NATO, WAPA and the indefensibility of LandJut in NGP and D85

[JDR Dragoon]

But to return to the situation in the LandJut area as presented in DF85:

-The Corps HQ is called "Schleswig Holstein" in the game and is based in Kiel. I propose renaming it to LandJut. and basing it in Rendsburg (which is where its constituting elements were garrisoned). It was a mobile HQ so unless WAPA manages to bomb it into slag it should be able to move way at some point.

-The german addition to the Landjut Corps troops looks accurate if a bit on the small side (only a single ENGBTN instead of an ENG Brigade etc.). As mentioned above no other territorial troops apart from the single brigade attached to 6th PzG.

-6th PzG looks fairly accurate as well.

-The parts of the danish Jutland Division that shows up in the game is quite hard to interpret in places. The divisional artillery is the most obscure, with a bewildering array of towed guns, M109 SPGs and even 4 Gepard SPAA units showing up under this heading, even though the danish army never had any Gepards (too expensive apparently). The Reconnaisance Battalion is also there (with unupgraded M41s) just as it should be, so no biggie there. There is no Divisional Engineer battalion though.

-The 3rd Jutland Brigade also looks allright from a purely organisational point of view. There is no Brigade Artillery battalion though and the brigade engineer company is also missing (although for some reason the LandJut Corps ENGBTN is attached to this brigade instead).

-The Jutland Battlegroup is not composed of MOTINF BTns here, but consists of a a single Armored Battalion (3 Leopard Companies and a single MOTINF company plus an artillery battery of FH70 howitzers, even though the unit text claims that it consists of 105mm howitzers..).

-Most of the danish Corps Troops attached directly to LandJut are eaither missing or placed elsewhere (like the ENG BTN).

-Most of the troops are (probably correct) classed as D, but units from "The Prince´s Life Regiment" (Prinsens Livregiment) are all classed as C. What gives? Does the person responsible for this part of the OOB have some neboulous connection to this nefarious infantry regiment? ;-)

-The number of RDAF planes likely to support this theater in a ground attack capacity is likely correct and on the money. The quality likewise. So props for getting this just exactly right :-)

Getting late again. Tomorrow: What could be changed to make the Jutland Division and LandJut appear as close as possible in the game to what it would have looked like in 1985.