Part 3B – Building a Rifle Division For our example of a Soviet Rifle Division OOB, I will use the 80th Guards Rifle Division highlighted in the previous blog. The 80th Guards Rifle Division was part of the 31st Guards Rifle Corps in the 4th Guards Army. Looking at a page from the book, “The Read more about Researching an Order of Battle – The Soviets (continued 1)[…]

Firstly, we would like to thank everyone for the support we have received since announcing the formation of the team in August 2016. The response has been extremely positive and with the release of the patches for Panzer Battles Normandy & Kursk, showcase the improvements we are bringing to the series. We are on plan Read more about Wargame Design Studio – End of Year Update[…]

Part 3 – Introduction : The Soviets The Soviets are probably my favorite nationality for creating an Order of Battle for. Over the years I have acquired a great amount of primary Soviet documents which makes the task easier. Starting back in 2001 when I first started research for John Tiller, I purchased a 12 volume set Read more about Researching an Order of Battle – The Soviets[…]

Part 2C In the last blog entry we looked at building out our order of battle for the 6. Panzer Divisions Artillery Regiment using the kriegsgliederung and the KsTNs. Now let us look at the kriegsgliederung schematic for the armored panzergrenadier battalion. For the 6. Panzer-Division this unit was the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 114. Let’s explain the symbols used Read more about Researching an Order of Battle – The Germans (continued)[…]

Part 2B In our last blog entry we begun to research information on the component units of the 6. Panzer Division along with where and when it saw action. Divisions are large organizations, a conglomerate of a range of specialist units. This blog post aims to show how we take these various components and build Read more about Researching an Order of Battle – The Germans[…]