Re: French OOB06 (v.7)
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As for motorized units, I've found an interesting article https://russeurope.hypotheses.org/fi...h-Armament.pdf (although there is a small inaccuracy, because Dragons Portes were motorized cavalry, not infantry ;) ) It says among others, that at the beginning, all squads were equipped with 2 vehicles (Citroën-Kégresse P19) carrying each 1 LMG and 7 men : in fact 1 half-squad of 6 men + 1 driver. So a Dragons Portés squad had 12 men (1 VB launcher, 2 LMGs) and 2 vehicles. It fits to 361/362 Chasseurs in the game (apart from name) - each has 6 men and LMG, one has VB, both create one formation 140 GdC Chasseurs Unit 360 Chasseurs would be a command section with 7 men (number correct according to the book, I don't know if they should have VB). Therefore, form. 141 Cie Chasseurs is correct (apart from late introduction date and name) For a sake of completness, 363 Chasseurs (7 men, no support weapons) is used in formation 145 PC Cie Chasseur, with two P19 and one 60 mm mortar - it might be correct. The article confirms, that a bigger vehicle has been designed (Laffly S20TL for the Dragons Portés) to carry the whole squad, but this time reduced to 10 men, keeping the same armament (1 VB launcher, 2 LMGs). It also explains, that there was infanterie motorisée (motorized infantry), but: Quote:
Back to Dragons Portes, we have classes: 69 Mechanised Infantry with 7 men, mortar or VB (used as command section - BTW, regular 60 mm mortar in infantry squad looks suspicious) 71 Medium Mech Infantry (#32, 376) with 9 men, LMG, VB 72 Light Mech Infantry (#31, 375) with 9 men, VB Formations: 067 Pel Dragons and 068 Pel Chasseurs have one 72 class, three 71 class squads and four trucks/APC. In real platoon there were four S20TL with 10 men, each with 2 LMGs, including a command vehicle (with 10 men - no mention, that they had different armament). I have no info about company level. Obviously regular trucks of transport columns didn't carry 10-men squads, but regular infantry squads, probably packed in bigger numbers. Quote:
The article also states, that ordinary infantry had 12 men squads, each with LMG and VB - in the game units 36/37/152/155 Gpe Infanterie have 10 men and only half have LMGs. |
Re: French OOB06 (v.7)
Vichy France OOB 08:
391 Laffly 50 AM - crew should be 4 (now 3), like French one. 408 Laffly 80 AM - should have speed 25, crew 4, size 3, like in French OOB. Speaking of French armoured cars, P204(f) 2.5cm (#586) and P204(f) 5cm (#587) in German OOB has size 4 - French one has 3 (correct). |
Re: French OOB06 (v.7)
032, 380 37mm Mle 1916 - I've just read on Polish military history forum https://www.dws.org.pl/viewtopic.php...693&start=5550 an information, referring to newly found documents, that from the beginning of 1940, these old guns were returned to line units as stop-gap AT guns, receiving new Mle 1935 sabot rounds (used by weapon 12 37mm SA18 m.37 as a tank gun) - and regulation ammo load by then was 112 HE and 80 AP rounds. Earlier, in mid-1930s these guns were withdrawn as obsolete. It was believed before, that only tanks used these rounds.
By the way, all guns of this type could have bigger ammo load - I have no earlier information, but 192 rounds (12 boxes of 16 rounds) might have been applicable. Earlier, only 12.5% were AP rounds (old Mle 1892). |
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