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[MarcoT.]

Panzer Corps 2: Elite – Ghost Division is now available for $4.99, inviting you to command one of the most iconic units of World War II through a new nine-scenario campaign. This DLC follows the full combat history of the 7th Panzer Division from its early battles in Poland as the 2nd Light Division, through the breakthrough in France, to brutal fighting on the Eastern Front.

Famous for its speed and surprise tactics, the Ghost Division campaign emphasizes momentum and historical accuracy, offering a mix of classic objectives and challenging bonus goals that reward you with rare prototype gear.

Panzer Corps 2 Complete Edition

The Introduction from the book “The 7th Panzer Division”
The Ghost Division DLC for Panzer Corps 2 is deeply rooted in real historical events, with the developers carefully tracing the 7th Panzer Division’s wartime path to shape the structure, scenarios, and tone of the campaign. As a tribute to that legacy, here’s an excerpt from the introduction of The 7th Panzer Division in World War II, a book written by veterans to preserve the memory of their unit and offer future generations a deeper understanding of its history.

Thirty years after the surrender of 1945, we published the book “The 7th Panzer Division in World War II,” which won admiration inside and outside of Germany. We did it to remember, and to express our thanks to the men of our division whom we have buried on the battlefields for their final sleep.

Today, another thirteen years later, the contours of war experiences have become less clear through the long passage of time, and even in our own memory many a picture of the service and sacrifice of Rommel’s onetime “Ghost Division” has faded away. Although the reality of the present day surrounds us and the fast pace of time wipes out one memory after another, the general striving for clear historical portrayal has grown stronger, even the younger people want to understand the reality of the war’s events.

For these reasons, there arose the plan to portray the war history of the old 7th Panzer Division once again. By presenting this work, our wish is fulfilled that it may be accepted not only a contribution to the better understanding of our history, but rather this volume of pictures should cause us to reflect and, through constant striving and mutual understanding, be able to build a good future.

Gerhard Hohensee
Honorary President
Tradition Society of the 7th Panzer Division
Summer 1978

[Tassadar]

Setting things up for the run, this time trying to keep it as historical as I can (given some limitations of what can be represented in the game) and looks like it is not going to be an easy research challenge. Already over 1 hour in setting up my core for the 1st mission to mirror the 2nd Light Division.

[Grondel]

Setting things up for the run, this time trying to keep it as historical as I can (given some limitations of what can be represented in the game) and looks like it is not going to be an easy research challenge. Already over 1 hour in setting up my core for the 1st mission to mirror the 2nd Light Division.

Maybe this can help. It´s the list of regiments.


If u need more feel free to ask.

sers,
Thomas

[wecker]

Hello all,

I just bought the game yesterday and started the first scenario.

Thank you for the DLC and your committment in bringing out new stuff. So far everything is smooth and going well.

Just one question: what is the aim of the PK-woman? Is this an objevtive - do I get prestige - a new vehicle or hero?

Somehow I didn`t get it what to expect...

Thanks

[Grondel]

Setting things up for the run, this time trying to keep it as historical as I can (given some limitations of what can be represented in the game) and looks like it is not going to be an easy research challenge. Already over 1 hour in setting up my core for the 1st mission to mirror the 2nd Light Division.

Oh, btw, just outa curiosity, let me know how u labeled the "famous" air wing of the 7th Panzer Division.

sers,
Thomas

[Tassadar]

Setting things up for the run, this time trying to keep it as historical as I can (given some limitations of what can be represented in the game) and looks like it is not going to be an easy research challenge. Already over 1 hour in setting up my core for the 1st mission to mirror the 2nd Light Division.

Maybe this can help. It´s the list of regiments.


If u need more feel free to ask.

sers,
Thomas

Thanks, that lexicon is one of my sources actually next to publications by Niehorster and Jentz (the latter with some reserve given some known inaccuracies). Really the biggest issue is equipment accuracy, since organizationally the structure is well documented. For example, some recon cars were very varied in use, so hard to pinpoint which were in stock. There are also subtle things like not being able to use motorcycle troops in 1939 yet, as they are not available in the game at that point, or having an uneven mix of vehicle models versus in-game units leading to some unbalance, but I should sort this out. Figured I'd give this a try as an extra challenge this time given the more historical focus of the DLC.

Setting things up for the run, this time trying to keep it as historical as I can (given some limitations of what can be represented in the game) and looks like it is not going to be an easy research challenge. Already over 1 hour in setting up my core for the 1st mission to mirror the 2nd Light Division.

Oh, btw, just outa curiosity, let me know how u labeled the "famous" air wing of the 7th Panzer Division.

sers,
Thomas

AAR incoming, hopefully first post by Sunday, but I plan to run with Denied Air Force, so snakingly getting myself out of this.

[Grondel]

AAR incoming, hopefully first post by Sunday, but I plan to run with Denied Air Force, so snakingly getting myself out of this.

There will be gifts, no snaking for u

sers,
Thomas

[Tassadar]

AAR incoming, hopefully first post by Sunday, but I plan to run with Denied Air Force, so snakingly getting myself out of this.

There will be gifts, no snaking for u

sers,
Thomas

I can always disband them same as I could fix the typo.

[adiekmann]

Setting things up for the run, this time trying to keep it as historical as I can (given some limitations of what can be represented in the game) and looks like it is not going to be an easy research challenge. Already over 1 hour in setting up my core for the 1st mission to mirror the 2nd Light Division.

Only the first scenario has you in Poland as the 2nd Light Division, so I didn't bother with its composition. Instead, I immediately named my units after the 7th Panzer.

All units are battalion size, or as much as is possible: Pionier, four infantry units/battalions (2x Grenadier and 2x Wehr Infantry), and 2x panzer units for each Panzer regiment (25th and 66th). You start with 4 tanks, even though from what I could find it only had 3 panzer battalions (only 1 in Pz.Rgt.66). Three artillery units for me = three batteries of one artillery regiment. Recon: Aufklärungs-Abteilung 37 and Kradschützen-Bataillon 7. Nothing lists it with a FlaK abteilung until a couple of years later, but I named it after the ones they eventually get then: Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 296. You start with 2, so I guess leichte and schwere Batteries?

Aircraft? I choose a fighter wing and each game unit is 1 of the gruppen. This time around I am going with JG 51. Don't have any bombers in my core (yet).

[Grondel]

Aircraft? I choose a fighter wing and each game unit is 1 of the gruppen. This time around I am going with JG 51. Don't have any bombers in my core (yet).

JG51 as part of the 7th Panzer? Mölders just started rotating.

sers,
Thomas

[Trenchard]

Not seeing any achievements in Steam. Will there be?

[adiekmann]

Aircraft? I choose a fighter wing and each game unit is 1 of the gruppen. This time around I am going with JG 51. Don't have any bombers in my core (yet).

JG51 as part of the 7th Panzer? Mölders just started rotating.

sers,
Thomas

I didn't name it "Mölders" since he is still alive at this time!

Outside of JG 27 in Africa, air wings/groups changed/rotated so much that I never really attached any particular wing or group to my ground forces. Just choose one. For a long time it was JG 53 "Pik As" as it contained many veteran pilots from SCW, so in AO they were usually my first fighter wing.

[Tassadar]

Nothing lists it with a FlaK abteilung until a couple of years later, but I named it after the ones they eventually get then: Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 296. You start with 2, so I guess leichte and schwere Batteries?

Also found leichte Flak-Abteilung 86 starting 1940 with 3 batteries (temporary, but works), so that should give some options.