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GROWWII :: Historical Corps Definition

2007.10.30 - by Robert Kurcina

2007.10.31 - updated with examples of expanding to Army Groups and Theater

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Consider that 1 Operational Point [ OP ] is equivalent to about

100 soldiers. A standard 5 OP unit like the Biluxi Regulars then represent

about 500 soldiers. Keep this in mind when seeing the very end of this

document that the Allied Supreme Headquarters governs about 100,000 OP.

That's about 10 million soldiers across approximately 2,000 divisions from

all nations in the Allied powers [ USA, USSR, UK, plus minor nations ].

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Table of Organization and Equipment [ TO&E ] Construction

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Historically, the US used square elements while the European forces

used triangular elements. That means; 2 battalions forms 1 regiment, and then

2 regiments for 1 brigade, and 2 brigades form 1 division. Etc. In the world

of GROWWII, things are quadratic because of the increased numbers of available

soldiers and equipment and the improvements in communications technology.

Therefore, define regiments as 4 declared battalions. These regiments are OP

independent in order to allow grouping into divisions or brigades. Create

divisions by defining 4 regiments.

Corps are then defined as 4 divisions, and Armies as 4 corps. Army Groups are

then 4 Armies. Following Army Groups are Theater of Operations with 3-6 Army

Groups apiece, and then Supreme Forces as defined by either the Axis or Allies;

each of which have 3-6 Theaters depending on the year within the GROWWII world

history.

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Orders-of-Battle

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All levels of organization could be configured with 3-6 sub-elements instead of

the normal 4. Depending on the needs of strategic command; each sub-element

could instead be 3-6 of the next level lower in order to fulfill special

operations demands. At all organizational levels International elements are

allowed but are most likely the be represented within the Army Groups from an

administrative perspective. From a mission construction perspective; divisions,

brigades, regiments, and battalions will appear from various international

parent elements according to the conditions of environment and the period

represented.

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EXAMPLE

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The 3rd US Army that had 3 Corps and the 87th Airborne Division attached.

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EXAMPLE

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The FUSAG [ First United States Army Group ] was a fictitious OOB which

included the US 14th Army and the British 4th Army as follows:

US Fourteenth Army:

XXXIII Corps

17th Division

59th Division

XXXVII Corps

25th Division

11th Division

48th Division

British 4th Army:

2nd Corps

55th Division

61st Division

80th Division

35th Division

7th Corps

5th Division

58th Division

2nd Airborne Division

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EXAMPLE

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The Battle for France entry on wikipedia.org has an outstanding

OOB with further links into the site for details. Here's the

URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Battle_for_the_Battle_of_France

and here's an excerpt:

Allies

French First Army Group

French Cavalry Corps

2nd Light Mechanized Division

3rd Light Mechanized Division

French III Corps

1st Moroccan Infantry Division

2nd North African Infantry Division

4th Army Corps (France)

32nd Infantry Division

French V Corps

5th North African Infantry Division

101st Infantry Division

Belgian VII Corps

2nd Chasseurs Ardennais

8th Infantry Division

French Second Army Group

French Third Army Group

Dutch Army

Army of the Alps

French reserves

British Expeditionary Force

Axis

OKH Reserve

German Army Group A

German Army Group B

German Army Group C

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Organizational Roles

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Not all Corps have combat mission roles; as a result their sub-elements will

have different emphasis missions, and the parent Army and Army Groups will also

vary as a result of aggregation.

There are four broad categories of roles; Combat Mission, Service Missions,

Support Missions, and Base Missions. The first two are near the battlefront and

are separated by perhaps 100 miles. Support Missions are usually out of the

combat zones, but Base Missions are always at established cities of national

origin.

Corps Roles

Combat Missions

Amphibious

Armor

Engineers

Infantry

Naval Operations

Strategic Air

Service Missions

Logistics

Ordnance

Repair

Robotics

Signals

Technology

Support Missions

Advanced Research

Chaplain

Command

Electronics

Intelligence

Medical

Base Missions

Construction

Finance

Legal

Peace

Police

Public Affairs

Research

Training

Transportation

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Pseudo-history and Unit Naming

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From a history-building perspective; these kinds configurations can be used in

various numbers to be doctrinal, uncommon, or rare assignments. Regardless;

when a configuration is defined it can be named and cited with full illustrative

examples and force anaylsis for puff pieces. That's a goal. For example:

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EXAMPLE

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The "Robotic Assault Regiment" first became established with the

wide-spread production of the Halen Assault robot, which was not possible

until the creation of the positronic neural-net at Harvard University in

1941. The regiment had multiple configurations including a couple with

greater presence of infantry companies in order to hold ground. It was

then determined that the best mission for which this type of regiment

could be employed was those of Search and Destroy.

As such, great amounts of firepower - regardless of speed of approach -

was desired. In 1944, the first of what became known as the

"Loer Automated Destroyers [ LADs ]" became deployed at Gibraltar, Spain.

They proved entirely successful in weeding out remnant Axis pockets in short

order. See FIGURE 30A and 30B for the most common configurations.

FIGURE 30C shows how the LADs were organized into the standard Brute

Assault Corps.

The most famous of the LAD implementations was the 5th LAD Regiment,

2nd Mechanized Division of the 10th Armored Corps. Equally famous was

the 23rd LAD Rgt of the 3/10 AC.

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Leader Assignment

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Once the various divisions are configured can assign specific leaders to each

of the divisions. The rules as of version 0.43.2 allow 1 leader per regiment

and 1 more per 50 OP. The application of this should be conservative in order

to keep leader ranks consistent between divisions.

Therefore apply this to the division:

4 x 1-star [ 1 per regiment ]

1 x 2-star [ 1 per the division ]

1 x 2-star [ if 150 OP or more ]

1 x 3-star [ if 200 OP or more ]

1 x 2-star [ if 250 OP or more ]

To round things out, assign a 4-star leader to the corps but associate it with

the division that has the most OP in support units, or preferably a division

that is mechanized or wing.

3-star Leaders may control a Division; it could be shared by 2 2-star Leaders

4-star Leaders will control a Corps

5-star Leaders will control an Army

6-star Leaders will control an Army Group

7-star Leaders will control a Theater of Operations

8-star Leaders will control a Supreme Forces

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Decorated Units

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Lastly, we can create Insignia bonuses to map out to very specific

implementations of a division configuration. These bonuses should be between at

most 2 insignia per regiment within one division of a given corps. Each bonus

will increase the OP value of the overal division by 1-3 OP and should come from

a restricted list.

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Example Regiments

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Light Infantry Regiment [ 23 OP ]

INF - Biluxi Regulars [ 5 OP ]

INF - Sectarian Troopers [ 8 OP ]

Heavy Infantry Regiment [ 27 OP ]

INF - Sectarian Troopers [ 8 OP ]

INF - Raven Battle Armor [ 9 OP ]

INF - Biluxi Regulars [ 5 OP ]

Advanced Infantry Regiment [ 40 OP ]

INF - Raven Battle Armor [ 9 OP ]

INF - Feldman AT-88 Walkers [ 8 OP ]

RBT - Orum Slaughterbots [ 17 OP ]

WNG - Carver Recon [ 6 OP ]

Robotic Assault Regiment [ 82 OP ]

RBT - Orum Slaughter Bots [ 17 OP ]

RBT - Halen Assault Ballistar [ 34 OP ]

WPN - Garfield Rocket Platform [ 14 OP ]

Vanguard Infantry Regiment [ 46 OP ]

INF - Nabilum Rocketeers [ 11 OP ]

INF - Heavy Marines [ 10 OP ]

WPN - Kennision Heavy Weapons [ 14 OP ]

Artillery Support Regiment [ 37 OP ]

BAT - Machron Field Artillery [ 12 OP ]

BAT - Macrhon Field Artillery [ 12 OP ]

BAT - Paulson Anti-air [ 9 OP ]

WNG - Carver Recon [ 5 OP ]

Field Infantry Regiment [ 27 OP ]

INF - Biluxi Regulars [ 5 OP ]

INF - Heavy Marines [ 10 OP ]

SUP - Newcomb Field Support [ 7 OP ]

Division Support Regiment [ 33 OP ]

HQ - FSN Command Center [ 10 OP ]

SUP - FSN Support Battalion [ 8 OP ]

SGN - Ground Hog Signals Battalion [ 5 OP ]

Armored Assault Regiment [ 78 OP ]

CAV - Nevadan Light Tanks [ 17 OP ]

CAV - M6A4 Heavy Tanks [ 30 OP ]

WNG - Ferguson Bombardier [ 14 OP ]

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Divisions of the 10th Armored Corps [ 983 OP ] Leaders 20* | 8** | 3*** | 1****

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2nd Mechanized Division [ NOTE ] [ 239 OP ] 4 2 1 1

Robotic Assault Regiment [ 82 OP ]

Artillery Support Regiment [ 37 OP ]

Division Support Regiment [ 33 OP ]

4th Mechanized Division [ 230 OP ] 4 2 1 -

Robotic Assault Regiment [ 82 OP ]

Armored Assault Regiment [ 78 OP ]

Artillery Support Regiment [ 37 OP ]

Division Support Regiment [ 33 OP ]

178th Infantry Division [ 242 OP ] 4 2 1 -

Advanced Infantry Regiment [ 40 OP ]

Vanguard Infantry Regiment [ 46 OP ]

Armored Assault Regiment [ 78 OP ]

3rd Infantry Division [ 129 OP ] 4 1 - -

Light Infantry Regiment [ 23 OP ]

Field Infantry Regiment [ 27 OP ]

Vanguard Infantry Regiment [ 46 OP ]

52nd Infantry Division [ 133 OP ] 4 1 - -

Light Infantry Regiment [ 23 OP ]

Heavy Infantry Regiment [ 27 OP ]

Field Infantry Regiment [ 27 OP ]

Vanguard Infantry Regiment [ 46 OP ]

NOTE:

Insignia [ +5 OP ]

One of the Robotic Assault Regiments of the 2nd Mechanized Division is

the highly-decorated 5th LAD Regiment. Two of the units within receive

Insignia with these effects according to the unit type boosted:

RBT - Orum Slaughter Bots; receives Agile 1

RBT - Halen Assault Ballistar; receives +2 MOV

WPN - Garfield Rocket Platform; receives Heavy Metal 2

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12th Army Group [ ~5000 OP and about 100 divisions ]

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3rd United States Army [ ~1000 OP and 300 battalions or about 20 divisions]

9th Armored Corps

10th Armored Corps

Marine Corps

Robot Corps

9th United States Army [ ~1000 OP and 300 battalions or about 20 divisions]

4th Assault Corps

Assault Wing Corps

11th Armored Corps

14th Armored Corps

12th United States Army [ ~1000 OP and 300 battalions or about 20 divisions]

1st Assault Corps

2nd Assault Corps

17th Armored Corps

Auxiliary Corps

18th British Army [ ~1000 OP and 300 battalions or about 20 divisions]

8th Armored Corps

15th Armored Corps

Strategic Air Corps

3rd Assault Corps

49th British Army [ ~1000 OP and 300 battalions or about 20 divisions]

3rd Armored Corps

6th Armored Corps

Expeditionary Corps

Guardian Corps

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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF)

[ ~100 K OP and 2000 divisions ]

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European Theater Operations Group [ ~20K OP and 500 divisions ]

1st Army Group

3rd Army Group

12th Army Group

17th Army Group

22nd Army Group

Mediterranean Theater Operations Group [ ~20K OP and 500 divisions ]

2nd Army Group

5th Army Group

6th Army Group

21st Army Group

Pacific Theater Operations Group [ ~20K OP and 500 divisions ]

4th Army Group

7th Army Group

9th Army Group

17th Army Group

19th Army Group

23rd Army Group

Atlantic Theater Operations Group [ ~20K OP and 500 divisions ]

8th Army Group

11th Army Group

14th Army Group

Asiatic Theater Operations Group [ ~20K OP and 500 divisions ]

10th Army Group

13th Army Group

15th Army Group

16th Army Group

20th Army Group