Fall Weiss/25 Bathtub Campaign:
Polish Order of Battle
Polish Division:
1 Divisional HQ
1 75mm AA Battery
Pomorze Regiment
1 Regiment HQ (Pomorze)
2 Battalion HQs (Czersk, Wschod)
5 Infantry Companies (4, 16, 19, 15, 27)
1 Cavalry Platoon (Pomorska)
2 National Guard Platoons
1 AT Battery
2 75mm Batteries
1 100mm Howitzer Battery
1 105mm Cannon Battery
1 TKS tankette
3 Mounted or Bicycle Patrol Stands
Krakow Regiment
1 Regiment HQ (Krakow)
2 Battalion HQs (Slask, Bielsko)
8 Infantry Companies (23, 55, 1Mtn, 21Mtn, 6, 7, 11, 45)
1 Cavalry Platoon (Krakow)
1 Motorized Cavalry Platoon (10)
2 National Guard Platoons
2 AT Batteries
1 81mm Mortar Battery
3 75mm Batteries
2 100mm Howitzer Batteries
1 155mm Howitzer Battery
1 TKS tankette
1 40mm AA Battery
4 Mounted or Bicycle Patrol Stands
Poznan Regiment
1 Regiment HQ (Poznan)
4 Infantry Companies (14, 17, 25, 26)
2 Cavalry Platoons (Wielkopolska, Podolska)
1 National Guard Platoon
1 AT Battery
1 75mm Battery
1 100mm Howitzer Battery
1 TKS tankette
2 Mounted or Bicycle Patrol Stands
Lodz Regiment
1 Regiment HQ (Lodz)
1 Battalion HQ (Piotrkow)
5 Infantry Companies (30, 2, 10, 22Mtn, 28)
2 Cavalry Platoons (Wolynska, Kresowa)
1 National Guard Platoon
1 AT Battery
2 75mm Batteries
1 100mm Howitzer Battery
1 105mm Cannon Battery
1 81mm Mortar Battery
1 7TP tank
1 40mm AA Battery
3 Mounted or Bicycle Patrol Stands
Prusy Regiment
1 Regiment HQ (Prusy)
7 Infantry Companies (3, 12, 19, 29, 36, 39, 44)
2 National Guard Platoons
1 81mm Mortar Battery
2 AT Batteries
2 75mm Batteries
1 100mm Howitzer Battery
1 155mm Howitzer Battery
3 Mounted or Bicycle Patrol Stands
Karpaty Regiment
1 Regiment HQ (Karpaty)
2 Infantry Companies (22, 38)
1 Motorized Cavalry Platoon (Warsaw)
2 Infantry Platoons (2Mtn, 3Mtn)
1 National Guard Platoon
1 AT Battery
1 75mm Battery
1 TKS tankette
1 Mounted or Bicycle Patrol Stand
Modlin Regiment
1 Regiment HQ (Modlin)
2 Infantry Companies (8, 20)
2 Cavalry Platoons (Nowogrodzka, Mazowiecka)
1 National Guard Platoon
1 AT Battery
1 75mm Battery
1 Mounted or Bicycle Patrol Stand
Kutno Battalion
1 Battalion HQ (Kutno)
2 Infantry Companies (5, 24)
1 75mm Battery
Narew Battalion
1 Battalion HQ (Narew)
2 Infantry Companies (8, 33)
2 Cavalry Platoons (Suwalska, Podlaska)
1 National Guard Platoon
1 75mm Battery
Wyszkow Battalion
1 Battalion HQ (Wyszkow)
3 Infantry Companies (1, 41, 35)
1 AT Battery
1 75mm Battery
Aviation Squadron:
2 PZL P.11c fighters
2 PZL P.23 Karas light bombers
Unit Quality:
1, 2, 3 Infantry Companies, Infantry Platoons, all Cavalry and Motorized Cavalry stands: Veteran,
Morale 9
4-30 Infantry Companies: Experienced, Morale 8
31+ Infantry Companies, National Guard stands: Regular, Morale 7
Unit Organizations:
Division HQ:
1 Command Stand, 1 Staff Radio Truck, 1 Car
Regiment HQ:
1 Mounted Command Stand, 1 Staff Telephone Wagon, 1 Mounted FO Stand
Battalion HQ:
1 Command Stand
Infantry Company:
1 Command Infantry Stand, 2 Infantry Stands, 1 MG Cart (attached)
Infantry Platoon:
1 Self-Ordering Infantry Stand
Cavalry Platoon:
1 Self-Ordering Cavalry Stand
Motorized Cavalry Platoon:
1 Self-Ordering Infantry Stand, 1 Medium Truck
National Guard Platoon:
1 Self-Ordering Infantry Stand
AT Battery:
1 37mm L/45 Bofors AT Gun, 1 Gun Crew (ds), 1 Limber
75mm Battery:
1 75mm L/34 Field Gun, 1 Gun Crew (ds), 1 Limber, 1 Ammo Wagon
100mm Howizer Battery:
1 100mm L/24 Howitzer, 1 Gun Crew (ds), 1 Limber, 1 Ammo Wagon
105mm Cannon Battery:
1 105mm L/28 Cannon, 1 Gun Crew (ds), 1 Limber, 1 Ammo Wagon
155mm Howitzer Battery:
1 155mm L/14 Howitzer, 1 Gun Crew (ds), 1 Limber, 1 Ammo Wagon
40mm AA Battery:
1 40mm L/56 Bofors AA gun, 1 Gun Crew (ds), 1 Limber
75mm AA Battery:
1 75mm AA gun, 1 Gun Crew (ds), 1 Limber, 1 Ammo Wagon
Notes:
1. All Infantry and Cavalry stands (excluding Patrol stands, National Guard
infantry stands, and stands belonging
to infantry companies with designation higher than 30) have integral AT rifles.
2. Patrol stands may not combine to form Recon stands.
3. Self-ordering Motorized Cavalry stands may issue orders to their transport
vehicles.
4. AFV stands are not self-ordering.
Methodology:
The aim of this conversion was to retain an accurate depiction of the opposing
armies' operational formations, at the cost of sacrificing some TO&E accuracy
above company level. Therefore each corps or army-sized formation has been
reduced to a regiment or a battalion.
Division-sized formations are represented by companies, with altered number and
type of stands when necessary. Separate regiments and brigades are represented
by self-ordering stands. Other troop units, such as reconnaissance cavalry and
bicycle troops, are represented by patrol stands. The quantity of supporting
weapons (AT guns, howitzers, etc.) was arrived at by calculating the ratio of
such weapons per infantry company, then distributing them accordingly among
higher headquarters, depending on the number of infantry companies under each
HQ. Command stands other than belonging to infantry companies and higher-echelon
(i.e., battalion and regiment) HQs have been deleted.
In contrast to the "bathtubbing" methodologies used in Barbarossa/25 or the
"bathtub" armies published in the Command Post newsletter, the method used here
does a better job, in my opinion, of preserving the differences of capabilities
between various armies, not just the differences in size and equipment type.
This difference is particularly stark in the case of Fall Weiss/25. Whereas
Poland's largest mobile formation was a cavalry (or motorized cavalry) brigade,
Germany fielded far larger mobile formations of more than one division apiece.
This disparity is reflected in the Fall Weiss/25 OBs by the disparity between
Polish self-ordering motorized infantry or cavalry stands, and German mobile
battalions. Furthermore, by lacking motorized or AFV command (or even
self-ordering) stands, the Polish player cannot create a larger
motorized/cavalry/armored force that the historical Polish commanders could not
create in 1939. The few Polish tanks and tankettes are therefore dispersed, as
their historical counterparts were, among the slow-moving infantry companies.
Mike J.
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