Luneville Order of Battle

 

Germans

 

Elements XLVII Panzer Korps

 

Elements 15 Panzer Grenadier Div

Kampfgruppe 15 PD

Stab

1 Command Stand

1 Kfz-1 Car

Panzer Grenadier Abt

Stab

1 Command Stand

1 Kfz-1 Car

3 Grenadier Kompanie

1 Command Infantry Stand (+)

1 Infantry Stand (+)

1 Schwere Kompanie

1 RSO towed GrW-42 120mm Mortar

1 Truck Towed PaK-40

[1 Artillerie Batterie – off table, DS Call (HQ & command infantry only) 1-7]

1 105mm Howitzer

115 Panzer Abt

Stab

1 PzKfw-IVJ Command

Panzerjäger Zug (attached)

1 JgdPz-IV (Self  order)

1 Panzer Kompanie

1 PzKfw-IVJ Command

1 PzKfw-IVJ

[Artillerie – H & I only Call 1-3

2 105mm Howitzer]

 

111 Panzer Brigade (-)

Brigade Stab

1 Command Infantry Stand

1 SdKfz-251/3

1 Panzer Kompanie (from I/16 Panzer Abteilung)

1 Command PzKfw-V

2 PzKfw-V

I/2111 Panzer Grenadier Abteilung

Stab

1 Command Stand

1 Kfz-1 Car

3 Grenadier Kompanie

1 Command Infantry Stand (+)

2 Infantry Stands (+)

1 Weapons Stand

1 Granatwerfer Batterie (attached)

1 Maulitier towed GrW-42 120mm Mortar [Call 1-7]

 

Elements 113 Panzer Aufklärungs Abteilung (113 Panzer Brigade) – random reinforcement, roll 11or 12 on 2d6

1 Command Infantry Stand (+)

1 Infantry Stand (+)

2 SdKfz-251/1

1 Recce SdKfz-231

 

US Forces

 

Elements 4^th Armored Division

 

Combat Command R

HQ

1 Command Stand

1 Jeep

HQ Company

1 Command Infantry Stand (Staff)

1 M3A1

42^nd Recce Squadron (-)

B & C Recon Troops (each)

1 Command Infantry Stand (dismounted patrols)

1 Infantry Stands (dismounted patrols)

1 Recce M8

1 Light Tank Company

1 Command M5

1 M5

1 M8 (attached)

3^rd Platoon B/704^th Tank Destroyer Battalion

1 M18

FFI Elements (French)

2 Infantry Stands (self order)

[696^th Field Artillery Battalion – DS Call 1-7]

3 105mm Guns

A Company 35^th Tank Battalion (attached)

1 Command Sherman 75mm

1 Sherman 76mm

1 Sherman 75mm

B Company 166^th Engineer Battalion (attached)

1 Command Engineer Stand

2 Engineer Stands

 

TF Hunter (Reinforcement 1500)

HQ

1 Command Sherman 75

A Company 37^th Tank Battalion

1 Command Sherman 75mm

1 Sherman 76mm

1 Sherman 75mm

B Company 53^rd Infantry Battalion

1 Command Infantry (+)

1 Infantry Stand (+)

1 Weapons Stand

3 M3A1 Halftracks

1 M4 MMC 81mm - attached [Call 1-7]

1^st Platoon E/704^th Tank Destroyer Battalion

1 M18

C Battery 94^th Field Artillery [DS Call 1-7]

1 M7 105mm HMC (self order)

 

10^th Infantry Battalion (-)

HQ

1 Command Stand

[HQ Company – off table]

1 81mm Mortar [Call 1-7]

1 105mm Howitzer [Call 1-7]

1 Company

1 Command Infantry (+)

2 Infantry Stands (+)

1 Weapons Stand

1 Company

As above plus

1 M3A1 towed M1 57mm AT Gun

 

 

Troop Quality

111 & 113  Panzer Brigades: Trained 7

15 Panzer Grenadier Division: Experienced 8

US Troops: Experienced 9

FFI: Green 7

 

Notes

 

1)      Units in brackets are off table

 

2)      All US personnel stands apart from Gun crews have integral Bazookas (ROF 0). German Infantry and Command infantry have integral Panzerfaust

 

3)      The 113 Panzer Brigade was stationed to the northeast of Luneville. It didn’t take part in the assault but the US forces had to keep its presence in mind. The randomly arriving recce unit is there to keep the US player “honest” and force him to secure his flanks

 

4)      US forces are better documented than the Germans. The major ambiguity is how many casualties the 42^nd Recce took in the attack on the 16^th.

 

5)      The 10^th are a mechanised unit so have M3 halftracks, However as they are dug-in in defensive positions the ‘tracks are assumed to be to the rear

 

6)      M18’s may start the game attached to any company in the battalion they are with.