A Summer War

Soviet and Finnish Orders of Battle

by Lars Wistedt


Soviet Order of Battle

Forces Jun I 44, Soviet Player Turn

Initial Conditions

Airfields: Place a permanent airfield (capacity of 3 each) in any 4 Soviet-owned clear or woods hexes.

Rail Capacity. 15 REs.

Resource Points: Place 1 Resource Point in any Soviet-owned hex.

Accumulated Replacements: None.

Leningrad Front


(Govorov)

21st Army (Gussev) and 23rd Army (Cherepanov)

Place in 1939 Soviet Union, in or adjacent to hexes 35:4713, 35:4813, 35:4814, 35:4915, [2A: 0730, 0731, 0831]:
3x 5-6 Rifle XX 45 (Gd), 63 (Gd), 64 (Gd)
1x 4-6 Rifle XX 381
5x 3-6 Rifle XX 72,109,178,286,358
5x 3-2-8 Tank X any
2x 2-3-8 Aslt Gun X any
2x 2-1-8 Tank X any
1x 14-6 Art XX any
1x 9-6 Art XX any
1x 4-2-8 Art X any
2x 3-6 Art X any
1x 2-6 Aslt Eng X any
1x 2-0-6 Siege Art X any
1x 1-2-6 lt AA X any

59th Army (Korobnikov)

Place in any hex of Leningrad.
1x 4-6 Rifle XX 13
1x 3-6 Rifle XX 372(w)
5x 3-6 Rifle XX 177,268,281,314,365

Leningrad Front Reserves.

Place in any hex of Leningrad:
1x 4-6 Rifle XX 382(w)
2x 3-2-8 Tank X any
2x 0-1-5 Cons X any

Karelian Front


(Meretskov)

7th Army (Krutikov)

4th Rifle Corps.

Place in hexes 35:4907 and/or 35:4908 [2A:0823, 0824]:
1x 4-6 Rifle XX 144
1x 3-6 Rifle XX 272
1x 3-2-8 Tank X any
1x 2-6* Rifle X 3 (Nvl)
1x 1-6* Rifle X 70 (Nvl)
1x Fortified area any (162)

99th Rifle Corps.

Place in hexes 35:4905 and/or 35:4906 [2A:0821, 0822]:
1x 4-6 Rifle XX 18
2x 3-6 Rifle XX 65,310
1x 2-6* Rifle X 69 (Nvl)
1x Fortified area any (150)

37th Guards Rifle Corps.

Place in hexes 35:4802 and/or 35:4903, and/or 35:4904 [2A. 0719, 0819, 0820]:
3x 5-6 Rifle XX 98 (Gd), 99 (Gd), 100 (Gd)
2x 3-2-8 Tank X any (7) (Gd), 29
1x 2-1-8 Tank X any
1x 9-6 Art XX any (7)

127th Light Rifle Corps.

Place in hex 35:5004 and/or 35:5005 [2A:0921, 0922]
3x 2-6* Rifle X 30,32,33

7 Army Support and Reserves.

Place in any Soviet-owned hex occupied by or adjacent to a 7th Army unit:
1x 3-6 Rifle XX 368
2x 1-2-6 lt AA X any
2x 1-6 lt AA III any
2x 2-6 Aslt Eng X any
2x 3-1-8 Rkt III any
2x 3-6 Art X any

32nd Army (Gorelenko)

Place in hex 35:3603 and/or 35:3 703 [6A: 4520, 4619]:
6x 4-6 Rifle XX any
1x 2-1-8 Tank X any
1x 1-6 lt AA III any
2x 2-6 Art X any

Soviet Navy (VMF)

Any Soviet-owned Ladoga hex: 2x river flotilla Ladoga 1, Ladoga 2

Any Soviet-owned Onega hex: 1x river flotilla Onega

Baltic Fleet (Tributs).

At Kronshtadt (35:4916 [2A:0832]):
BB Oki. Rev. 6 BB 2-0/5 5-0-4
CA Gorkiy 2 CA 1-1/8 0-4-1
CA Kirov 3 CA 1-1/8 0-4-1
3 pts hv position AA (Nvl)

Soviet Air Force (VVS)

Place in any Soviet-owned hex/airbase
4x Yak-9 6F7 1/10
3x La-5FN 6F6 1/8
2x Yak-7B 5F6 1/9
6x IL-2m 4A5 3/8
3x Pe-2FT 5A5 3-2/13
2x Pe-2B 5A5 4-2/13

Place in any hex of Leningrad.
5x IL-4 3B4 2-4/28

Guards conversion: Convert any 5 air units to Guards status.

Soviet Reinforcements and Replacements

Jun II 44
Any hex of Leningrad:
2x 0-1-5 Cons X any

Jul I 44
Replacements: 6 inf, 3 arm, 2 art, 3 air
2 resource points

Jul II 44
Withdraw:
3x 5-6 Rifle XX 45 (Gd), 63 (Gd), 64 (Gd)
1x 14-6 Art XX any
1x 9-6 Art XX any
1x 2-0-6 Siege Art X any

Finnish Order of Battle

Forces Jun I 44, Soviet Player Turn

All forces are Finnish unless indicated as:
(GA) German Army
(LW) Luftwaffe

Initial Conditions

Forts. Place forts in hexes 35:3604, Medvezhyegorsk (35:3704), 35:4803, 35:4804, 35:4805, Podoorozhye (35:4806), 35:4807, 35:4808, 35:4714, 35:4715, 35:4815 [6A:4521, 6AA620, 2A:0720, 2A:0721, 2A:0722, 2A:0723, 2A:0724, 2A:0725, 2A:0630,2A:0631, 2A:0732].

Place other forts as described in the rest of the scenario OB, below.

Airfields: Place a permanent airfield (capacity of 3 each) in any 3 Finnish-owned clear or woods hexes.

Rail Capacity: The Finnish rail net has a capacity of 10.

Resource Points: Place 3 resource points in any Finnish-owned hex.

Accumulated Replacements: 4 Finnish inf

Finnish Rifle XX Subsitutions:
7x 5-6 Rifle XX 1,2,3,4,5,7, 8

Army of the Isthmus (Kannaksen Armeija)

(Mannerheim until 6/20/44, Oesch from 6/20/44)

III Army Corps (Siilasvuo) and IV Army Corps (Laatikainen)

In 1939 Finland, within 2 hexes of the 1939 Finnish / Soviet Karelian Isthmus border:
1x 6-6 Rifle XX 2
2x 5-6 Rifle XX 10,15
1x 3-6* Rifle X 19
1x 3-2-8 Art III 1-3
2x 0-1-5 Bdr II any

In 1939 Finland, at least 2, but no more than 3 hexes from 1939 Finnish / Soviet Karelian Isthmus border:
1x 6-6 Rifle XX 3
1x 5-6 Rifle XX 18
1x 3-8* Cav X 1
1x fort

In 1939 Finland, at least 3 hexes from the 1939 Finnish Soviet Karelian Isthmus border and within 4 hexes of Viipuri:
1x 8-10 Arm X
1x 4-3-8 Art III Hv
1x 0-1-5 Cons III Kan
1x fort

Army of Karelia (Cesch, later Talvela)

VI Army Corps (Blick) and V Army Corps (Sundman)

North of, but within 2 hexes of the Svir Line:
3x 5-6 Rifle XX 5,7,8
1x 5-6 Rifle XX 11
2x 3-6* Rifle X 15,20

North of, at least 2 hut no more than 4 hexes from, the Svir Line:
1x 5-6 Rifle XX 17

In any hex occupied by a V or VI Corps unit:
1x 1-6 * Rifle II Vol
1x 3-2-8 Art III 4-6
1x 0-1-5 Cons III Kar

II Army Corps (Makinen)

Place in either hex of the Maselskaya Defile (35:3604 or 35:3704 [6A:4521, 6A:46201):
1x 6-6 Rifle XX 1
1x 5-6 Rifle XX 14
1x 3-6* Rifle X 21

In any Finnish-owned hex, at least 2 but not more than 4 hexes from any hex of the Maselskaya Defile:
1x 6-6 Rifle XX 4

In any Finnish-owned hex occupied by a H Corps units
3x 0-1-5 Bdr II any

Finnish Air Force (Suomen llmavoimat)

Place at any Finnish-owned airbase:
1x Blen 1 3B3 1-2/20
1x F2-A 4F3 0/11
1x Ju88A 5B4 3-5/26
1x MeI09G 7F6 2/9
2x 0-8 Hv AA II any
2 points position AA

Reinforcements and Replacements

Jun II
1 Resource Point

Jul I
Hex: 35:3512 [6A:4428]
1x 3-6 Rifle X 3

Replacements:
1 Finnish inf
1 Resource Point

Note: On this turn, the Finnish player may also designate three specific rifle divisions as 1/7 ATEC capable for the remainder of the game.

Jul II
1 Resource Point

Conditional Reinforcements

The Finnish player receives these units in the initial phase that he signs the Ryti - von Ribbentrop Pact. He may sign the pact in the Axis initial phase of the Jun II or Jul I turn

At Kotka (35:4521 [1B:03071) having already expended 2 MP:
1x 5-7-6 Inf XX 122 (GA)
1x 2-1-10 Aslt Gun II 303 (GA)

At Helsinki (35:4526 [1B:0410])
1x Fw 190A 10F8 1/13 (LW)
1x Ju87D 3A4 3/11 (LW)

Receive the following unit one turn after signing the Ryti - von Ribbentrop Pact.

At Helsinki (35:4526 [IB:0410])
1x Fw 190F 9F9 3/10 (LW)

The Soviet Offensive Against Finland - June to July, 1944


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