Many of our readers refight the desert campaign with Avalon Hill's Afrika Korps boardgame. Also, judging by the response to the Panzer Armee Afrika article in Issue #1, many use the tabletop to resolve combat. Why not combine the two and refight the campaign using the Avalon Hill mapboard as the overall map and transferring combat to the tabletop. In some cases, combat should be resolved by the Avalon Hill rules, in order that the campaign might not take five years to refight.

Many thanks should go to Mike Arnovitz, now an officer in the Yankee Army. Hike sent me a year ago his complete works on his campaign that he fought solo. It is an amazing piece of reference work. Along with my files, and Mike's works, I can just about cover any point of reference in the campaign. Future articles will deal with the Italian and British forces, both as boardgames and Actual and tabletop TO's.

If you will notice the attack and defense factors are higher than Avalon Hill adovacates. This is for the game buff who will not use tabletop figures. In this manner a whole counter will not be gone if you loose a combat. This will give the commanders a chance to fight a war of attrition and supply.

21st Panzer Division (March 41)

5th Panzer Regiment 16-16-10
104th Panzergrenadier Regiment 8-8-10
3rd Reconnaissance Battalion 6-6-10,
3rd Engineer Battalion 5-510
39th Panzerjager Battalion 4-4-10
617th Anti-Aircraft Battalion 6-6-10
155th Artillery Regiment 6-6-10

15th Panzer Division (May '41)

8th Panzer Regiment 16-16-10
115th Panzergrenadier Regiment 8-8-10
33rd Reconnaissance Battalion 6-6-10
33rd Engineer Battalion 5-5-10
33rd Panzerjagers 4-4-10
612th Anti-Aircraft Battalion 6-6-10
33rd Artillery Regiment 6-6-10

90th Light Division (February 42)

361st Afrika Regiment 8-8-7
55th Rifle Regiment 7-7-7
200th Rifle Regiment 7-7-7
580th Reconnaissance Battalion 6-6-10v 190th Panzerjaeer Battalion 4-4-7
707th and 708th Heavy Infantry Gun Companies 2-2- 7
190th Artillery Regiment 6-6-7

164th Light Division June 42)

125th Rifle Regiment 7-7-7
382nd Rifle Regiment 7-7 7
433rd Rifle Regiment 7-7-7
220th Reconnaissance Battalion 6-6-10
609th Panzerjager Battalion 4-4-7
20th Artillery Regiment 6-6-7

51st Ramcke Parachute Brigade (June 42)

1/2 Parachute Rifle Battalion 5-5-7
1/3 Parachute Rifle Battalion 5-5-7
1/7 Parachute Rifle Battalion 5-5-7
Parachute Lehrbattalion Burkhart 2-5-7
1st Parachute Panzerjager Battalion 4-4-7
1st Parachute Light Gun Company 1-1-7

19th Anti-Aircraft Division

66th Motorized Anti-Aircraft Regiment(Mar 41) 8-8-10
102nd Moterized Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Nov 41) 8-8-10
135th Moterized Anti-Aircraft Regiment(Feb42) 8-8-10

104th Provisional Army Artillery Regiment (May 41)

210cm Howitzer Battery 773 3-3-7
150cm Gun Battery 713 2-2-7
105cm Gun Battery 3 1-1-7
*Note - if used as one counter 6-6-7

300th Oasis Battalion 5-8-7
Note: there were 3 companies - if used seperatly 1-2-7

Headquarters, Afrika Korps (March 41) (1-1-12)
Note: Rommel counter adds 3 squares to movement factor

Headquarters, Panzer Armee Afrika

Hdq. 15th Rifle Regiment 7-7-10
Motorcycle Battalion 15 5-5-10
Machine Gun Battalion 2 5-8-10
Kampfgruppe Keil (1 battalion-of Motorized Infantry and 1 Panzerjager Battery 3-3-10

Note -Artillery may be one square behind the combat square, but its adds its attack or defense factors to the melee.