Nafziger OOBs

[alamos]

http://www.alternatewars.com/CARL/Nafgizer_CARL.htm

Here is a useful link.

I recommend the World War II – German Authorized Strengths (30.4 MB ZIP) download. It breaks things down to the individual. Below is an example of what you can find:

German Army
Authorized Strength
Air-Landing Motorcycle Reconnaissance Platoon
1 February 1941

Flying Squad:
Staff
1 Platoon Commander (officer)
1 submachine gun (rides in sidecar)

1st Reconnaissance Troop:
1 Troop Leader (NCO)
1 submachine gun & 1 10ccm motorcycle
1 Motorcyclist
1 rifle & 1 350ccm motorcycle with sidecar
6 Motorcycle Messengers
6 rifles & 6 100ccm motorcycles

2nd Reconnaissance Troop:
1 Troop Leader (NCO)
1 submachine gun & 1 10ccm motorcycle
1 Assistant Troop Leader (NCO)
1 submachine gun & 1 100ccm motorcycle
6 Motorcycle Messengers
6 rifles & 6 100ccm motorcycles

3rd Reconnaissance Troop:
same as 2nd Troop

Ground Squad:
2 Drivers
2 rifles 1 light passenger vehicle & 1 Kfz 18 battle vehicle
2 Drivers
2 rifles & 2 Kfz 13 Machine Gun Carriers with 2 light
machine guns
1 Driver
1 rifle & 1 Kfz 14 radio truck
3 Motorcyclists
3 rifles & 3 100ccm motorcycles

Totals:
Civil
Officers Servant NCOs Soldiers
Flying Squad 1 - 5 21
Ground Squad - - - 8
Total 1 - 5 29

Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command, National Archives Microcopy No. T-78, Roll 397, American Historical Association Committee for the Study of War Documents, Washington, DC., 1960
Copyright GFN 1993.

This may help people build squads for all different kind of units, for lots of different scenarios. al

[grant]

It was truly an awesome day when the Nafziger collection went online!

I will see your Nafziger, and raise you an Armoured Acorn http://armouredacorn.com/references.html
Check out the pictorial OOBs as well as the outstanding collection of colour references.