OOB 066 Sweden [WIP]

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Armoured Recce Coy 63

The Brigade Recce Company organisation included:

HQ
2 Recce Platoons (Armoured)
2 Recce Platoons (Terrain vehicle)
AT Platoon
Supply half-platoon

For game purposes I have built the Brigade Recce Platoons using existing units - 496 Recon Group and 144 Mot Recon Group. These give the Platoon an accurate set-up of the actual weapons although it might be tempting to use them as infantry when in reality Recce was their primary job. Most Swedish Recce Teams are also Size 1 which are slightly inferior to size 0 units.

The AT platoon is represented by the a dual set of the existing formation 048 AT Troop Pvtgb. It provides the company with some flexibility and saves space (no need for a new formation with 4 Pvtgb 1111).

The word troop in the Swedish OOB is slightly misleading - some Swedish unit designations do not translate well to English. Here Troop is used for something in Sweden known as Tropp - basically a half-platoon.

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Formation:........Name:

415..............ArmBde Recce Co

Game organisation of the Armoured Brigade Recce Coy:

496 Recon Group
567 Tgb 1/2 Jeep
1416 ArmBde Recce Pl
1416 ArmBde Recce Pl
1417 ArmBde Recce Pl
1417 ArmBde Recce Pl
1048 AT Troop Pvtgb
1048 AT TRoop Pvtgb

No morale/exp bonus. This might be subject to change if motivated.
Purchase Screen 1 Armour.

Formation:........Name:

416..............AmBde Recce Pl

Game organisation:

496 Recon Group
144 Mot Recon Group
144 Mot Recon Group
54 Pbv 302
54 Pbv 302
54 Pbv 302

Recce Plt with APC. No morale/exp bonus. This might be subject to change if motivated.
Purchase Screen 1 Armour.


Formation:........Name:

417..............ArmBde Recce Pl

Game organisation:

496 Recon Group
144 Mot Recon Group
144 Mot Recon Group
567 Tgb 1/2 Jeep
567 Tgb 1/2 Jeep
567 Tgb 1/2 Jeep

Recce Plt with soft transport. No morale/exp bonus. This might be subject to change if motivated. Purchase Screen 1 Armour.

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Pansarbataljon 63

The Armoured Battalion of the Armoured Brigades can be described as a sort of standing Task Force - a combined arms Kampfgruppe.

Because Swedish terrain is often limiting, and earlier organisations with pure tank and infantry battalions had not been satisfactory the Armoured Battalions of the Org 63 was characterized by integration of various arms at a low level. Some parts of the battalion were transported in soft vehicles - not ideal but neccessary - there was not enough money to buy or produce tracked SP-artillery etc.

Armoured Battalion org:

HQ
Staff Coy (included command elments and 3 Recce Platoons carried in soft vehicles).
2 Tank Companies
2 Armoured Infantry Companies
Artillery Company (105mm, towed)
Supply Company (included supply elements and a Pioneer Platoon carried in Trucks).

For game purposes I have collected the Battalion platoon size support elements, including the artillery guns, in a company formation named Arm Bn Spt 63.