Rommel Campaign 40-44

[captainjack]

Ah yes, cruiser tanks.
Shakes head sadly and tries to change the subject.

[Yrfin]

Ah yes, cruiser tanks.
Shakes head sadly and tries to change the subject.

А French conseption "Tanks only support Infantry" was bad too ...

Fra Armour spring 1940.jpg (95.06 KiB) Viewed 4363 times

[Yrfin]

New Unit:

MG.Batallion (Triple Switch, noupgrade)
- Inf/AT/HT Transport

MG.Btl.jpg (21.09 KiB) Viewed 4136 times

2 and 8.MG.Btl was in 5.le.Div ( Afrika Korp April 41 ).

MG.Btl Afrika.jpg (91.84 KiB) Viewed 4135 times

[uzbek2012]

New Unit:

MG.Batallion (Triple Switch, noupgrade)
- Inf/AT/HT Transport
MG.Btl.jpg
2 and 8.MG.Btl was in 5.le.Div ( Afrika Korp April 41 ).
MG.Btl Afrika.jpg

A good machine gun )

https://waralbum.ru/118020/



https://ww2today.com/19th-july-1942-sco ... el-alamein
http://www.madnesshub.com/2018/02/bruta ... never.html

[Yrfin]

A good machine gun )

Yep.

Russian MG in position.jpg (37.31 KiB) Viewed 4051 times

[Yrfin]

Well, back to April 41 Afrika.
Italiano Troops.

132nd Armoured Division "Ariete"
- Cavalry Squadron Nizza Cavalleria
- 132nd Armored Regiment
- 8th Bersaglieri Regiment (motorised)
- 132nd Artillery Regiment (motorised)
- 32nd Mixed Engineer Battalion (motorised)
About 5700 men, 117 L3/33-35

132nd Armored Regiment
- I Battalion (II Berardi Light Tank Battalion)
- II Battalion (IV Monti Light Tank Battalion) (detached to Brescia Division)
- III Battalion (XI Gregorutti Light Tank Battalion)
- VII Medium Tank Battalion (detached to 5th Light Division)
- Regimental Anti-tank Company (10 x 37/45 AT PaK36)

8th Bersaglieri Regiment
- III Motorcycle Battalion (3 motorcycle infantry companies each had 1x 3-gun platoon of German-built 37L45 AT)
- V Motorized Battalion
- XII Motorized Battalion
- 132nd and 142nd Anti-tank Companies (?10 x 37/45 AT PaK36)

132nd Artillery Regiment
- I Gruppo (3 batteries, each 4 x 75/27 field guns) =12
- II Gruppo (3 batteries, each 4 x 75/27 field guns) =12
- 2 light AA batteries (each 8 x 20/L65 AA guns) =16

Division Troops
- CXXXII Mixed Engineer battalion
Attached Troops
- 72nd Antitank Company
- I Gruppo, XXIV Corps Artillery Raggruppamento (3 batteries, each with 4 x 105/28 field guns) =12

Italian Tank Division Ariete (2).jpg (48.08 KiB) Viewed 4036 times

[uzbek2012]

A good machine gun )

Yep.Russian MG in position.jpg

A separate story with the Lewis machine gun, from which Sukhov put a lot of bandits. In some scenes, this is really Lewis, but Sukhov shoots from a DP-27 machine gun disguised as Lewis. The reason, obviously, lies in the fact that the caliber of cartridges .303 British was not in the props, but the rifle 7, 62x54 mm R, which the Degtyarev machine gun feeds on-at least they are filled up. So I had to "make Lewis" for Soviet ammunition

https://www.yaplakal.com/forum2/topic1683490.html

Well, back to April 41 Afrika.
Italiano Troops.

132nd Armoured Division "Ariete"
- Cavalry Squadron Nizza Cavalleria
- 132nd Armored Regiment
- 8th Bersaglieri Regiment (motorised)
- 132nd Artillery Regiment (motorised)
- 32nd Mixed Engineer Battalion (motorised)
About 5700 men, 117 L3/33-35

132nd Armored Regiment
- I Battalion (II Berardi Light Tank Battalion)
- II Battalion (IV Monti Light Tank Battalion) (detached to Brescia Division)
- III Battalion (XI Gregorutti Light Tank Battalion)
- VII Medium Tank Battalion (detached to 5th Light Division)
- Regimental Anti-tank Company (10 x 37/45 AT PaK36)

8th Bersaglieri Regiment
- III Motorcycle Battalion (3 motorcycle infantry companies each had 1x 3-gun platoon of German-built 37L45 AT)
- V Motorized Battalion
- XII Motorized Battalion
- 132nd and 142nd Anti-tank Companies (?10 x 37/45 AT PaK36)

132nd Artillery Regiment
- I Gruppo (3 batteries, each 4 x 75/27 field guns) =12
- II Gruppo (3 batteries, each 4 x 75/27 field guns) =12
- 2 light AA batteries (each 8 x 20/L65 AA guns) =16

Division Troops
- CXXXII Mixed Engineer battalion
Attached Troops
- 72nd Antitank Company
- I Gruppo, XXIV Corps Artillery Raggruppamento (3 batteries, each with 4 x 105/28 field guns) =12
Italian Tank Division Ariete (2).jpg

Italian tanks in Africa
http://tankfront.ru/italy/in-action/africa.html

[Yrfin]

A separate story with the Lewis machine gun, from which Sukhov put a lot of bandits. In some scenes, this is really Lewis, but Sukhov shoots from a DP-27 machine gun disguised as Lewis. The reason, obviously, lies in the fact that the caliber of cartridges .303 British was not in the props, but the rifle 7, 62x54 mm R, which the Degtyarev machine gun feeds on-at least they are filled up. So I had to "make Lewis" for Soviet ammunition

lol.

MG in action.jpg (35.58 KiB) Viewed 4009 times

MG in action2.jpg (29.26 KiB) Viewed 4002 times

[Yrfin]

New Bonus Unit (France 40)

640, 659, 660, 665 Battery (30 pcs total).

Switchable (AT/Arty).
Noreplace, noupgrade.

ger_at_StuG IIIA.jpg (57.39 KiB) Viewed 4008 times

ger_at_StuG_IIIA.png (37.3 KiB) Viewed 4008 times

[Yrfin]

Italian 27th Brescia Infantry Division

19th Brescia Infantry Regiment
-19th Mortar Company
- I Infantry Battalion
- III Infantry Battalion (/20)
20th Brescia Infantry Regiment
- 20th Mortar Company
- I Infantry Battalion
- II Infantry Battalion (/19)
1st Articelere Regiment (assigned to replace lost division artillery regiment)
- II Gruppo (2 batteries, each with 4 x 75/27 field guns) = 8
- III Gruppo (2 batteries, each with 4 x 75/27 field guns) =8
-2 light AA batteries (each with 8 x 20/L65 AA guns) =16
Attached Units
- XV Gruppo, XVI Corps Artillery Raggruppamento (3 batteries, each with 4 x 105/28 field guns) 3x4=12
- 5th, 71st, 101st, 105th ATCompanies (each with 8 x 47/32 AT guns) 4x8=32
- IV Monti (or II/32nd ) Light Tank Battalion (from Ariete) (?40 CV33)

The division was employed in 2 combat groups, each consisting of
- infantry regiment (reinforced with a 75/27 field gun battalion (?2 batteries, each with 4 x 75/27 field guns) =8,
- 2 companies of AT guns( 2x8 x 47/32 AT guns) =16,
- battery of light AA guns (8 x 20/L65 AA guns) = 8,
- battery (or 2 ?) of 105/28 guns (4 x 105/28),
- company of light tanks (?15 CV 33).

Each infantry battalion had 1 AT company attached, and was further reinforced with 3x37/L45 AT PaK36 (total 12 with the division).
Each combat group had sufficient transport to move only 1 of its 2 infantry battalions at a time, so the group tended to advance in stages, leapfrogging its infantry battalions.

Bresia Motorized.jpg (44.68 KiB) Viewed 3916 times

[Yrfin]

New French AT Unit.
Chasseurs de chars Laffly 15TCC (70 pcs) = 14x 5pcs Battery for DCR/DLM.

fra_at_Laffly W15TCC 4.DCR.jpg (43.13 KiB) Viewed 3856 times

Fra_at_Laffly_W-15TCC-fire.png (18.75 KiB) Viewed 3856 times

Fra_at_Laffly_W-15TCC-move.png (19.97 KiB) Viewed 3856 times

Switchable. (Move stance/AT stance)

Icons designed by Birgeria.

[uzbek2012]

With the presence of various anti-tank weapons, France managed to lose the WWII cleanly ....
https://littlewars.se/french1940/w15tcc.html


http://www.chars-francais.net/2015/inde ... view&id=70

[Yrfin]

With the presence of various anti-tank weapons, France managed to lose the WWII cleanly ....

lol.

T-38 Kubinka.jpg (40.5 KiB) Viewed 3837 times

T-38 7.11.41 parad Samara.jpg (49.63 KiB) Viewed 3837 times

[uzbek2012]

With the presence of various anti-tank weapons, France managed to lose the WWII cleanly ....

lol.
T-38 Kubinka.jpgT-38 7.11.41 parad Samara.jpg

T-38 light floating tank (amphibious ) And the Frenchman could not swim
https://en.topwar.ru/147477-rasskazy-ob ... -t-38.html

[Yrfin]

T-38 light floating tank (amphibious ) And the Frenchman could not swim

I think it was "dive" tank. From surface to bottom
Next post will be about Regia Aeronautica Fighters.

Italian Air Force.jpg (66.77 KiB) Viewed 3790 times

[uzbek2012]

T-38 light floating tank (amphibious ) And the Frenchman could not swim

I think it was "dive" tank. From surface to bottom
Next post will be about Regia Aeronautica Fighters.Italian Air Force.jpg

The Forgotten Warrior Regia Aeronautica

http://www.razlib.ru/transport_i_aviaci ... _06/p9.php


https://foto-history.livejournal.com/1969323.html

This article about the successful French aircraft included in the Regia Aeronautica after the collapse of the Vichy Air Force is taken for the Aerei magazine from the book by Giancarlo Garello "Regia Aeronautica e Armée de l'Air-1940/1943" published by the Rome publishing house Bizzarri (Bizzarri). The same text appeared almost "simultaneously" in the French magazines "Aviation Magazine International" and "IARB" , as well as in the magazine of the Italian branch of the English historical association "Air Britain" (via Ravasi 18, 21100 Varese).

http://alternathistory.com/frantsuzskie ... ronautica/



https://sassik.livejournal.com/399229.html

[Yrfin]

I talk about Italian Fighters, not about a Bombers, uzbek

Structure&Stuff.
Stormo (air Regiment)
- 2 Gгuррo (each 2-3 Squadrigilia - about 9-12 pcs each),

So, Stormo CT(Cacchi Terrestre) = 54-72 pcs

10.06.1940: Regia Aeronautica was about 33 Stormo (total 235 Squa),- 3296 airpanes. Fighters - 7 Stormo: 294 СR.32 (177), 300 СR.42 (202), 118 G.50 (87), 156 МС.200 (77). Rе.2000 ( not a start production).

So, about 543 ready. Impressive

CR.32.jpg (29.7 KiB) Viewed 3709 times

CR.42.jpg (24.58 KiB) Viewed 3709 times

G.50bis.jpg (31.05 KiB) Viewed 3709 times

[Yrfin]

My Airplane conseption:
1. All Airplane Spot = 1 (!)
2. Bi-plane have a Reconmove and Additional New Type of Movement (#30)
3. All Fighters (class 7) have a SA/HA = 0/0, but can switch to Land Attack Mode (class 8 Tactical Bomber) on Fly. SA/HA = 2-3/1. Ini, Move, AD, GD lower (- 2).
4. Fighters/Bombers (class 7) have ability to switch to Land Attack Mode (class 8 Tactical Bomber) only on Airfield. SA/HA depends on bombs capacity.

Back to Libya 41
At March 1941 - RA have a 4 Gruppo:
- 18, 151 (CR.42) – until 07.41; realieve 3,160 - after 07.41.
- 2, 155 (G.50bis).

July 1941 - 153 Gruppo (МС.200)

MC.200 8.Str Afrika.jpg (50.08 KiB) Viewed 3454 times

[Yrfin]

МС.202 ("Folgore")
2х12,7-mm (360) over engine. May 1942: + 2 wings 7,7-mm (500). Until 09.43 = 1044 pcs.
10.1941 – Debut on Malta.
First: 9 Gruppo (4 Stormo), 17 (1), 8 (2). In 1942 max active type of Italian Fighter - 30%.
15.07.42 - max 93 pcs.

MC.202 Africa.jpg (183.71 KiB) Viewed 3453 times

Rе.2002 (“Ariete”)
Good Fighter-Bomber: 1х500+2х160 kg. 149 pcs. 5, 50 Stormo - 09.1941.

Re.2002 F.jpg (64.67 KiB) Viewed 3453 times

New Unit:

Ita_av_Re.2002_B.png (29.24 KiB) Viewed 3453 times

[Yrfin]

Few words about Italiano Bombers:

As you know, from August 40 "RA' have a gift from Germany:
- 52 Ju 87B-2
- 50 Ju 87R-2
- 46 Ju 87D-2/D-3.
Total: 5 Gruppo

Ju 87B-2 Italy 2.jpg (41.61 KiB) Viewed 3408 times

Ju 87B Italy+Germany.jpg (59.08 KiB) Viewed 3408 times

So, Dive Bombers - Switchable:

LW (switchable).jpg (31.7 KiB) Viewed 3408 times