OOB 066 Sweden [WIP]

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Unit Slot.....Name................Unit class
459...........Bkv 151 Battery......156 O/M Heavy Artillery

Changes:

Changed name to Bkan 1A Battery. Set end date to 12/103.


Unit Slot.....Name................Unit class
202...........Strf 9040/56......127 Gun APC (Tracked)

Change:

Changed start date to 11/120.

This was a prototype of the CV90 family armed with the Rb56 BILL ATGM. It is very unlikely it will advance beyond trials.


Unit Slot.....Name................Unit class
049...........SSG AMOS DF.........18 Assault Gun

Unit Slot.....Name................Unit class
433...........SSG 120 AMOS.........38 SP Mortar

Unit Slot.....Name................Unit class
434...........SSG 120 STRIX........38 SP Mortar

Change:
Changed start date to 11/120 for all AMOS units.

This was a prototype of the CV90 family. Dual 120mm SP mortar system. It is very unlikely it will advance beyond trials.

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

131..............Mech Inf Plt 501
132..............Mech Inf At Plt 501
133..............Mech Inf Co 501

Changes:
End date changed to 12/107.
Switched from Infantry to MISC screen.

(Because of the rare use of BMP-1 APCs in Sweden these formations have been switched to the MISC screen.)

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

070..............SP-Mortar Co 08
215..............Assault AMOS Pl

Changes:
Start date changed to 11/120.

(Because it is highly unlikely that the AMOS system will be fielded by the Swedish armed forces.)

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Pansarbrigad 63

Armoured Brigade type 63 replaced the previous armoured brigade type organisations in the early 60s and remained for the rest of the cold war.

The Brigad Organisation:

HQ, Staff and Staff Coy.
Armoured Recce Company
3 Armoured Battalions
Artillery Battalion
Engineer Battalion
2 AT Companies
AA Company
Armoured Supply Battalion

Significant for this brigade organisation was the combanied arms approach, even at lower levels. Earlyer organisations had made use of pure tank battalions etc but it was usually neccessary to form all arms task forces in the field and this took time. Also, normal Swedish terrain usually limited the size of units where integrated combat was possible to company or battalion. Thus these units needed to have a mix of weapons and great flexibility.

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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.