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1. Introduction NORTHAG-North Winter War is an expansion pack for HPS North German Plain ’85 and includes a series of seven scenarios focussing on the actions of 1 (NL) Corps (1 Legerkorps) during the Warsaw Pact’s Christmas Offensive of 1985; as such it is an elaboration on the large campaign scenario “Winter War in the NORTHAG Sector” (#10_08s). The scenarios work with new oob, pdt and unit icon files. Installing these will not overwrite original files*. All scenarios have AI orders for the Warsaw Pact side only. 2. Additions and Changes I made a number of changes to files of the types mentioned above, which will be specified below. 2.1 Order of Battle [NG Plain_NN_Dec85.oob] 2.1.1 1 (NL) Legerkorps, NTC, KLu and ACLANT After researching the organisation of the Netherlands armed forces of the mid-eighties, I introduced the following additions and changes to the oob. Additions: • Anti-tank companies on battalion level • Combat engineer companies on brigade level • Engineers, artillery, Royal Constabulary, reconnaissance helicopters and commandos on Corps level, two reconnaissance battalions on Corps level and one on divisional level • Troops of the National Territorial Command (NTC) on Corps level • One mechanised infantry battalion (55 Painfbat) on Corps level • Three F-16 Squadrons, one of which reconnaissance, and two NF-5 Squadrons to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (KLu) • Allied Command Atlantic (ACLANT) on Army level, featuring the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (Kmarns), elements of the Royal British and Royal Netherlands Navy (KM) and the United Kingdom/Netherlands Amphibious Force (UK/NL AMF) Changes: • For the unit designations I adopted the official Dutch military abbreviations. Confusing as it initially might be, I’m confident that the game’s (NATO) symbols and unit pictures leave no doubt about the function of any unit. Below are most of the unit designations for the Netherlands forces and their translations: English Abbrevations In Full, Dutch Armoured Brigade Pabrig Pantserbrigade Army Corps Lk Legerkorps Army Corps Artillery Lka Legerkorpsartillerie Constabulary Battalion (Military Police) Marbat Marechausseebataljon Constabulary Company (Military Police) Maresk Marechaussee-eskadron Engineer Battalion Gnbat Geniebataljon Infantry Brigade Infbrig Infanteriebrigade Light Aircraft Group (reconnaissance helicopters) GpLV Groep Lichte Vliegtuigen Marine Battalion Marnsbat Mariniersbataljon Marine Corps Kmarns Korps Mariniers Mechanised Anti-Air Battery Paluabt Pantserluchtdoelartilleriebatterij Mechanised Artillery Regiment Afdva/Afdra Afdeling Veld-/Rijdende artillerie Mechanised Engineer Company (combat engineers) Pagncie Pantsergeniecompagnie Mechanised Infantry Battalion Painfbat Pantserinfanteriebataljon Mechanised Infantry Brigade Painfbrig Pantserinfanteriebrigade Mechanised Support Company (anti-tank) Paostcie Pantserondersteuningscompagnie National Reserve (Home Guard) Natres Nationale Reserve * with exception of Supply Unit.bmp (Netherlands), of which the vehicle type has been corrected; you can choose to overwrite or not. I also included Bradley.bmp (American) as it seems to be missing in the latest HPS patch. The file itself is not changed.
English Abbrevations In Full, Dutch National Territorial Command NTC Nationaal Territoriaal Commando Observation and Reconnaissance Company (commandos) Wrnverkcie Waarnemings- en verkenningscompagnie Reconnaissance Battalion Verkbat Verkenningsbataljon Royal Air Force Klu Koninklijke Luchtmacht Royal Navy KM Koninklijke Marine Tank Battalion Tkbat Tankbataljon • The Centurion tanks have been upgraded from Mk3 to Mk5/2 (105mm gun) • The YP-408 armoured personnel carriers have been flagged as “low reliable”, like the Centurions; both were only still in use because of budget cuts in the past and were being replaced (with YPR’s and Leopards respectively). In the mid-eighties their deployability had become questionable DAF YP-408 armoured personnel carrier • The Leopard 1 has been relabelled Leopard 1-V; it has also been flagged as “low reliable”, due to continuous problems with various new (electronic) systems and overdue maintenance of the old components • The number of vehicles in the Paluabts (anti-air batteries) has been raised from 6 to 9 • The number of tanks per Tkbat (tank battalion) has been raised from 13 to 17 • 56 Tkbat (non-existent) has been renumbered 58 Tkbat • 44 Painfbat (mechanized infantry battalion) has been moved from 42 to 52 Painfbrig; 53 Painfbat has been deleted (non-existent) • 54 Afdva has been downgraded from M109 to M114 guns • The unit quality of the KLu (Royal Air Force) squadrons has been raised from D to C. Contrary to the army, the KLu largely consisted of regulars, with conscripts and reservists only serving in supporting roles; pilots were partly trained in the US and Canada, and the KLu took pride in being a professional organisation. During the NATO air operations over former Yugoslavia in the mid-nineties the KLu turned out to be a highly flexible and effective organisation (USAF Lieutenant General J.W. Ashy: “The Dutch and American pilots are both top-notch. We have been working together for so many years, it’s like we’re in the same country […] I was extraordinarily impressed with your pilots as I am with American pilots. I see little, little difference”). While this might lead us to a B or even an A rating, in the mid-eighties the KLu struggled with a structural problem: experienced pilots and technicians were leaving service in considerable numbers for well-paid jobs in commercial airline companies. Although most of them were called back into service during the general mobilization, the lack of incorporated experience continued to affect the KLu for several crucial days.
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