Dan Weaver Posted April 11, 2001 Share Posted April 11, 2001 Gentlemen, I present to you (off another forum) the German 702nd Division. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> The German 702nd Division was an occupation / garrison unit in Norway. Nafziger gives the following report of equipment BEYOND AUTHORIZED fielded by this division as of January 1945: 722 Grenadier Rgt: 1 50mm fortress gun, 1 47 mm Czech gun w/ 1 LMG, 2 20mm, 4 25 mm 4 100mm Austrian mountain guns, 3 50mm mortars, 56 flamethrowers, 1 45mm Russian gun, 1 Norwegian HMG, 9 Norwegian LMG, 3 French HMGs. (This was in Rgt HQ.) 1 Bn/722: 4 45mm Russian guns, 4 French HMGs, 4 French 75mm guns, 3 flamethrowers, 4 Czech 80mm mortars, 1 50mm fortress gun. 2 Bn/722: 3 45mm Russian guns, 1 Norwegian HMG, 1 French HMG, 3 50mm mortars, 4 80mm Czech mortars, 3 75mm PAK 40, 3 panzerschreke. 3 Bn/722: 3 75mm PAK 40, 2 47mm Russian fortress guns w/2 LMGs, 1 50mm fortress gun, 10 French 50mm mortars, 6 panzerschreke, 13 Russian 45mm guns, 2 Norwegian HMGs 10 French HMGs 2 Norwegian LMGs, 1 French 75mm gun, 87 flamethrowers, 4 50 mm mortars, 1 60mm mortar, 4 80mm Czech mortars. 742 Grenadier Rgt (HQ): 4 75mm mountain guns, 2 French HMGs. 1 Bn/742: 7 45mm Russian guns, 1 LMG, 3 panzerschreke, 4 French HMGs, 6 HMGs, 2 Norwegian LMGs, 3 120mm Norwegian mortatrs, 3 50mm mortars, 1 French 60mm mortar, 4 Czech 80mm mortars. 2 Bn/742: 4 75mm PAK 40, 1 47mm Czech gun, 2 LMGs, 8 French 50mm mortars, 90 flamethrowers, 6 panzerschreke, 8 Russian 45mm guns, 6 HMGs, 15 French HMGs, 2 Norwegian LMGs, 2 25mm Flak guns, 2 75mm Yugoslav Flak guns, 2 76mm Czech Flak guns, 3 Czech 80mm mortars, 5 Norwegian 81mm mortars, 2 50mm mortars. 3 Bn/742: 3 75mm PAK 40, 1 LMG, 3 45mm Russian guns, 1 Norwegian HMG, 2 25mm Flak guns, 1 120mm gun, 3 panzerschreke, 4 80mm Czech mortars. 654th Fortress Infantry Bn: 2 45mm Russian guns, 1 French 37mm gun, 2 Norwegian HMGs, 3 German HMGs, 3 Norwegian LMGs, 2 75mm guns, 83 flamethrowers, 4 panzerschreke, 1 37mm leIG, 2 50mm fortress guns, 4 Czech 47mm fortress guns, 4 LMGs and 2 50mm mortars. This is ALL unuathorized, above TOE equipment. Besides kleptomania, these guys appear to have had a serious arson fetish. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> If CM2 doesn't allow me 83 flamethrowers per battalion, it will be a fundamentally incomplete game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commissar Posted April 11, 2001 Share Posted April 11, 2001 I would fall over and die laughing when a single Katchusha and 3 drunken Russians anhialate every single light gun and pick off the flamethrowers...imagine ambushing a tank collumn with these guys though? Ouch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 11, 2001 Share Posted April 11, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dan Weaver: Besides kleptomania, these guys appear to have had a serious arson fetish.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> LOL! Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Petersson Posted April 11, 2001 Share Posted April 11, 2001 How on earth did they transport and deploy the fortress guns? /Olle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tss Posted April 11, 2001 Share Posted April 11, 2001 Originally posted by Olle Petersson wrote: How on earth did they transport and deploy the fortress guns? The fortress mounts are (at least with that light guns) bolted on a concrete base. So, you get a bunch of pioneers to make a concrete base, unbolt the guns at the old location, transport them to the new place, and bolt them again. (My grandfather's pioneer company made the bases of few guns of the Patoniemi 47 mm Nordenfield battery at Taipale.) Some time ago I read one book that collected stories of coastal artillery veterans. One veteran told that his 150 mm fixed-mount battery was transported and deployed three times during summer and fall '44. (From Poventsa to Kaarnajoki to place X that I can't remember and finally after armistice to someplace inside the new borders). - Tommi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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