Division Frontage

[cj95]

Greetings and Salutations.

I am especially enjoying CM almost to the exclusion of all my old Wargames, and want to thank the producers for this awesome product.

I have only a general question that I wonder if you experts out there can help me with.

I am wondering exactly how much area, or 'frontage' one would typically assign a given unit size.

ie. How long a line of advance should I assign a Battalion, or a Company?

How about Defence? How much front-line would you string a Battalion or Company along?

How about a Division?

Now I do realize that the above answer will vary greatly depending on terrain and situation, but Im just looking for some general figures to help me picture thing better in my mind.

For example when I read in my history books that " The Germans advanced with the 3rd Division" or that "The Russians strung out the 5th Battalion in a defenceive line"

What does that look like? What does a Division on the move look like?

Thanks again to all for the great game.

cj

[Halberdiers]

take a look this links:

ww2 German Tactics:

"Normally the sector assigned to a platoon is between 165 and 220 yards. A company attack sector is about 330 to 550 yards. A battalion sector is about 440 to 1,100 yards, while a division sector may be 4,400 yards to 5,500 yards".

http://etloh.8m.com/strategy/offense.html

Korean Tactics:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/agency/kpa-guide/part01.htm

This link give a resume , but becareful:

http://einstein.ssz.com/ssz/force.html

[Sergei]

There have been many relevant discussions concerning this and other such things in the past, doing some searches in this and the Tips section might help... here's one: How did DIVISIONS deploy to fight?

[Sergei]

And another one The receiving end - Soviet breakthrough operations 1944

[meravelha]

And Soviet Rifle Companies in defence deployed entrenched over 1 - 1.5 km often with a thickening of ATRs. About half that frontage in attack.

I am continually astonished at the low troop densities on the Eastern Front, even in a highly concentrated operation like Kursk.

A good reference for all this sort of stuff is

http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/glantz2/glantz2.asp

[JonS]

cj95,

I recently completed a scenario that is based very closely on a battle in Northern Tunisia in April 1943. It pits an NZ brigade (with attachments) against a comparable Italo-German force. The forces used on both sides very accurate, and the map is based on a topo map of the area produced for the battle.

The scenario gives , I think, an interesting perspective on force-to-space ratios. That's true even by simply looking at the scen in the editor, rather than playing it.

If you - or anyone else - are interested in a copy, drop me a line at jons_em[at]yahoo.co.uk with a return email addy that can handle attachements over 1MB (yes, it is a big scen, and there is also a fair amount of background material included).

Jon

P.S. ahhh ... this is of course a CMAK scen, not a CMBB one.

[Dandelion]

Jon

Come on and publish it will you. Upload on the scenario depot. So we can all download it.

Cheerio

Dandelion