by Dean N. Essig
Through the great effort of a player in Germany, Dr. Hans van Deventer, the German OoB for Bloody 110 is slowly being redone in a better form. Using the same Gliederrung I used in the game's design, and a much better knowledge of German symbolsand their meaning in late'44, he has graciously taken the time to redo the 2nd Panzer's Order of Battle. The full gamut of changes will be done in the reprint of Bloody 110 (and will be available separately at the time) which will be done sometime after 1993, but I wanted to give you the important changes now for those who wanted to apply them right away. The German 75mm artillery batteries should be handled as 105's-all 75mm am munition should be converted to 105mm for the game. The November 30th Gliederrung was out of date by the offensive and a further 26(!) TsR V's were delivered to the 1st Bn/ 3rd Pz Rgt. In the process of moving from the 30th report to the offensive, 2 Mk IV's were, however, somehow lost. The Recon Bn Staff recon vehicles were omitted. They consist of 10x Sdkfz 234/1 (20mm), 3x Sdkfz 234/2 Puma (50mm), and 4x Sdkfz 233 (75mm). While such "thin" vehicles will be of dubious use to the German player, they might come in handy. An assortment of additional towed and SP infantry guns and AA units will also come into play. If interest is shown, I will be happy to publish the complete revised OoB here. For the most part, the changes will affect units which show up on the night of the 16th or during the 2nd day when the preponderance of German strength is already incredible-- more will hardly be needed. Back to Table of Contents -- Operations #5 Back to Operations List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master List of Magazines © Copyright 1992 by The Gamers. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |