Create your own division

I would probably have a division built like modern US armored divisions and with WW2 era equipment, of course. I believe both Guderian and Manstein stated that their Panzer divisions started to fail more and more often when they started splitting their armor regiments in half- from 250 down to 200, and then to 150, 100..

"3rd Armored in the Gulf War:
At the height of the battle, the 3rd Armored Division included 32 battalions and 20,533 troops. It was the largest coalition division in the Gulf War and the largest U.S. armored division in history. In its moving arsenal were 360 Abrams main battle tanks, 340 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 128 self-propelled 155 mm howitzers, 42 Apache attack helicopters, 27 multiple-launch rocket systems, and more."

German Unit

22,000 men

250 medium tanks, Panther late model tanks in 6 battalions

50 Tiger I in one heavy battalion

100 Stug III in two battalions (for dedicated close infantry support and A/T roles)

2 Regiments of fully mechanized armored infantry in 400 Armored halftracks

2 Artillery Regiments, fully mechanized

Two armored recon battalions

Two anti-aircraft battalions, fully mechanized.

One can dream, lol

 

In the Gulf War ? Did you mean the Second World War ?

Cheers

BW

 

I fixed it

 

i'd create an assault division
armed with m1 garand rifles
and thompson sub machine guns

 

I would take an entire armored Division.

Equipped with Tiger II's, with the reliability of the Shermans..

Infantry armed with MG42 SAW's...and US Army Bazookas.

Base Infantry weapon would be.."Sturmgewehr" / MP43 or M1 Garand.

Russian Mosin-Nagent M91/30 for Sniper Teams.

Commanded by Patton.

 

Gentelmen:

The current US Armored Battalion deploys 58 Abrams Main Battle Tanks in four lettered companies. The Battalion HQ Compnay contains the Recon Platoon, the Mortor Platoon, and organic combat support.

In combat they usualy pair a tank company with an Armored infantry company and some times they will swap platoon between companies to create mixed teams. Infantry and tanks should work togeather on the battlefield.

As Ever,

Walter L. Marlowe
( Airborne all the Way)

 

First post ever. Probably sucks.
Kind: Special Ops.
Nation: Germany
Name: Das Deutsche Schwarz Tigeren (German Black Tigers)

2 regiments of infantry that are highly trained in covert ops, parachuting, mountain and coastal assault could be pretty cool. add in a bn of heavy panzers and 2 bns of panzergrenider could add in some offensive capibilities as well. have all units highly mobilized with halftracks and eqipped with some sdkfz51s (i think thats what theyre called) for recon, also add in self propelled arty such as the hummel and wespe models and what you would have is a fearsome opponet for any nation to deal with. as well, (just for the hell of it) add in a platoon of snipers to armed with g43s to add in the mix.

Arms: MP 44s, G43s w/scopes, MG42s, Panzerschrecks, and some MP40s as a secondary weapon for those snipers. Add in a couple of mortars and such, but make sure that this unit is used as a spearhead, or in special ops as much as u can. u dont want to have some of ur best men being killed off anymore than what u have to.

 

"172nd Armored Battalion"

Status: Armored (mix with infantry and artillery)
Nationality: United States Army
Part of: 29th Infantry Division
Commander: Lieutenant Colonel James Hartt
Main armor: M4A2 Sherman medium tank, M3 Stuart light tank
Infantry weapons: M1 Garand, BAR, M1A1 Thompson, M1903 Springfield, M1919 .30 caliber

Composition:

Six infantry companies
Five squads each
Nine soldiers each
Two BARs, three SMGs, four Riflemen
*One support squad
*Six men each
*Two snipers, four Machinegunners + crew

Three armor companies
Two platoons each
Five tanks each
Four M4A2 Shermans, one M3 Stuart each

One artillery company
Three groups
Two M2A1 Howitzers, two M1 57mm AT guns, two 20mm AA Bofors each

 

A Panzer division

Primary-4 tank Companies, 2 Mechanized Companies (Sdkfz Vehicles),

Secondary Weapons- (30)Medium Mortars to be used on Specialized Halftracks, (20)Light mortars in 2 man teams, and 30 88mm towed Artillery, 50 Motorcylces

Primary Tank: PzKpW-4 divided into 55 per company
Light/Secondary Tank- To be used as backup units or as required by Infantry companies

Other-An engineer Company,for River crossing demolition and so on

Other- 150 supply trucks(Oil/Munitions), 80 un-armored troop transport, 30 specialist vehicles, 4 flatbeds,25 Ambulance vehicles, 2 cement trucks, 30 field kitchens, 50 Motorcylces, 30 armored Scout cars.

 

89th Grenadier Division
Nationality: German
Specialty: All-Around Combat
Assists: Panzer Lehr Division, 3rd Fallschrim Division


5 Companies of 6,000 Grenadier Infantry, 1 squad: 11 men:
5 armed with Kar98K
4 armed with MP-40
2 armed with STG/MP-44

Of the 1,200 men in Company A, 50 are support/Snipers and MGs

1 Company of 600 Engineers, 1 squad: 4 men:
2 armed with Gewher 43
2 armed with MP-40
Each carrying a total of 40 pounds of explosives, barbed wire, basic repairing tools and empty sandbags (filled up at Battalion HQ or nearby forward OP)

2 Companies of 240 Tanks, 1 platoon: 5 tanks:
2 Panzer IV Ausf. F2s
2 Panther Ausf. Gs
1 Tiger Is

1 Artillery Company of 50 assorted guns, 1 firebase: 5 guns:
1 10.5 cm leFH 18/40 howitzer
2 Pak 38 50mm ATs
2 FlaK 38 20mm AA (Quad)

1 Supply Company of 40 assorted trucks and jeeps, 1 convoy: 8 trucks:
2 BMW R75 w/sidecar and MG42s
2 Sd.Kfz. 251s
6 Supply trucks, each carrying 1.2 tons of field rations, morphine, ammo, fuel, and other assorted items (see engineer company)

Grenadier Infantry Companies (5)- Battalion HQ A
Engineer and Armor Companies (3)- Battalion HQ B
Artillery and Supply Companies (2)- Battalion HQ C

I don't care if the numbers add up, it was fun making this

 

Ok. Power of manourve is key generally. Where are we fighting. Do I have to slug through Villiers Bocage enagements or am I sweeping east across the open steppe in the pursuit of the remenants of Rokosovsky's Army's post Kursk.

Horses for courses!

I would not touch many of the assult guns. As most were just turretless tanks. If we're fighting in 'whatifland' let rule out any assault gun with armerments smaller smaller than 100mm.

 

Wow! What a great question. If I was to form a division in north Africa during ww2 in the German army, here is what I would do. First no soldiers would be moved by trucks or lorries, except wounded. I would have 50% of my division in tiger tanks with 75mm cannons on them. 40% in bmw motorcycles with sidecars with mg42 machineguns mounted on them. Each soldier would be armed with mp-40 machineguns, and p-38 pistols. 5% of the division wood be assigned to ammo transport. The remaining 5% would be in charge of fuel, food, water, moving camps, and medical. To me this would be the perfect Division.

 

My Division:
Nationality: German

3 Regiments of Wehrmacht Infantry
(In each regiment 3 anti-tank teams and 1 mortar squad)
(Supported by 6 Tiger I's and 3 Sturmgeschutz IV's and 6 Panther's and 6 Panzer III's)

1 Battalion of SS Panzer Grenadiers
(Supported by a 6 Panzer III's and 6 Panzer IV's)

2 companies of Fallschirmjager
(each company has MG squad)
(includes 1 anti-tank team)

1 Artillery Regiment
(includes a Battalion of support infantry and 3 Panzer III's)
(12 Hummels and 6 Grilles and 12 FlaK 18 88mm)

1 battalion of Wehrmacht Cavalry

In reserve:
6 Tiger I's
12 Panzer III's
2 Hummels
1 Regiment of Wehrmacht Infantry

 

troops: Waffen SS, fallschirmjaeger, and Gross Deutschland in reserve
Tanks: Tiger 1, with T-34 in supporting role (only two kinds of tanks to supply parts for although two kinds of fuel)
Small arms: Mp-44 for infantry rifle and mg-42 for light/medium machine gun, 50 cal browning for heavy machine gun
artillery and AA artillery: German 88 gun
Side arm: doesnt matter - anything but a Nambu!

 

Yeah the Nambu was awful. I'd rather carry a samurai sword. haha