tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286084560066206152.post3633370358716473468..comments2014-03-15T08:33:11.114+00:00Comments on Wargames Odyssey: BKCII - The Build Up Part 1Richard Naylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09411439028149060147noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286084560066206152.post-9709011325879795642013-01-21T22:46:21.312+00:002013-01-21T22:46:21.312+00:00You could go to town on that 3rd Battalion, I'...You could go to town on that 3rd Battalion, I'd put the BHQ in captured field cars with SMGs, and have 1 of the 2 infantry companies solely equipped with PPsh41 and a mix of MG34 and DP LMG but 2 per squad, replace the company HW platoons with 82mm mortars and PTRD41, and the Battalion Support Company could have an AT platoon of Su-76 or 76m M42 field guns, and another of 45mm M42 ATG, Russian 120mm mortar battery, and AA platoon of 3x 12.7mm HMG on trucks, or towed 37mm M39 AA. <br /><br />The fact that the 3rd company was on horses implies there might not be enough trucks to move the whole battalion. <br /><br />MarkSultanbevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10883575975218982962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286084560066206152.post-61527459894762259252013-01-21T11:44:25.879+00:002013-01-21T11:44:25.879+00:00Thanks Mark, all the info I have found so far just...Thanks Mark, all the info I have found so far just says that the 114th Panzer Grenadier Regiment formed an illegal 3rd Battalion and that one of its companies was a volunteer Cossack Mounted Squadron. This was done to give the Regimental commander two battalions to use even when the 1st (armoured) battalion was attached to the panzer regt. There isn't any info on what the other companies in that illegal battalion were - I have assumed that they would be organised as a normal motorised battalion but perhaps equipped with ex-Russian equipment. If the Cossacks are anything to go by then the rest of the battalion may of been made up of Russians or other Eastern nationalities?<br /><br />You're right about the mortars they just get factored in. The good thing about 1:3 rather than 1:4 is that it allows you to have the support stands (Sdkfz 251/2, 251/9 etc) within the companies rather than amalgamated at battalion level. <br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />RichardRichard Naylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411439028149060147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286084560066206152.post-91727007989585818172013-01-21T10:24:48.421+00:002013-01-21T10:24:48.421+00:00nice one Richard, love the idea of a Cossack compa...nice one Richard, love the idea of a Cossack company within a Panzer Division!<br /><br />I have a Cossack company in German service as (List G90):<br /><br />SHQ: 3 rifle squads, horses, sabres<br />4 Troops@ 3 rifle squads, 3 LMG, horses, sabres<br />1 Troop: 2x 5cm mortars, 1 rifle crew squad, horses, sabres<br /><br />so at your 1:30 ratio for BKC it looks like 1 HQ stand on horses, and 4 cavalry stands. How you deal with the 5cm mortars I'm not sure, think BKC leaves such things out as factored into the number of attacks for the infantry stands.<br /><br />It is an assumption that the Cossack company in your division has the same internal organisation as in other German Cossack regiments, but at least it's something to go off.<br /><br />MarkSultanbevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10883575975218982962noreply@blogger.com