Always on the lookout for something different, I found an article recently which discussed the make up of the covering force for 1 (NL) Corps. Following concerns that the NL forces might take too long to deploy from Holland the covering force came from 1 (GE) Corps in the form of 3rd Panzer Division, supported by the NL 103rd Recce Bn & 41 Panser Bde and the US 3rd Brigade from 2nd Armored Div. What a cracking wargaming collection.
So off digging out OMG I found that the NL Orbat didn't quite match the information on the Orbat85.nl website. So this is an update to it (less points). It doesn't have the Bde Recce Company.
41st Pantser Brigade
Bde HQ 1 X HQ(M577) Str.4
Bde Recce Platoon 2 x M113C&R Str.3
41st, 43rd Pantser Battalions
BHQ 1 X HQ(Leopard 2) Str.4
Maint Sect 1 X ARV(Leopard) Str.3
Recce Plt 1 X Inf(Landrover) Str.4
1 X YPR-765 PRRDR(GSR) Str.3
3 Coys,each 4 X MBT(Leopard 2) Str.4
42nd Pantserinfanterie Battalion
BHQ 1 X HQ(YPR-765 PRCO-C) Str.5
Maint Sect 1 X ARV(Leopard) Str.3
Recce Plt 1 X Inf(Landrover) Str.4
1 X YPR-765 PRRDR(GSR) Str.3
3 Coys,each 3 X YPR-765 PRI Str.4
Support Coy 3 X YPR-765 PRAT Str.3
3 X 120mm(YPR-765 PRMR) Str.3
41st Engineer Company
1 X AVLB(Leopard) Str.2
1 X CEV (Leopard) Str.2
3 X Eng(M113) Str.4
41st Air Defence Company
3 X PRTL(Caesar) Str.3
3 X Stinger(Landrover) Str.3
41st Field Artillery Battalion
1 X HQ(M577) (6AR)
3 X M109A2 Str.6
The Bde deployed organisation forms three equal battlegroups with the following structure:
41st, 43rd Pantser BG
BHQ 1 X HQ(Leopard 2) Str.4
1 X ARV(Leopard) Str.3
Recce Plt 1 X Inf(Landrover) Str.4
1 X YPR-765 PRRDR(GSR) Str.3
2 Coys,each 3 X MBT(Leopard 2) Str.4
1 X INF(YPR-765 PRI) Str.4
1 Coy 2 X MBT(Leopard 2) Str.4
1 X INF(YPR-765 PRI) Str.4
1 X YPR-765 PRAT Str.3
42nd Pantserinfanterie BG
BHQ 1 X HQ(YPR-765 PRCO-C) Str.5
Recce Plt 1 X Inf(Landrover) Str.4
1 X YPR-765 PRRDR(GSR) Str.3
2 Coys,each 3 X MBT(Leopard 2) Str.4
1 X INF(YPR-765 PRI) Str.4
1 Coy 2 X MBT(Leopard 2) Str.4
1 X INF(YPR-765 PRI) Str.4
1 X YPR-765 PRAT Str.3
Support Coy 3 X 120mm(YPR-765 PRMR) Str.3
And then add the following to the Covering Force mix
103rd Recce Battalion
BHQ 1 X HQ(M577) Str.4
1 X ARV(Leopard) Str.4
3 Coys, each 2 X MBT(Leopard 2) Str.3
3 X M113C&R Str.5
1 X 107mm(M106) Str.3
