[FONT="]Hi, I have just made up some TO&Es for the Battles between Germany and the Allies in 1940, I have come up with these three for a Scenario against a German Infantry Platoon.[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]French Infantry Platoon[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]Command Squad [/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Lieutenant (8mm mle 07/15 rifle + 7.5mm mle 35 pistol)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Platoon Sergeant (8mm mle 07/15 rifle)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x VB Corporal (8mm mle 86/93 rifle + VB Grenade Launcher and 8 x VB Grenades)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Runner (8mm mle 92 carbine)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Observer (8mm mle 07/15 rifle)[/FONT] [FONT="]3 x Infantry Squads, each containing: [/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Sergeant (8mm mle 07/15 rifle)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Corporal (8mm mle 07/15 rifle)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x LMG gunner (7.5mm Châtellerault M24/29 LMG)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x LMG loader (7.5mm mle 35 pistol)[/FONT] [FONT="]3 x ammo carriers (8mm mle 92 carbines)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x First rifleman (8mm mle 07/15 rifle)[/FONT] [FONT="]3 x Men (8mm mle 07/15 rifles)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Rifle grenadier (8mm mle 86/93 rifle + VB Launcher and 8 x VB Grenades)[/FONT] [FONT="]Dutch Infantry Platoon[/FONT] [FONT="]Platoon HQ[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Lieutenant ([/FONT][FONT="]7.65mm FN[/FONT][FONT="]pistol)[/FONT] [FONT="]3 x Rifle Sections each:[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Sergeant ([/FONT] [FONT="]7.65mm FN[/FONT][FONT="] pistol)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x LMG Team [/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Gunner ([/FONT] [FONT="]7.65mm FN[/FONT][FONT="] pistol) [/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Loader ([/FONT] [FONT="]7.65mm FN[/FONT][FONT="] pistol)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x .303 M.1920 LMG[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Corporal ([/FONT] [FONT="]M.1895 6.5mm[/FONT][FONT="]rifle)[/FONT] [FONT="]8 x Men ([/FONT] [FONT="]M.1895 6.5mm[/FONT][FONT="]rifles)[/FONT] [FONT="]Belgian Infantry Platoons [/FONT][FONT="] Platoon HQ [/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Lieutenant (9mm P-35 pistol)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Platoon Sgt (7.65 FN mle 1889 rifle)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Orderly (7.65 FN mle 1889 rifle) [/FONT] [FONT="]Grenade Launcher Section[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Corporal (9mm P-35 pistol)[/FONT] [FONT="]3 x Gunners (9mm P-35 pistols)[/FONT] [FONT="]6 x ammo men (7.65 FN mle 1889 rifles)[/FONT] [FONT="]3 x D.B.T. 50 Grenade Launchers [/FONT] [FONT="]4 x Infantry Sections Each: [/FONT][FONT="]Infantry Section: [/FONT][FONT="] LMG Squad: 1 x Sergeant (7.65 FN mle 1889 rifle)[/FONT] [FONT="]1 x Gunner (FM 30 LMG + 9mm P-35 pistol)[/FONT] [FONT="]5 x Men (7.65 FN mle 1889 rifles) Rifle Squad: 1 x corporal (7.65 FN mle 1889 rifle)[/FONT] [FONT="]5 x men (7.65 FN mle 1889 rifles)[/FONT] [FONT="]Regards Yan[/FONT]
Did the Dutch really only have an officer as the entire platoon headquarters? It seems that he would at least have a radio operator or messenger?
Maybe not a radioman, man-portable radios were a novelty in 1940. I believe they were a US invention, though I won't be shocked to be corrected in this crowd Originally the backback radio was called a walkie-talkie, since a commander could use it while walking or standing alongside the radioman who wore it. The self-contained handheld unit, which we think of as a walkie-talkie, was first called a handie-talkie. Agree it's surprising not have a platoon sergeant, messenger, or somesuch.
