[SG-WW2] Mortars

Claus

Following on from yesterday's topic on SG2 -> WW2 conversions, I
ventured into the loft and dug out some of my reference books (as well
as a lot of other stuff I'd forgotten about, like half-a-dozen unmade FT
ships and a mint-condition copy of the original Full Thrust rules).

I came up with the following for mortar ToEs in various nations :

German Infantry Battalion :
  3 50mm mortars in each rifle company (replaced by 2 half-track mounted
80mm in PzGren units)
  6 80mm mortars in each battalion (half-track mounted in PzGren units)
  Panzer Grenadier battalions also had 2 75mm infantry guns

Russian Rifle Battalion :
  3 50mm mortars in each rifle company
  4-6 82mm mortars in each battalion

US Infantry Battalion :
  3 60mm mortars in each rifle company
  6 81mm mortars in each battalion
  Armoured Infantry battalions had 3 81mm mortars in M3 half tracks
(M21) and 3 M7 priests

British Infantry Battalion
  1 2" mortar in each rifle platoon (3 per company)
  6 3" mortars in each battalion

The deployment is surprisingly similar across all of the nationalities.
The differences start coming in when you reach brigade or regimental
level with some nations deploying heavier mortars and others using light
howitzers or infantry guns - but this is beyond the scope of SG2.

Tony

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Tony Francis
Senior Software Engineer
Kuju Entertainment