The Mace - Tables of Organization and Equipment
None of these force layouts should be taken as History.
While every attempt has been made to make the forces historically plausible,
the force breakdowns are a product of the author's imagination.
German Forces
The bulk of the German forces are an unorganized mob just trying to escape the Falaise Pocket:
German Armor:
Elements of:
- 1st SS Panzer Division
- 10th SS Panzer Division
- 12th SS Panzer Division
- 2nd Panzer Division
- 21st Panzer Division
- 116th Panzer Division
Command Rules: All vehicles can move within 6” of the paved road, west to east,
at any speed, or can move to cover if fired upon.
Infantry can do the same, but can fire at any enemy unit within range.
In order to move any other way or fire,
the unit must be attached to and within 6”
of one of the SdKfz 250/1 command halftracks.
Units available: (basically a random pile)
- 5 SdKfz 250/1 command halftracks.
- 4 SdKfz 250/9 halftracks with 20mm gun.
- 3 PzKw IIL (Lynx) with 20mm gun.
- 5 SdKfz 234/1 with 20mm.
- 5 SdKfz 234/2 (Puma) with 50L60.
- 5 SdKfz 234/3 with 75L24.
- 10 PzKw Vg (Panther) with 75L70.
- 5 PzKw VIe (Tiger) with 88L56.
- 5 JgPzIV with 75L48.
- 5 JgPzIV with 75L70.
- 5 Sturmpanzer IV (Brummbär) with 150L12.
- 15 PzKw IVH with 75L48.
- 10 StuG IIIG with 75L48.
- 5 Marder III with 75L48.
- 5 Wespe with 105L28.
Plus, a lot of horses, infantry, halftracks, trucks, ... (these have no combat capability,
they're trying to escape the pocket).
The objective of the German player is to get as much of this "Circus" off the East edge of the board
as possible.
A couple battalions of German infantry start on the board opposite the Polish infantry.
The Germans also get to use the forces of Kampfgruppe Eberhard, which is attacking from the east
side in an attempt to keep the road open:
Polish Forces
This diagram shows the overall Polish force breakdown. The forces all start on-board, with
most of the infantry dug in around The Mace, while the armor is deployed somewhat north and somewhat
south of the Mace itself, behind the infantry lines.
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