The Bundeswehr

Here are my Bundeswehr forces.  Below is: a Panzer Grenadier Brigade with Leopard 1; Two Panzer Brigades with Leopard 1 and Leopard 2, respectively; Division Resources with Reconnaissance Battalion and Artillery Brigade; and Territorial Brigade.

I use a version of Piquet's Field of Battle:WW2 where a stand represents a company, allowing the fielding of a Division or more on the gaming tables.

1)  Panzer Grenadier Brigade with Leopard 1

Here we have:
Brigades HQ stand
Jaguar 2 stand
Luchs recon stand
M109 Battalion
- 2x PzGdr Battalions:
Marder HQ std, 2 Marder std      and M113 std
- Pz Battalion:
 Leopard 1 HQ std, 3 Leopard 1 std
- Mixed Battalion:
Marder HQ std, 2 Marder std      and Leopard 1 std



2)  Panzer Brigades with Leopard 1

Here we have:
Brigades HQ stand
Jaguar 2 stand
Luchs recon stand
M109 Battalion
- 2x Pz Battalion:
 Leopard 1 HQ std, 3 Leopard 1 std

- PzGdr Battalions:
Marder HQ std, 3 Marder std

- Mixed Battalion:
Leopard 1 HQ std, 2 Leopard 1 std and Marder std



2)  Panzer Brigades with Leopard 1

Here we have:
Brigades HQ stand
Jaguar 2 stand
Luchs recon stand
M109 Battalion
- 2x Pz Battalion:
Leopard 2 HQ std, 3 Leopard 2 std

- PzGdr Battalions:
Marder HQ std, 3 Marder std
- Mixed Battalion:
Leopard 2 HQ std, 2 Leopard 2 std and Marder std



4) Division Resources

Here we have:
Division HQ stand
- Divisional Reconnaissance Battalion:
M577 HQ std, 2 Luchs std, 
2 Leopard 2 std or 2 Leopard 1 std, and M113 combat team std (missing)
- Artillery Brigade:
FH70 Battalion, M110 Battalion and LARS Battalion






5) Territorial Brigade

Here we have:
Brigades HQ stand
2 M48GA5 AT stand
- PzJgr Battalion:

Truck HQ std, 3 M113 std

- PzJgr Battalion

Truck HQ std, 3 Truck std

- 2x Pz Battalions:
M48GA5 HQ std, 3 M48GA5 std







 I still need to do some more Leopard 2s so I can convert the Leopard 1 Panzer Brigade.  This of course are just forces for the period 1976 to 1985/7.  I still have to do units with NATO 3-colour camouflage.

Now these organisations are all nice and regular, great for wargames.  Now, after a very interesting recent exchange on the Yahoo ToE group about Soviet Independent Tank Battalions, It was brought home to me that these organisations are only representational and there can be significant variations.  This applies particularly when there are transitions to different organisational forms or different weapon systems.  So, within limits, lots of possible alternative organisations are possible - how about  M48GA5s in 1980s Panzer Grenadier Brigades of front line Divisions?

Well that's enough for now.  Next time some Soviets!