WWII
Bulgarian Infantry Division

1941-1945 East Europe

List BN2

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 4 rifle sqds 3 Companies@
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 1 rifle PHQ sqd, 3(14 man) rifle sqds, 3 LMG
    1 MG Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 4 MMG

Divisional Recce Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, horses
    1 Cycle Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, cycles
      2 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 4 LMG, cycles
    2 Cavalry Troops@
      THQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses
      4 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, sabres, horses
      1 platoon: 4-8 LMG, 4 rifle sqds, horses
    1 Support Troop:
      THQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses
      1 platoon: 2x 37mm A/T guns, horses, 2 MMG
      2 platoons@ 4 MMG, horses

2. Regiment Support

    Infantry Regiment HQ: 5 rifle sqds with up to:

    1 Engineer Company:

      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      2 platoons@ 2-3 rifle/engineer sqds
    1 Intelligence & Recce Platoon: 3 rifle sqds 1 Support Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      1 platoon: 3 sections@ 2x 37mm Infantry Guns, 1 MMG
      1 battery: 12x 50mm mortars, Obsolete FC
    1 A/T Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 4x 37mm A/T guns or 20mm AA/AT guns, horses
    1 AA Platoon: 0 or 4x 20mm AA OR 6x AALMG, horses

3. Divisional Support

Up to:

    2 Engineer Companies@
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle/engineer sqds
    1 Artillery Battalion:
      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, horses, Obsolete FC
      3 batteries@ 4x 75mm FK16, horses, 4 LMG or MMG
    1 Artillery Battalion:
      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, horses, Obsolete FC
      3 batteries@ 4x 75mm Skoda M15, pack horses, 4 LMG or MMG
    1 Artillery Battalion:
      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, horses or 4 lorries
      3 batteries@ 4x 105mm leFH16, horses or 4 lorries, Obsolete FC
    3 MG Companies@
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 4 MMG
    3 Attached Pioneer Companies@
      CHQ: 2 rifle/pioneer sqds
      3 platoons@ 6 rifle/pioneer sqds

4. Notes

    a) No radios available.
    b) Infantry have no A/T grenades. 37mm A/T gun is probably the PAK35. 20mm AA/AT is possibly Breda 20mm. 37mm Infantry Gun and 50mm mortar are possibly French type.
    c) No HEAT or APCR rounds available.
    d) The division has 2-4 Regiments, usually 3, each of 3 battalions. Can use Corps support from List BN3.
    e) Bulgarian units occupied parts of Yugoslavia and Greece on anti-partisan duties. From September 1944 they changed sides and fought the Germans.


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