Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation Volume IIA The German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht), Mobilisation and War Economy from June to December 1941 Table of Contents List of Abbreviations ...................................................................................................... xiii Introduction ........................................................................................................................1 1. Overview of the Structure and Terms Used in the German Fully Integrated Land and Air Resource Model (FILARM) ................................................................... 5 1) Chapter IIA - 2: The German Personnel and Equipment Resource Database .......................... 5 2) Chapter IIA - 3: The Tables of Organisation and Equipment (TOE) for German Land Combat Units from 22nd June to 31st December 1941, and the Unit’s Actual Organisation and Equipment in 1941 ............................................................................................................ 6 3) Chapter IIB - 1: The Order of Battle (OOB) of German Land Combat Units from 22nd June to 4th July 1941 ....................................................................................................... 8 4) Chapter IIB - 2: German Land Combat Unit Reinforcements on the East Front from 5th July to 31st December 1941 ............................................................................................... 8 5) Chapter IIB - 3: The Total Personnel and Equipment in a Deployed (D) State in the Reich from 22nd June to 4th July 1941 .............................................................................................. 8 a. Section IIB - 3 - 1): The Total Personnel and Equipment Allocated to Combat Units and in a Deployed (D) state in the German Army, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Naval Coastal Artillery from 22nd June to 4th July 1941 ........................................................................... 8 b. Section IIB - 3 - 2): The Total Available Personnel and Equipment in the Reich on 1st June 1941 ..................................................................................................................................... 9 c. Section IIB - 3 - 3): The Proportion of Total Available Resources which were in a Deployed (D) State in the Reich from 22nd June to 4th July 1941 ................................................... 9 6) Chapter IIB - 4: German Mobilisation after 22nd June 1941: the Actual Strength of German Land Combat Units Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941 ................... 9 a. Section IIB - 4 - 3): The Total Resources Allocated to Newly Mobilised Combat Units from 22nd June to 31st December 1941 .......................................................................................... 10 b. Section IIB - 4 - 4): The Total Resources in the Reich that were Available for Use by Newly Mobilised Units from 22nd June to 31st December 1941 ................................................... 10 c. Section IIB - 4 - 5): Resources Unallocated to any Deployed (D), MD or MND Units in 1941 ..... 10 d. Section IIB - 4 - 6): The Proportion of Total Available Resources Allocated to Deployed (D) and Newly Mobilised Units in 1941 ............................................................................................... 10 e. Section IIB - 4 - 7): The Resource Replacements (R) Available to the German Army, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Naval Coastal Artillery, from 22nd June to 31st December 1941 ............................................................................................................................... 10 7) Chapter IIB - 5: The Luftwaffe in 1941 ................................................................................. 11 a. Section IIB - 5 - 1): The Structure of the Luftwaffe: June to December 1941 ................................ 11 TOCb. Section IIB - 5 - 2): The Order of Battle and Actual Strength of all Luftwaffe Air Combat Units in a Deployed (D) State on 21st June 1941 ........................................................................... 11 c. SectionVolume IIB - 5 - 3): Luftwaffe Strengths on 21st June 1941 ........................................................... 11 d. Section IIB - 5 - 4): Luftwaffe Air Combat Unit Reinforcements: June to December 1941 ........... 12 e. Section IIB - 5 - 5): Overall Luftwaffe Combat Aircraft Usage, Production and Replacements (R): 22nd June to 31st December 1941 .................................................................... 12 8) Chapter IIB - 6:IIA The Supply Distribution Efficiency (SDE) for the Wehrmacht on the East Front from 22nd June to 31st December 1941 ............................................................... 13 9) Chapter IIB - 7: German Naval Forces on the East Front: June to December 1941 .............. 13 2. The German Personnel and Equipment Resource Database ................................. 15 1) German Light Infantry Weapons ........................................................................................... 20 a. Machine Guns ................................................................................................................................. 20 b. Small Arms ..................................................................................................................................... 22 i. Rifles ............................................................................................................................................................. 22 ii. Sub Machine Guns ........................................................................................................................................ 22 iii. Side Arms ..................................................................................................................................................... 23 iv. Hand Grenades .............................................................................................................................................. 23 v. Rifle Grenades .............................................................................................................................................. 24 2) German Squads Equipped with Light Infantry Weapons ....................................................... 25 a. Motorised Infantry Squads (Schuetzen) .......................................................................................... 26 b. Combat Engineer Squads (Pionier) ................................................................................................ 27 i. The Use and Availability of Mines in German Pionier Units in 1941 .......................................................... 27 3) Heavy Infantry Weapons ........................................................................................................ 29 a. Anti-Tank Rifles ............................................................................................................................. 29 b. Anti-Tank Guns (AT Guns) ............................................................................................................ 29 i. 3.7cm Panzerabwehrkanone 36 (PaK 36) ..................................................................................................... 29 ii. 5cm Panzerabwehrkanone 38 (PaK 38) ........................................................................................................ 30 iii. 4.7cm Panzerabwehrkanone (f) (Pak(f)) ....................................................................................................... 31 iv. 2.8cm schwere Panzerbuchse 41 (s.Pzb 41) ................................................................................................. 32 c. Mortars ............................................................................................................................................ 33 i. Granatwerfer 36 (GrW 36) ............................................................................................................................ 33 ii. Granatwerfer 34 (GrW 34) ............................................................................................................................ 33 d. Infantry Guns .................................................................................................................................. 34 i. 7.5cm leichtes Infanteriegeschutz 18 (le IG 18) ............................................................................................ 34 ii. 15cm schweres Infanteriegeschutz 33 (sIG 33)............................................................................................. 34 4) Artillery Weapons .................................................................................................................. 35 a. Light Divisional Artillery (75-105mm Guns, Howitzers, Gun-Howitzers) .................................... 35 i. 75mm Field Guns .......................................................................................................................................... 35 ii. 75mm Mountain Guns .................................................................................................................................. 35 iii. 105mm Howitzers ......................................................................................................................................... 36 iv. Recoilless (RCL) Guns ................................................................................................................................. 38 b. Medium to