Supports for 1941-1942 German Chain of Command Army

I am working my way through the support elements of my Germans for Chain of Command. I want to complete out my force options. I have a number of them but I never sat them down to figure out what I had.

We will start with the 1941 list published from the TFL Website.

German Infantry Platoon June 1941 to December 1941

Base Platoon
Unit	Makeup	Pictures
Headquarters	LT, SR, Pistol Feldwebel, SL, SMG
Mortar Team	5cm Mortar Team w/ 3 Crew
Squads 1-4	Obergefreiter, JL, SMG LMG Team w/3 Crew Rifle Team w/ 6 men

Support Options
LIST ONE
Satchel Charge	Need to Paint
Medical Orderly	Need to Modify Figures
Mine Clearance Team, 3 men
Wire Cutting Team, 3 men	Need to Modify Figures
Demolition Team, 3 men
Adjutant	Off Table
Minefield
Barbed Wire
Roadblock	Unpainted
Kubelwagen
Two solo motorcycles
Motorcycle and side‐car
Entrenchments for one Team
LIST TWO
Panzerbüchse 38/39 Team, 2 men
5cm mortar Team, 3 men
Pre‐Game Barrage	Off Table
LIST THREE
Sniper Team
Flamethrower Team, 3 men
2.8cm  heavy  ATR w/ three crew
Panzer IB
SdKfz 221
SdKfz 223
SdKfz 251/1A‐C
LIST FOUR
PaK36 3.7cm ATG w/ 5 crew
leIG18 w/ five crew
Engineer Section	Missing Figures
Forward Observer
MG34 w/ 5 crew
Panzer 35(t)
Panzer 38(t)
Pz.III E‐G
Panzerjäger I
Befehlspanzer I
SdKfz 10/5 AA
Sdkfz  222
StuG III A‐E
LIST FIVE
Regular Infantry Squad
Flak 30 or Flak 38 2cm AA gun w/ five crew	Need To Buy
PaK36(t) 4.7cm ATG w/ 5 crew	Painting
PaK38 5cm ATG w/ 5 crew	Painting
Motorcycle Aufklarungs Squad
Sdkfz 231 (8 Rad)
Sdkfz 232 (8 Rad)	Need to Buy
Pz.II A‐C
Panzer II H or J	Experimental Models Not Needed
Pz.IV D‐F
LIST SIX
Panzer II D Flamm
Panzer IVF1
sIG33  15cm  w/ five crew

In addition, I had some extras as well. Including spare infantry and a couple of surrendering/shot guys.

German Infantry Platoon January 1942 to June 1942

Base Platoon
Unit	Makeup	Pictures
Headquarters	Feldwebel, SL, SMG
Squads 1-4	Obergefreiter, JL, SMG LMG Team w/3 Crew Rifle Team w/ 6 men

Support Options
LIST ONE
Add 2 SMGs to 1 Squad	Need to Paint
Compound Charge	Need to Paint
Medical Orderly	Need to Modify Figures
Mine Clearance Team, 3 men
Wire Cutting Team, 3 men	Need to Modify Figures
Demolition Team, 3 men
Adjutant	Off Table
Minefield
Barbed Wire
Kubelwagen
Two solo motorcycles
Entrenchments for one Team
LIST TWO
Roadblock	Unpainted
PanzerKnacker Team, 4 men	Unpainted
Senior Leader	Unpainted
Pre-Game Barrage	Off Table
5cm mortar Team, 3 men
LIST THREE
Sniper Team
Flamethrower Team, 3 men
Green Infantry Squad w/ JL	Unpainted
Regular Dismounted Cavalry Squad	Unpainted
Mount a Cavalry Squad on Horses	Unpainted
PaK36 3.7cm ATG w/ 5 crew
Flak 30 or Flak 38 2cm AA gun w/ five crew	Need To Buy
LIST FOUR
leIG18 w/ five crew
Forward Observer
MG34 w/ 5 crew
37mm AA Gun w/ 5 Crew
Panzerjäger I
SdKfz 10/5 AA
PaK36(t) 4.7cm ATG w/ 5 crew	Painting
PaK38 5cm ATG w/ 5 crew	Painting
LIST FIVE
Regular Infantry Squad
Motorcycle Aufklarungs Squad
Pak40 7.5cm w/ 5 Crew	Painting
LIST SIX
Marder II
Marder III
Panzer II D Flamm
LIST SEVEN
Regular Engineer Section	Missing Figures
Panzer III Flamm
Stug III F
LIST EIGHT
Elite Engineer Section	Missing Figures
sIG33  15cm  w/ five crew
Stug III G
Panzer IV f2
LIST NINE
StuH 42
LIST NINE
Tiger I

Distractions

Well, I have just a bit more painting to do and I can finish out the pictures for the new version of This Land Divided. I managed to undercoat the block house that I need and started work on a palisade wall. I have cut enough sticks to make a palisade a whole 3 inches long. It is taking far more time than anticipated.

Given this, the logical thing to do is work on my Chain of Command Soviet forces for the Second Battle of Kharkov, right? Ugh, I have no focus. Anyway, I did a good inventory of my Soviet forces. With the last order I placed with Gaming Models, I have the anti-tank guns I need for my Soviets now. Probably more than I really need. Since I got just the guns, I need to get crews. Looking through my cabinets, I found two packs of Soviet ATG crews from FOW. Perfect except that they come in groups of 4 instead of 5 and one of the four is the leader. So I need two extra troops for each team. The plan is to make a base with the crew on it and leave the ATG's loose. That way I can use the crews for any of the guns that I have that are not already based. Seems like a good solution now. But it's still early in the day.

In terms of Armor, I am doing pretty good on that front. I have most of what I need from the support lists. I don't have some of the odd ones like a T35 but that is easily remedied by an order to Gaming Models or Wargame Models of Ohio. Both are great companies to work with that really make it easy to get tanks on the table. They come pre-painted (not the best in the world but OK). For about $5/tank, you can get a game of What a Tanker going very reasonably. While I like Old Glory and FOW vehicles more, as I think the detail is better, you just can't beat the price from these two places.

And so, while working on this, Jon Y made a post on Twitter that sent me off in another direction and cost me a bunch of money on Amazon. I ordered the Dubno 1941 book by Aleksei Isaev. I have a couple of other books on this battle that formed the basis for the Ustilug supplement. If I ever finish with the Second Battle of Kharkov book, I will probably work on that one with some of the larger tank battles. That could prove to be interesting.

I will take stock of my Germans this afternoon at some point. First I want to see if I have enough miniatures to pull off a Scout Squad as a soviet support. I know I nearly have enough miniatures painted up.