German Barbarossa List 1941
German Barbarossa List 1941
German Barbarossa List 1941
GERMAN SUPPORT LIST
LIST ONE
Satchel Charge
Medical Orderly
Engineer Mine Clearance Team, 3 men
Engineer Wire Cutting Team, 3 men
Engineer Demolition Team, 3 men
Adjutant
Minefield
Barbed Wire
Roadblock
Kubelwagen, no crew or weapon
Two solo motorcycles
Motorcycle and side‐car, no crew or weapon
Entrenchments for one Team
LIST TWO
THE RIFLE PLATOON Panzerbüchse 38/39 Team, 2 men
The German Rifle Platoon for Operation Le.GrW36 5cm mortar Team, 3 men
Barbarossa retained the same core structure as Pre‐Game Barrage
the force which had invaded France a year
earlier. This force can also be used for the LIST THREE
campaign in the Balkans in early 1941. Sniper Team
Engineer flamethrower Team, 3 men
PLATOON FORCE RATING: sPzB41 2.8cm heavy AT rifle and three crew
Regular: +3 (not available in the Balkans)
Command Dice: 5 Panzer IB with Junior Leader
SdKfz 221 or 223 with Junior Leader
PLATOON HEADQUARTERS SdKfz 251/1A‐C, no crew, MG34 mounted
Leutnant, Senior Leader, with pistol LIST FOUR
Fedlwebel, Senior Leader, with SMG PaK36 3.7cm anti‐tank gun with 5 crew
5CM MORTAR TEAM and Junior Leader
leGrW36 5cm mortar wwiith three crew leIG18 with five crew and a Junior Leader
Engineer Section with Junior Leader
SQUADS ONE TO FOUR Forward Observer and 8cm mortar battery
Obergefreiter, Junior Leader, with MP40 MG34 on tripod mount, 5 crew
LMG TEAM RIFLE TEAM Panzer 35(t) with Junior Leader
MG34 Six rifleman Panzer 38(t) with Junior Leader
Three crew Pz.III E‐G with Junior Leader
Panzerjäger I with Junior Leader
All infantry units should be rated as Regular for Kleine Befehlspanzer I with Senior Leader
the fighting in Russia. German forces should use
SdKfz 10/5 AA halftrack with Junior Leader
the national characteristics in the main rules.
Sdkfz 222 Armoured Car with Junior
Leader
StuG III A‐E with Junior Leader
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LIST FIVE drive these.
Regular Infantry Squad with Junior Leader
Flak 30 or Flak 38 2cm L55 AA gun with SATCHEL CHARGE
The satchel charge is shown on Table Seven,
five crew and Junior Leader
Hand‐Held Anti‐Tank Weapons. The charge may
PaK36(t) 4.7cm anti‐tank gun with 5 crew be used once by any Section on the table when
and Junior Leader commanded by the Senior Leader commanding
PaK38 5cm anti‐tank gun with 5 crew the platoon who is, we assume, carrying it with
and Junior Leader him up to that point.
Motorcycle Aufklarungs Squad with
Junior Leader How the charge works is detailed in Section 9.3.4,
Sdkfz 231 or 232 (8 Rad) Armoured Car Tank Hunters. A maximum of two satchel charges
may be selected by a German force.
with Junior Leader
Pz.II A‐C with Junior Leader
50MM MORTAR TEAM
Panzer II H of J with Junior Leader The 50mm mortar has only H.E. rounds; no
Pz.IV D‐F with Junior Leader smoke being provided. It has a minimum range
LIST SIX of 12”, but closer than that the crew may use
Panzer II D Flamm with Junior Leader their rifles.
Panzer IVF1 with Junior Leader
sIG33 15cm with five crew and a Junior TWIN MACHINE GUNS
The twin machine guns on the Panzer I fire with a
Leader
firepower factor of 8 to represent the enhanced
firepower.
Most of the support options on the list will be
self‐explanatory and their qualities covered by
AUFKLARUNGS SQUAD
the National Arsenal Table. All tanks and
Three motorcycles with side‐cars transport the
armoured cars come with a Junior Leader.
reconnaissance squad. It has one LMG with two
Transport only vehicles, such as the car are
crew on one machine and three riflemen on the
simply vehicles which come with no crew.
other two. When dismounted this operates with
Remember, you will need to allocate men to
one Junior Leader, a two‐man LMG Team and a THE GERMAN ARSENAL TABLE
five‐man Rifle Team. The Arsenal Table below covers a wide range of
German support options. For infantry weapons
Motorcycles move as wheeled vehicles but add and some armoured vehicle armament see Table
an additional D6 of movement when moving flat Four, The Master Arsenal Table.
out.
GERMAN ARSENAL TABLE
TANKS
VEHICLE ARMOUR A.P. H.E. SPEED NOTES
Sdkfz 221 MG
2 ‐ MG Wheeled No Hull MG
Sdkfz 222 2cm gun
2 4 6 Wheeled No Hull MG
Sdkfz 231 ( 8‐rad)
3 4 6 Wheeled No Hull MG
Sdkfz 232 ( 8‐rad) 3 4 6 Wheeled No Hull MG
Panzer IB 2 ‐ Twin Average No Hull MG, Small, Low Profile
MGs
Panzer II A‐D 3 4 6 Fast No Hull MG
Panzer II Flamm 4 Flame Flame Fast No Hull MG
Panzer III E‐G 5cm gun 4 6 4 Average
Panzer III H‐J 5cm gun
5 6 4 Average
Panzer 35(t) 3.7cm
4 5 3 Slow
Panzer 38(t) A‐D 3.7cm 4 5 3 Average
Panzer 38(t) E‐G 3.7cm 5 5 3 Average
Panzer IV D 7.5cm 4 5 6 Average
Panzer IV E‐F1 7.5cm 5 5 6 Average
StuG III A‐E
5 5 6 Average No Hull MG. Exposed top MG
Panzerjäger I
2 6 4 Average Small, No Hull or Turret MGs
Sdkfz 10/5 (2cm AA gun)
1 4 6 Wheeled No Hull MG, Open body
ANTI‐TANK GUNS
A NTI‐TANK WEAPONS A.P. H.E.
le.IG 18
4 6
PaK36 37mm AT gun
5 3
Pak 36(t) 4.7cm AT gun
6 4
PaK 385cm AT gun
7 4
Panzerbüchse 38/39 AT rifle
3 1
sPzB41 2.8cm AT rifle
5 2
Flak 30 or Flak 38 2cm AA gun 4 6