Modern
East German Tank Division

1968-1972 East Europe

List G123M

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Tank Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 1x T-54A or T-54B or T-34/85 or T-62, 1x T-54 ARV
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 1x T-54B or T-55A or T-34/85 or T-62 (3 mineroller kits)
      3 platoons@ 3x Tanks as in CHQ

Heavy Tank Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 1x Su-100 or T-10, 1x Su-100 ARV or ISU-T ARV
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 1x Su-100 or T-10
      3 platoons@ 3x Su-100 or T-10

Motor Rifle Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2x BTR-50PU, 1 AR sqd
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 1x BTR-152 or BTR-50P/PK, 1 LMG, 1(8 man) AR sqd
      3 platoons@ 2-3x APC, 3(8 man) AR sqds, 3 SAW, 3 LMG, 3x RPG-7

    1 Battery: 6x 120mm M43 mortars, 6x trucks, 1 radio truck, Assigned FC
    1 A/T Platoon: 3x 82mm B10, 3x BTR-152 or BTR-50P OR 4x Sagger-A, 2x 73mm SPG-9, 3x BTR-50PK

Divisional Recce Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 4x BRDM-1, 1(4 man) AR sqd
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 1x BRDM-1
      1 platoon: 3x PT-76
      1 platoon: 3x BRDM-1

    1 Company:
      CHQ: 1(8 man) AR sqd, motorcycle combinations
      3 platoons@ 3(8 man) AR sqds, motorcycle combinations, 3 LMG, 3 SAW

    1 NBC Recce Platoon: 4x BRDM-1Rkh

2. Regiment Support

Tank Regiment HQ: 2x T-55A or T-54B, 4x BTR-50PU, 2 AR sqds with:

    1 NBC Recce Platoon: 4x BRDM-1Rkh

    1 Recce Company:

      CHQ: 1x BRDM-1
      1 platoon: 3x PT-76
      2 platoons@ 3x BRDM-1

    1 AA Battery: 6x ZSU-57-2 or 6x ZPU-4 Quad 14.5mm & 6 trucks; or 4x ZSU-23-4 Shilka

    1 Engineer Company:

      CHQ: 1(6 man) AR sqd, 1 truck or BTR-40B
      1 platoon: 3 AR/engineer sqds, 3 trucks or BTR-50PK, 3 LMG, 3x RPG-7
      1 platoon: 3x MTU-1 or BLG-60 AVLB

Motor Rifle Regiment HQ: 2x BTR-50PU, 3 lorries, 2 AR sqds with:

    1 Russian KGB Security Section: 4x BRDM-1, 2 LMG teams, 2x twin 14.5mm ZPU-2, 3x BTR-40B

    1 Recce Company:

      CHQ: 1x BRDM-1
      1 platoon: 3x PT-76
      3 platoons@ 3x BRDM-1

    1 Engineer Company:

      CHQ: 1 AR sqd, 1 truck, 1x MTU-1 AVLB
      2 platoons@ 3 AR/engineer sqds, 3 trucks, 3 LMG, 3x RPG-7

    1 Battery: 6x 122mm D30, 6 trucks, radio van, Assigned FC

    1 NBC Recce Platoon: 4x BRDM-1Rkh

    1 A/T Battery: 6x 85mm D44 or 100mm T12A, 6 trucks, radio van

    1 A/T Battery: 6x BRDM-1/Swatter or BRDM-2/Sagger

    1 AA Battery: 4x BTR-152A OR 6x Quad 14.5mm ZPU-4 or twin 23mm ZU-23-2, 6 trucks

3. Divisional Support

Up to:

2 Engineer Platoons@ 3x BTR-60PA, 3(8 man) AR/engineer sqds, 2 flameguns, 1 LMG

2 Ferry Platoons@ 3x GSP ferries

2 Ferry Platoons@ 6x K-61 GPT or PTS-M

1 Engineer Platoon: 4x MDK-2, 8x BAT

1 Minelaying Platoon: 3x GMZ or BTR-152+ towed minelayer

1 Engineer Recce Platoon: 3x BTR-40A, 3(6 man) AR/diver squads

1 Boat Platoon: 10 (10 man capacity) assault boats on 5 lorries

1 Mineclearing Platoon: 2x BTR-50PK+ UR-67 rockets

2 Artillery Battalions@

    BHQ: 4 AR sqds, 8 lorries, Assigned FC
    3 batteries@ 6x 122mm M38 or D30, 6 lorries, radio van

1 Missile Battalion: 4x Frog-7, radio vans, resupply lorries

1 Rocket Battalion:

    BHQ: 4 AR sqds, 6 lorries, Assigned FC
    3 batteries@ 6x 122mm BM-21-40 or 240mm BM-24-12, radio van

1 AA Battery: 6x ZSU-57-2 or ZSU-23-4

4 AA Batteries@ 6x 57mm S60, 12 trucks, FC radars

3 NBC Recce Platoons@ 3x BRDM-1Rkh

4. Notes

a) Radios are in all AFV and other PHQ. Artillery is Assigned FC.

b) Infantry have RPG-6 and RKG-3M anti-tank grenades.

c) The two Tank Divisions each have 3 Armoured Regiments each of 3 Tank battalions; one Motor Rifle Regiment of 3 Motor Rifle Battalions and one Tank Battalion; and one divisional Heavy Tank Battalion.

d) Can use Army support from List G122M.

e) T-54/55 tanks have APDS from 1972.

f) All rocket, artillery, Anti-tank, AA and recce PHQ/battery HQ can add 1x RPG-7 from 1970.

g) BTR-152A can only be used if infantry are in BTR-152.

h) No more than one Tank Battalion can be T-62 equipped (10% chance).

i) From 1970 up to one Motor Rifle Battalion can replace APC with BMP-1 (3 per platoon), deleting the Anti-tank platoon.

j) Up to one Tank Battalion can be replaced by a Heavy Tank Battalion (10% chance).


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