January 01, 2019 January 01, 2019/ Robert Avery

Core Troops

Support from Battalion

Support from Regiment

Support from Division

Motorised Infantry Pioneer Platoon (no transport)

Light Field Artillery Battery (105mm Howitzers)

Infantry Armoured Car Platoon

Army Level Support

Other Support

January 01, 2019 January 01, 2019/ Robert Avery

Core Troops

Support from Battalion

Support from Regiment

Mounted Reconnaissance Platoon (remnants)

Support from Division

Light Field Artillery Battery (105mm howitzers, no transport)

Army Level Support

December 31, 2018 December 31, 2018/ Robert Avery

Below are all the options possible for German armoured support in Poland in 1939. Only one company from the list below can be fielded.

Light Tank Company

Light Tank Company A

German Light Tank Company/Trucked

Light Tank Company from 1st Light Panzer Division

Light Tank Company from 3rd Panzer Division

Medium Tank Company

December 31, 2018 December 31, 2018/ Robert Avery

The German infantry company of 1939 was very different from the one that would later march into France and the Low Countries. Infantry squads were bigger, and there were less machine guns available; and almost everything was horse-drawn rather than remotely motorised.

What has been interesting is seeing how my generic "early war German" collection has translated into a force for the Polish campaign...

Core Troops

Support from Battalion

Support from Regiment

Anti-Tank Gun Platoon (missing one limber)

Support from Division

Light Artillery Battery (105mm howitzers, no tows)

December 30, 2018 December 30, 2018/ Robert Avery

The Company represents one of the many small forces tasked with keeping the Germans from the corridor through which the main bulk of the British Expeditionary Force is retreating towards Dunkirk. It has already seen action, suffering some casualties, and has picked up all sorts of odds and sods on the way.