt Oberlander (4 x 75mm gun)
Anti-Tank Gun Platoon - Sgt Kallenbach (4 x PaK-36 37mm ATG)

2nd Schutzen Battalion - Maj Dorn

5th Grenadier Company - 1st Lt Mader
1st Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Lehmkuhl (4 x Rifle Squad)
2nd Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Imhofe (4 x Rifle Squad)
3rd Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Kandler (4 x Rifle Squad)
4th Rifle Platoon - Off Cadet Creuzburg (4 x Rifle Squad)

6th Grenadier Company - 1st Lt Osswald
1st Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Kallmeyer (4 x Rifle Squad)
2nd Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Drexler (4 x Rifle Squad)
3rd Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Kleiber (4 x Rifle Squad)
4th Rifle Platoon - Off Cadet Mangold (4 x Rifle Squad)

7th Grenadier Company - 1st Lt Jurgens
1st Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Graebner (4 x Rifle Squad)
2nd Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Kapp (4 x Rifle Squad)
3rd Rifle Platoon - 2nd Lt Behrendt (4 x Rifle Squad)
4th Rifle Platoon - Off Cadet Janke (4 x Rifle Squad)

8th Heavy Company - 2nd Lt Zimmer
MG Platoon - Sgt Mathes (8 x MG34)
Mortar Platoon - Sgt Gebhardt (4 x 80mm mortar)
Field Gun Platoon - Sgt Kossman (4 x 75mm gun)
Anti-Tank Gun Platoon - Sgt Taube (4 x PaK-36 37mm ATG)

Motorized Reconnaissance Company - 1st Lt Wehner
1st Armored Reconnaissance Platoon - 2nd Lt Unger (1 x Sdkfz 231, 2 x Sdkfz 221)
2nd Armored Reconnaissance Platoon - Off Cadet Distler (1 x Sdkfz 231, 2 x Sdkfz 221)
3rd Armored Reconnaissance Platoon - Sgt Pichler (1 x Sdkfz 231, 2 x Sdkfz 221)

Motorcycle Reconnaissance Company - 1st Lt Weider
1st Motorcycle Platoon - 2nd Lt Sachs (4 x motor rifle squad)
2nd Motorcycle Platoon - Off Cadet Gradl (4 x motor rifle squad)
3rd Motorcycle Platoon - Sgt Pankau (4 x motor rifle squad)
4th Motorcycle Platoon - Sgt Zuckert (4 x motor rifle squad)

Assault Gun Platoon - Sgt Wagner (5 x Stug III)

Panzerjaeger Platoon - Sgt Dittrich (4 x PzJgr I)


2 comments:

  1. At the risk of being super pedantic, did the Panzerjager I see service in Poland? They could have (and it doesn't really matter that much) but I don't think I've ever seen them referenced before France.

    LIke that you have names for everybody. Nice work.

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  2. Ivan,

    What you fail to realize is that I have a super-duper, uber-elite special Kampfgruppe; however, I'm with you, I don't believe the PzJgr I saw service in Poland. My KG also doesn't have any Pz Is, and more Pz IIIs than a whole 'normal' Panzer Division. It'll be okay ;)

    I threw names in for Platoon Commanders and above. This is kind of an experiment, and I'm worried that I may have too many troops in my KG (not for real life, but for following in a campaign). I initially thought of having a Panzer company and two rifle companies, but I got scared with all the casualties I had during my 5-fight playtest, and figured I'd better have a larger base force to play with. We'll see how it works in Poland, and I'll adjust from there.

    V/R,
    Jack

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