Directive 21 scenario - security units

[jzardos]

What is the best way to use the security and MP units for the axis? Place them in key cities? Not sure yet how the partisian war happens in this game. Guerrilla soviet units star to appear?

thanks

[Silvanski]

Use them to guard your supply lines... especially railroads

[sPzAbt653]

There are no Soviet Partisan units in D21.

21. Security Divisions:

When the war in Russia began, it was deemed necessary for each army group to have some sort of rear area security, to protect the supply lines and lines of communication from partisan groups and bypassed Soviet forces. As the war progressed, the need for rear area protection grew, as partisan harassment increased. The Security Divisions did not need a large portion of heavy weapons to deal with partisans, but needed enough to outgun any enemy. This need changed when the huge Soviet breakthroughs where achieved. Much too often these Divisions were thrown in to the shattered line, or used to fill the ranks of depleted Divisions. They often used whatever equipment they could get their hands on, including Soviet volunteers.
Usually a Division contained quite a few different sub units, which again were rotated among them. In Directive 21 their standard organization is made with normal rifle squads, and low in heavy weapons. Otherwise they are organized like an Infantry Division. None of the Security Divisions will reconstruct.
At the start of the scenario, the Germans have a full compliment of Security Divisions and MP battalions. As the scenario progresses and the Axis advance deeper into Russia, more and more of these units will be withdrawn from the order of battle in order to simulate their participation in rear area security. Withdrawals of Security and MP units are not accompanied by any pre-warnings (as Soviet partisans didn't warn when and where they were going to be active).

[jzardos]

ok, nice

thanks

[Oberst_Klink]

ORIGINAL: jzardos

What is the best way to use the security and MP units for the axis? Place them in key cities? Not sure yet how the partisian war happens in this game. Guerrilla soviet units star to appear?

thanks

I might pick up on security units as well as partisans and the guerilla attack; but the basics have been covered in Tutorial '42. I might include more serious partisan attacks in Tutorial '43....

Klink, Oberst

[AlbertN]

I like the idea that the partisan warfare is abstracted that way to be honest.
In far too many games I've seen anyhow overpowered partisans.

[Lobster]

A Security 'Division' wasn't really a division at all. They were formed by breaking up the 207th, 213th and 221st Infantry Division into thirds. Each third comprised the core of a Security 'Division'. One infantry regiment, one light artillery battalion, one AT company, one infantry gun company, one recon platoon and one pioneer platoon made up this core. They were filled out using one Landesschutzen Regiment, one Wach battalion, one motorized Polizei battalion and various FK, OK, Dulag and gFP units (guys you didn't want to know). If I recall the Landesschutzen and Wach units rotated often.

[Oberst_Klink]

And don't forget about the Orpo- and Reserve Polizei Bataillone...

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... derung.htm

Klink, Oberst

P.S. Ja, it's in German, but Alexa, Siri and the other virtual chick is your friend in translating it

[Lobster]

ORIGINAL: Oberst_Klink


P.S. Ja, it's in German, but Alexa, Siri and the other virtual chick is your friend in translating it

I only deal in the real deal. [:D]