Stabsblatt 84 From: kolley@worldaccess.nl (Thomas Kolley) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0000 ******************Stabsblatt 84****************************** Nachfolger der ber�hmten Grand Strategy. -confidential- -eyes only- Nr. 84 Auflage 20 Herausgeber, Redakteur, Zensor, Druck: Th. Kolley Preis DM 4 (& Mitgliedschaft). Email DM 2 OC 7 ZAT Every second (or third) thuresday Zugabgabe, Donnerstag, jede 2.Woche. If the enemy is in range, so are you. 1. Angetreten zum Rapport .(Briefing) Herr Wiedenluebbert hat den Dienst quitiert (out of the military service witht all honours). Er erhaelt den grossen Zapfenstreich. Stud.phil. F.Knauss wird Clubmitglied (stays as member) bleiben und an einem naechsten Spiel teilnehmen falls nicht WWII. Ich werde mich sehr bemuhen dem zu entsprechen. Zur Zeit denke ich ueber (next game ?)"Waterloo" und "Desert Storm" nach. We welcome as new members Hanz, Clinton and Adrian. Please feel free to communicate with them privatly but game orders, reports, etc must be done in the right stile by the given order/report etc form, not just prosa. 2. Comments and diskussion on OC 5 (Arnheim-Nimwegen): M.Wiedenluebbert: He liked the service and the game. F.Knauss: He enjoyed the narrative of "Grebbelinie 1940" and "KG Peiper 1944" more, he regards not to have securet the traffic bridge at Nimwegen more and seems to be content to have hit hard the units of General Major Finger at Hees. He will move for one year to Japan (Bitte gibt mir deine jeweilige Email adresse und ich schicke Dir SB per INTERNET fuer DM 2 anstelle DM 4 hinterher). All the other player stay in the new game, their comments on OC 5 will be in SB 85. 3. News from the Front/Stars and stripes: The front 15.October 1944, Breskens bridhead. In Walcheren the German 70 ID "Weissbrotdivision" covers firm the peninsula. In Breskens bridghead the 64 ID occupies a strong fortified position. All Part of AOK 15 (Army HQ 15) of General der Infanterie G.Lux. In the area is preparing for attack 1th Canadian ID, under Command of I. Canadian Corps, LG Tucker, part of 21 Army Group, Field Marshall Sir Andriese. The map shows the situation, the fortified positions of 64 ID (2 lines) and the positions of 1 Can Div. Note especially the bunkers at Breskens. On the other side at Vlissingen harbour are also Gun emplacements and bunkers. From other parts of the front. as we understand their is an patton-like- and very abel officer now commanding 3rd US Army with a swedish background. And both Air forces are now commanded by very distiguished airman, keen to bomb the enemy ALWAYS. Wait for the mighty 8 !!!! The red team. The blu team has 1 AOK (Army HQ) still open for a player. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teamchef.................................................................................***** General M.Jonda Senior attorney in the War Office (Disciplin)...............M.Jonda 21 Army Group/UK/ British 2nd British Army/Reinforcement..Field Marshal Sir D.Andriese @ 1 th Canadian army .........................Lt. General SHAEF/ 12 US ArmyGroup/+ 1th US Army + Reinforcement....****General M.Jonda 3nd US Army ..............................*** General Hanz Johansson @ 9 US Army, Chef AL Truppen.............** (open position)General.... 6 th US Army Groep (Dever) + 7th US Army +......*** General 1. Franz. Armee + ULTRA.................. ..........Gereral.... Chief US Airforces.......................Air Chief Marshal C.Boyda @ Chief UK Airforce....................Air Marshal Sir M.Fleck @ ANCEF.................................Admiral Glenn Adrian @ Dutch units..................................................H.Venema -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @ Email (or soon). Breskens bridghead (part staffmap) 4. Wahl der Karten: With your first move you must choose: 1. I will the original A1 maps 1:200000 *6 sheets A1 and several photocopies) for DM 65. 2. I take A3 photocopies, costs not known yet, probably around DM 20 3. I am satisfied with the *.bmp *.pcx or printed maps and want no more. DM 0 5. Next move (ZAT): 20th july (3 weeks), modem, fax, email must be in on the 19th. The following move (ZAT) wil alos be 3 weeks, than we will continu with the normaly bi-weeckly rythme. 6 . OC 7 : Wacht am Rhein , Westfront Oktober 1944 - Januar 1945 Victory conditions (revised): Knock out: 1. Deutsche Truppen erreichen die Kanalkueste aber suedwaerts Dunkirchen (einschliesslich) mit einem Angriff aus dem Reichsgebiet oder man umschliesst zumindestens xx % der allierten Divisionen. Man hat eine LOC bis zum Reichsgebiet. (German troops reach channel coast south of Dunkirchen) 2. Allierte Truppen bilden einen Brueckenkopf (haben eine Bruecke im Einsatz) uerber den Rhein im Reichsgebiet und eine LOC bis zu Antwerpen oder Brest.(Allied troops cross Rhine river within the Reich border) Sieg des deutsche Teams/ Sieg des allierten Teams bei Szenarioende mit den meisten Punkten. The ending position/Die jeweilige Position muss von zumindestens /at least 3000 ( ) MAN sowie 25 GER/50 AL Tanks erreicht sein and an open LOS. CAP may not be less than II. Otherwise the game ends at 01.01/10.01 ore as player wish with the following point system; The allied side needs 300 points to win, otherwise it will be an German Victory Points: Paris, Antwerpen, Bruessel, Luxemburg: 50 points Metz, Strassburg, Koeln, Aachen, Utrecht: 25 points Den Haag, Rotterdam, Nancy, Saarbruecken, Trier, Belford, Groningen, Nimwegen, Kaiserslautern: 10 points Aufgrund von nachtraeglichen Kartenkorekturen musste die Punktzahl um 50 Punkte zuungunsten der Allierten veraendert werden. The victory conditions anf their final fixation. Attacks: an divisional attack will be executed the NEXT day, an corps attack the second day, army 1 week later. An attack with prepararory fire takes an additional day. This means you have to plan ahaed. 8.Woerterbuch/GLOSSARY A-2: Intelligence section of air staff AAF: Army Air Forces AAR: After action report ABDA: American-British-Dutch-Australian theater of war covering area from Bay of Bengal to Australia Abn: Airborne AC: Air Corps ACofAS: Assistant Chief of Air Staff AD Armored division Admiral Kanalkueste: Admiral commanding channel coast naval district AF: Air Force AEAF: Allied Expeditionary Air Force AFHQ: Allied Force Headquarters AGWAR: Adjutant General, War Department A Gp: Army group AKA: Cargo Ship, Attack Amph: Amphibious ANCXF: Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force ANFA: Hotel at Casablanca at which plenary meetings were held in January 1943 Anlage: Transport Ship, Attack APA: Appendix or annex l'Armee Secrete: Secret army formed by officers and men of the French Regular Army ART Artillery ASW: Assistant Secretary of War BAR: Browning Automatic Rifle Bazooka: Rocket launcher, hand-carried BCRA: Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action (Central Intelligence and Operations Bureau) Belgian Gate: Barricade-like gates used as underwater obstacles Bn: Battalion bodenstaendig (bo): Static (division) Br: British; branch Bull: Bulletin cc: Combined Commanders CCA: Combat Command A ccs: Combined Chiefs of Staff CinC: Commander in Chief co: Commanding Officer COA: Committee of Operations Analysts Cofs: Chief of Staff COHQ: Combined Operations Headquarters Comdr: Commander Commandos: Specially trained British assault troops Concertina wire: Cylindrical portable barbed wire entanglement le Conseil National de la Risistance: National Council of Resistance CAP: How your formation or units are evaluatet. COF: Commanding officer factor, how I look at your performance Corncobs: Blockships Cos: British Chiefs of Staff Cosintrep: Combined situation and intelligence report COSSAC: Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Designate) CPS: Combined Planning Staff DBST: Double British Summer Time DD: Duplex Drive amphibious tank D Day: The first day of any military operation, specifically the day OVERLORD was launched DSC: Distinguished Service Cross DSO: Distinguished Service Order DUKW: 2-1/2-ton, 6x6 amphibious truck E-boat: Small German torpedo boat(German S-Boot) Ersatzheer: German Replacement Army ETO: European Theater of Operations ETOUSA: European Theater of Operations, United States Army FA: Field Artillery FFI: Forces Francaises de l'Interieur (French Forces of the Interior) Flak: Antiaircraft FO: Field Order Francs Tireurs et Partisans: French communist resistance group Freiwillige: Volunteers Fuesilier battalion: Separate infantry and reconnaissance battalion in the German 1944-type division FUSA: First United States Army FUSAG: First United States Army Group G-1: Personnel section of divisional or higher staff G-2: Intelligence section G-3: Operations section G-4: Supply section Geschwader: Luftwaffe wing GHQ: General headquarters Gkdo.: Generalkommando (German corps-type headquarters) GO: General Order Grossadmiral: Grand-Admiral Hedgehog: Portable obstacle, made of three crossed angle irons Hilfswillige: Volunteer Auxiliaries (non-German) Hornets: 88-mm. self-propelled antitank guns ID Infanteriedivision Int sum: Intelligence summary Jaeger (division or other unit): Light infantry (division or other unit) JB: joint Board jcs: joint Chiefs of Staff jedburgh teams: Three-man inter-Allied teams, parachuted into French territory to act as liaison between the maquis groups and SHAEF jic: joint Intelligence Committee JPS: joint Planning Staff jsm: joint Staff Mission jssc: joint Strategic Survey Committee JWPC: joint War Plans Committee Kampffuehrung: Conduct of operations Kampfgruppe: A term loosely assigned to improvised combat units of various sizes, named usually after their commanders KMA: German coastal mine KTB: Kriegstagebuch (war diary) Landesschuetzen battalion: Home Guard battalion sometimes employed outside Germany Landfront: Landward fortifications of Cherbourg Landwirt submarines: Submarines of "Group Landwirt," a special anti-invasion force of thirty-six small U-boats LCA: Landing Craft, Assault LCG: Landing Craft, Gun LCI: Landing Craft, Infantry LCM: Landing Craft, Mechanized LCT: Landing Craft, Tank LCT (R): Landing Craft, Tank (Rocket) LCVP: Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel LSH: Landing Ship, Headquarters LST: Landing Ship, Tank Luftflotte Reich: German Home Air Command Luftgaukommando Westfrankreich: Headquarters of the Luftwaffe administrative and supply organization in western France Luftwaffe: German Air Force MAN: Game factor, meaning fighting troops (infantry) Maquisards: Men of the maquis Mark III, IV: German medium tanks Mark V: German medium tank with heavy armor and high-velocity gun mech mechanized Merkbuch: Notebook Militaerbefehlshaber: Military governor MLR: Main Line of Resistance mot motorized MRU: Machine Records Unit MS-Flotilla: German mine sweepers Nebelwerfer: Rocket projector or chemical mortar OBSUED: Oberbefehlshaber Sued, German theater headquarters in Italy OB WEST: Oberbefehishaber West, Highest German ground headquarters of the Western Front OKH: Oberkommando des Heeres (Army High Command) OKL: Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (Luftwaffe High Command) OKM: Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (Navy High Command) OKW: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Armed Forces High Command) ONI: Office of Naval Intelligence OOB: Order off battle OPD: Operations Division, War Department General Staff Opns: Operations Org. A bt.: Organisations A bteilung (Staff subdivision in charge of organization) Organization Todt : Paramilitary construction organization of the Nazi party, auxiliary to the Wehrmacht. Named after its founder, Dr. Todt. oss: Office of Strategic Services Ost: East Osttruppen: Non-German volunteer troops from east-European countries Panther: German Mark V tank PD Panzerdivision Per Rpt: Periodic report PGD Panzergrendierdivision Plan Tortue: Resistance plan to block road traffic Plan Vert: Resistance plan to cut railroads POD: Plans and Operations Division RAF: Royal Air Force Rangers: Specially trained American assault troops Rhino ferry: Barge constructed of ponton units RN: Royal Navy S-1: Personnel section of regimental or lower staff SAC: Supreme Allied Commander SAS: Special Air Service S-Boot: E-boat SCAEF: Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force SF: Special Force SFHQ: Special Force Headquarters SGS: Secretary General Staff SHAEF: Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force sis: Special Intelligence Service Sitrep: Situation report SNCF: Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer (National French railroad system) so: Special Operations SOE: Special Operations Executive SPOBS: Special Observers SS: Schutzstaffel (Elite Guard) Stuetzpunkt: Strong point SUP Game factor, meaning ART, Naval or Air support Teller mines: German antitank mines Tetrahedra: Pyramid-shaped steel antitank obstacles TF: Task Force Tiger: German Mark VI tank Tk Bn: Tank Battalion TM: Technical Manual T/O: Table of Organization UK: United Kingdom USA: United States Army USAFBI: United States Army Forces in the British Isles USN: United States Navy USSAFE: United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe USSTAF: United States Strategic Air Forces Vergeltung: Vengeance Verteidigungsbereich: Defensive areas Volksdeutsche: Citizens of a country other than Germany who were considered Germans racially VGD Volgsgrenadierdivision Volkswagen: German jeep Waffen-SS: Combat arm of the SS, in effect a partial duplication of the German Army, but fully inegrated in the command structure of the Wehrmacht. WD: War Department WDCSA: War Department Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Wehrmachtbefehlshaber Niederlande: Armed Forces Commander Netherlands Wehrmachtfuehrungsstab: Armed Forces Operations Staff Werfer: Mortars; rocket launchers WFST: Wehrmachtfuehrungsstab (Armed Forces Operations Staff) Widerstandsnest: Resistance nest WP: War Plans XAP: Merchant cargo ship Y Day: Target date for any military operation, specifically target date for OVERLORD Zweite Stellung: German secondary defense position ZAT Zugabgabetermin. Date when your move must be in befor 10 am. Beter you deliver your move the day befor or earlier. After 2-4 days the results will be sended back to you. 9. Table of Equivalent Ranks U.S. Army German Army and Air Force German Waffen-SS None Reichsmarschall None General of the Army Generalfeldmarschall Reichsfuehrer-SS General Generaloberst Oberstgruppenfuehrer Lieutenant General General der Infanterie Obergruppenfuehrer Artillerie Gebirgstruppen Kavallerie Nachrichtentruppen Panzertruppen Pioniere Luftwaffe Flieger Fallschirmtruppen Flakartillerie Luftnachrichtentruppen Major General Generalleutnant Gruppenfuehrer Brigadier General Generalmajor Brigadefuehrer None None Oberfuehrer Colonel Oberst Standartenfuehrer Lieutenant Colonel Oberstleutnant Obersturmbannfuehrer Major Major Sturmbannfuehrer Captain Hauptmann Hauptsturmfuehrer Captain (Cavalry) Rittmeister First Lieutenant Oberleutnant Obersturmfuehrer Second Lieutenant Leutnant Untersturmfuehrer Special note: Because I do not like the old or the new nazis (althougth I think that the Waffen SS should not have to be condammned as criminal organisation as a whole) in the game the SS positions are named with their Wehrmacht rank. I also do not like swastika's, signing orders with Heil Hitler and such things. Please do'nt do it. 10. Diskussion on involved units: Now follows the Stnadartgliederung. Please feel free to comment when you have more/additional or other information. This time the can, uk and usa ID: UK ID: HQ, HQ unit., Recoinnaissance Reg RAC, Divisional Engineers, Divisional Signals 3 field, 1 Antitank and 1 light AA Regiments R.A., Maschine Gun Battalion: 3 Brigade Infantry Attached: Armoured Brigade DATA: MAN 5000 (20000) British reg Number x 1. AAC: AT: 12 7,5 12 x 8,8 lAA 100 ART: 100 (+ 10 oder 17 cm Kanone + NW Abt.) CAP: I . Supply: 100 % Movement: mot CAN ID: HQ, HQ unit., Recoinnaissance Reg, Divisional Engineers, Divisional Signals 3 field, 1 Antitank and 1light AA Regiments, Maschine Gun Battalion: 3 Brigade Infantry Attached: Armoured Brigade DATA: MAN 5000 (20000) British reg Number x 1. AAC: AT: 12 7,5 12 x 8,8 lAA 100 ART: 100 (+ 10 oder 17 cm Kanone + NW Abt.) CAP: I . Supply: 100 % Movement: mot US ID: HQ, Recon company (armored cars)., signalscoy, ENG Bn, Med,Trp, 3 REG, nine battalions, ARTreg, 3 FieldART Bn. Attached: TD Batallion, Tank Bn, AA Bn DATA: MAN 3000 (14000), US reg. number x 0,75/US Veterans (44): Anzahl x 1 (some divisions 1.1) AAC: 50 Shermans, AT: 50 5,7 cm ATGuns, lAA: 200 12,7 cm ART: 70: CAP: I Supply: 100% Movement: mot 11. Rangliste 1.Europ�ischen Wargame Club: Fett: Aktiver Soldat/Reservist. Nicht Dienstpflichtige. Min.Rang: UFFZ. Kursiv: (Ex-)Teamchef. O Alte Garde. H�chste Auszeichnung: �X Klasse: Magnificant Seven (Die glorreichen Sieben) No 1 + 5 66 003 Jens Zahn, Witzfeldstra�e 75, D40667 MEERBUSCH 1, 02132-70303 X RK & Eich),Ostmed., EB) O EMAIL: sw0315@aixrs1.hrz.uni-essen.de (Jens Zahn) No 2 + 5 52 015 Markus Finger, Postfach 64, CH-3604 THUN, 033-369285 X Ritterkreuz met Eichenlaub) O No 3 51 010 D.Andriese, St. Norbertuslaan 2, 5643 PN EINDHOVEN, 040 - 122312. (�Victoria Cross) DSC, DSO O No 4 44 007 J.Kasperzak, Am Pannofen 5, D47595 GELDERN 02831-88886, Fax 80866 (EK I, VwAbz) O No 5 38 005 Thomas Golser,Hubstr. 45, CH-8303 BASSERDORF, 018369878 (Roter Condor Orden) O No 6 22 019 Markus Jonda, Theodor-Heuss-Stra�e 17, D-71672 Marbach,07144/13763 (DSC Ostmedaillie) O No 7 18 027 Markus Fleck, Sch�naicherstr. 24, 72631 AICHTAL, Tel: 07127/59475 (VC) Email: flecki@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de Klasse: Dirty Dozens (Das dreckige Dutzend) No 8 6 036 U.Kasperzak, Am Pannofen 5, D47595 GELDERN 02831-88886, Fax 80866 No 9 5 034 Guido Lux, Karl-Elsasser-Str. 17, 12347 BERLIN, 030-6253411 EK II No 10 5 037 Clinton Boyda, Alberta, Canada, Phon: (403) 488-9609, Internet: cboyda@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Silver Star) No 11 3 035 Frank Wolter, Togostr.7, 13351 BERLIN, Tel.: 030/451 75 25. IfStAbz No 12 2 017 Ferdinant Knau�, Universit�tsstra�e 60, D-40225 D�SSELDORF, Telf. 0211/319759 EK 1 O No 12 2 031 Bob v. Dijk, HOUTEN, neue Adresse/New adres soon O No 12 2 031 H.Venema, Gagelstraat 9, 7601 CL ALMELO (O) Klasse: Kelly�s Heros (Sto�trupp Gold) 0.38 Hanz Johansson, Norra Ersmarksgatan 64, 903 44 UMEA, SWEDEN. Email: hanz@ts.umu.se 039 Glenn Adrian, Flat ZC09, The Crescent, P.O.Box 49, Lincoln University, CANTERBURY, New Zealand. >pH (03) 3253360, EMAIL: Adriangm@tui.lincoln.ac.nz Aspiranten: Jeff Fratesi (?), Robert Unger Officer`s Club,Thomas Kolley, Eburonenpoort 63, NL 3991 JV HOUTEN ( (0)340375470 Immer au�er nach 20.00 Uhr und zwischen 18.00 und 19.15. Email: Kolley@WorldAccess.nl (immer erreichbar, t�glicher einmaliger Mailsheck) Up