Got some interesting information:
From SOVIET PARTISAN WARFARE, 1941-1944: THE GERMAN PERSPECTIVE.
A 1972 Ph.D thesis by G.H. Gordon that will help us design partisan scenarios:
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Indigenous army auxiliaries (Hilfswillige or Hiwis), recruited from among released Soviet prisoners-of-war and suitable local inhabitants, were being attached to units of the German army by the summer of 1942. Originally, these men were to free German personnel for military duty by performing most of the rear area service work. But soon guard units (Hilfswachmannschaften or Hiwas) were created out of this army auxiliary which aided the Germans during antipartisan operations.
Never completely trusting these Soviet nationals, the Germans armed the Hiwas with captured Soviet rifles and carbines. Platoon commanders could carry pistols instead of rifles if they so desired. For each rifle and carbine, 90 rounds of ammunition were provided; for each pistol, 24 rounds. Additional ammunition was provided as needed by the Germans. But the number of rounds possessed by a Hiwa at any one time was not to exceed these amounts.
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On May 17, 1942, the Germans began their spring offensive in southern Russia, aiming at both Stalingrad and the Caucasus oil fields. Although the southern sector was almost free of partisans, part of the supplies and manpower for Germany's campaigning armies in the south was usually sent through Byelorussia. Ball security, therefore, became more important than ever to the Germans and, beginning in May 1942, a series of decrees was issued on how to combat partisan rail attacks.
In forested areas, the land on both sides of the tracks was to be cleared for distances ranging from 100 to 500 meters. All structures which could provide concealment for partisans were also to be removed. The idea was to create an open no-man's land along the rail lines in which only special rail guards would be allowed.
Strongpoints were constructed within sight of each other along the rail lines in such areas as the Bryansk forests. Between these strongpoints, German patrols set up ambushes against possible partisan attacks.
Watchtowers equipped with searchlights were erected in all railroad station complexes. Each station was required to work out a plan of defense which usually resulted in the buildings being turned into small forts surrounded by rows of barbed wire, mined areas, and high timber stockades. These stockades were for protection against rifle and grenade attacks. All German personnel engaged in maintaining and operating a station were armed. By the end of 1942, watchdogs were being used in large numbers
In a station complex, the most important single facility was the water tower. German locomotives carried their own coal supplies, but no water reserves. If these water towers were removed from the immediate vicinity of the station buildings, special defensive arrangements had to be made for them.
Guard detachments equipped with heavy infantry weapons were posted at all the major rail bridges. To prevent surprise partisan attacks, the areas surrounding these structures were regularly patrolled.
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To guard against the possibility of open partisan attacks, each supply train had a guard detachment of about forty men. At least one rail car in each train would be equipped with an elevated machine-gun platform offering both observation and fields of fire along the entire length of the train.
During the day, supply trains usually moved at slow speeds and in heavily protected convoys. This practice was made possible because Russian air activity over the German rear areas was very limited. At night, traffic on certain rail lines often had to be discontinued due to the dangers of partisan attack.
Troop transports were responsible for their own security. When a German soldier went on furlough, he carried his rifle until he reached a designated station. He left it there and picked it up on his return trip. In each rail car the ranking man was car commander and in case of a partisan attack, the occupants of all cars were instructed to jump out — men from even-numbered cars to the left, odd-numbered to the right — and repel the attack.
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In the first months of the Russian campaign, German supply trucks, either singly or In convoys, were largely unprotected. The drivers were Issued small arms, but no machine guns. Until the fall of 1941, this inadequate protection of highway traffic had no serious consequences, and entire supply units as well as the drivers of single vehicles, frequently spent nights blvouaced in deep forests without being disturbed. The inhabitants of an area warned the Germans if partisans or cut-off Red Army units were near-by, and pointed out specific danger spots.
By October 1941, however, conditions began to change. Because of Nazi occupation policies, the inhabitants were no longer eager to help their new masters and highway traffic was now ambushed with Increasing regularity. The Germans now began mounting machine guns on platforms behind truck cabs, but manpower shortages prevented the use of trained machine gunners. As a result, on every trip, the relief driver would man the machine gun and watch for road-blocks and other signs of a possible ambush. Occasionally, soldiers returning from furloughs were used as escort personnel for supply convoys.
By 1942, In partisan-threatened areas near the front In the central sector, the Germans began establishing a system of strong points along all major supply roads. Trucks were now required to join convoys, ranging from ten to thirty vehicles, and were escorted by armed guards from one strong point to another. On the move, the trucks had to maintain a distance of one hundred meters between each other. Drivers were required to wear steel helmets at all times, and both the operators of the mounted machine guns as well as the escort troops had to be ready to fire in any direction at a moment's notice.
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I've already begun designing a "Truck convoy" scenario.
Basically, the house is a "fortified" strongpoint, you can see the car sitting outside; and I've chosen to do one hex space between the trucks; since if a truck is in the middle of a hex, it's 25m to the end of the hex; and 25+50+25=100m
don't expect this scenario right away; I'm a bit busy now, and I still need to finish it and pick the partisan units, and playtest it.
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