I was thinking along the lines of a mix between US Regiments of WWI and German Kampfgruppen of WWII. The only problem with calling them Kampgruppen is we don't have a lot of combined arms assets. I didn't know how much liberty you wanted me to take with the Brigade. You want an armor battalion? is a question I would ask. Therefore, I only gave it three maneuver elements; the 25th Grenadiers and two Volunteer Infantry Regiments--similar to German Volksgrenadier regiments. For the Volunteer Regiments I used the 19th century organization of 10 companies per regiment, starting at roughly 1000 to 1100 men. But there aren't enough men available for these regiments so the numbers are small. Also, a US infantry Regiment in WWI numbered about ~3700 men with 12 companies in three battalions. Again, I gave it only 60% strength and 2250 soldiers instead of 100% because there just aren't enough folks to go around. I'm familiar with the UK design you mention, I wasn't aiming for that. That would be extremely cumbersome for our purpose. Three battalions, with four companies per battalion would be fine. I should draw some operational graphics just to show you what I mean. [quote=@Starboard Watch]You calling the Brigade 'CHILDEBRAND Brigade' reminded me of the German Kampfgruppen, and since we're working in that sort of "theme" I decided to have him call it that. Also wanted to ask you what you thought of my concept on the Royal Panchalan Regiment being more along the lines of the large-style regiments of the British Army, with a lot of battalions organized under the basic Regimental structure, with Divisions being more for the Sectors? Like so we would have the 1st-90th Battalions under the RPR, which itself is under the Severacian Division, which itself is subordinate to the Army of the Sagittarius Arm.[/quote] German Kampgruppen were created out of the units assigned to a division. Below, I have listed the order of battle for the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during Operation Wacht am Rhein or the Ardennes Offensive in December 1944. You will see it is a pretty straightforward organization with one Panzer Regiment and two panzer grenadier regiments as well as a number of Combat Support and Combat Service Support units. [hider=1st SS Panzer][h1][b][u]1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler[/u][/b][/h1] [b][i]Divisional Headquarters Staff (Theodor Wisch)[/i][/b] [h3][b]1st SS Panzer Regiment (Joachim Peiper)[/b][/h3] [indent]I/1st Panzer Battalion (67x Panthers) II/1st Panzer Battalion (103x Panzer IVs) [/indent] [h3][b]1st SS Panzergrenadier Regiment (Albert Frey)[/b][/h3] [indent]I/1st SS Panzergrenadier Battalion II/1st SS Panzergrenadier Battalion III/1st SS Panzergrenadier Battalion[/indent] [h3][b]2nd SS Panzergrenadier Regiment (Rudolf Sandig)[/b][/h3] [indent]I/2nd SS Panzergrenadier Battalion II/2nd SS Panzergrenadier Battalion III/2nd SS Panzergrenadier Battalion[/indent] 1st SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion (Gustav Knittel) 1st SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion (45x Sturmgeschütz III)(Heinrich Heimann) 1st SS Artillery Regiment (Franz Steineck) 1st SS Artillery Battalion (2x 105mm Wespe Bty,1x 150mm Hummel Bty) 2nd SS Artillery Battalion (2x 105mm Bty [towed]) 3rd SS Artillery Battalion (2x 150mm Bty [towed],1x 100mm Kanon Bty [towed]) 1st SS Werfer Regiment (Klaus Besch) (3x 150mm Bty [towed]) 1st SS Anti Aircraft Battalion (Hugo Ullerich) (3x 88 mm guns, 2x 37 mm guns) 1st SS Panzer Pioneer Battalion (Gerd Steinert) 1st SS Panzer Signal Battalion (Eugene Metz) 1st SS Medical Battalion (Dr Liebrich) 1st SS Admin Battalion (Obersturmbannführer Paul Tauber) 1st SS Repair Battalion (Alfred Gilles) 1st SS Supply Battalion (Klaus Stamp) [i]Note: a SS Panzer Regiment had two Panzer Battalions and a SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment had three Pz-Gren Battalions. [/i][/hider] What the Germans did in WWII is the same as what US infantry and armor officers do today in the US Army. We call it Task Organizing using Combined Arms. We learned this from the Germans. You take an infantry regiment and add armor, field artillery, air defense artillery, anti-armor and other CS assets so a Regimental (company, battalion or brigade) Commander can use all these different branches together in a combined arms array. [i][b]This is what Kampfgruppe Peiper looked like on December 16, 1944:[/b][/i] [u][b]1 SS Pz Rgt [/b][/u] [indent]I/1st Panzer Battalion (67x Panthers) 9th Pioneer Company 10th Flak Company 501 SS Hvy Pz Bn (attached as II Bn, 42x Tiger II tanks) III/2 SS PG Rgt, II/1 SS Pz Arty Rgt 3/1 SS Pz Pio Bn 13/2 SP Inf Gun Co 84 LW Flak Bn[/indent] Today, we call this a Battalion Task Force or a Brigade Combat Team. The US terms are the equivalent of the German Kampfgruppen. They used that term, meaning Battle Group for Company, Battalion, Regiment and Brigade sized formations. With our Brigade, which has one grenadier regiment and two [i]volksgrenadier[/i] regiments, we really can’t combine arms too much to look like a Kampfgruppe. So for now, CHILDEBRAND Brigade works. This operation has the 1st Battalion on the left, the 2nd Battalion in the center, serving as the Brigade’s Main Effort and the 3rd Battalion on the right. The 114th is following the 1st Battalion in column formation and the 116th is following the 2nd battalion in column formation. What should happen is, the heavy formations will penetrate the enemy positions and keep moving to the next line of enemy troops. The 114th will deploy on the left enemy battalion and roll that unit up following the 1st Bn 25th grenadiers. The 116th will do the same thing behind the 2nd battalion in the center position and the 3rd battalion, will provide security along the brigade’s southern flank or right. The Brigade Commander will travel in a four vehicle group called the Jump TOC. The four vehicles belong to the BC, S3 (Operations Officer), FSO (Fire Support Officer) and the ALO (Air Liaison Officer). The ALO is calling in your Air Strikes. He is serving as the Air Force's FAC (Forward Air Controller). They are conducting CAS missions (Close Air Support). The FSO or FSCOORD (Fire Support Coordinator) is coordinating fire from Field Artillery and mortar units to place effective indirect fire upon teh enemy. A Brigade's FSCOORD is a Lieutenant Colonel and generally the Brigade's Direct Support (DS) Field Artillery battalion. We should add an FA battalion (18 guns) to the Brigade. Probably 155mm or 8" cannons.