DAK2. Axis Order of Battle. At Start (12 September 1940) Tripoli Box: x3 A1.05: A48.18: A48.20: A41.18: A55.15: A55.11: A55.05: B60.24: B49.

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1 DAK2 Axis Order of Battle At Start (2 September 940) Tripoli Box: x3 A.05: A48.8: A48.20: A4.8: A55.5: A55.: A55.05: B60.24: B49.09: B46.08: B48.05: B50.08: w/i 2 B50.08: B2.0: C9.34: C3.30: C39.32: x2 C44.3: C42.3: C42.30: C42.29: C4.3: C43.30:

2 w/i C45.29: Anywhere in Libya: Hedgehogs Remaining: 20 x4 x2 x2 x2 September Required Italian units must be in Egypt. October 940 Optional (see 6.2a, otherwise it appears September 942): 5 Move from map to Dead Pile: Italians must capture Sidi Barrani by now or lose. Apply Mussolini Line restrictions. November Formed in Benghazi (ignore if the Italians no longer hold Benghazi): 26 Exchange: remove both and, and replace one of them with 2

3 December 940 If Sidi Barrani is under Commonwealth control, appears in Tobruk. If Sidi Barrani is still under Italian control, the unit appears in Tobruk the turn Sidi Barrani falls. Road from Sollum to Sidi Barrani becomes Primary. 9 In Tripoli: 26 Place in any Italian HQ s hex: Place in Benghazi (if Italian-held): Optional (see 6.2a, otherwise it appears September 942): January 94 End of Sudden Death win for Italian capture of Mersa Matruh. Flieger Korps becomes active. 5 Place in any Italian HQ s hex: 22 Place in any Italian HQ s hex: 3

4 February 94 x2 (ignore if Motorized Trento is used, see 6.2n) (or 6.2n: Motorized Trento option) Remove: and x3 2 (all units appear in Old Box) Add to dead pile: German units not yet acclimated (- to AR if there is a green circle) The restriction on Italian Private Property Damage ends. March 94 Axis No Running Away Restriction ends. Hex A9.35 becomes an Axis Trace Source. Italians can begin to use secondary roads for trace purposes. Italian parachutes improved. 2 April 94 x2 Tobruk s hedgehogs become Level 3. Tobruk AT ditch active. 4

5 May 94 x2 reduced Add to dead pile: and 29 Place at the DAK HQ: June 94 x2 (historically used to rebuild ) x2 Historically, Crete becomes a usable Axis Base and Greek Campaign ends. July 94 In Tripoli: Move from Dead Pile to Tripoli (if dead): Remove: (also see 6.2n if using Trento Motorized Division option) Historically, Flieger Korps becomes inactive. 5

6 August 94 Place with any Italian HQ: Place with any Axis HQ: In Tripoli: Remove: September 94 In Tripoli: October 94 Exch: replace w/ Exch: replace w/ Place in Tripoli: Tobruk bypass road becomes a Primary Road Germans are now acclimated to the desert, they are no longer modified by to their AR Commonwealth gets hip shoot capability 6

7 November 94 x3 29 December 94 January 942 Remove: can now be laid by the Commonwealth player and reused by the Axis player. Historically, the Flieger Korps becomes active. 7

8 February 942 (Littorio has to AR until August, 942. see 4.6d) In Tripoli: 8 Brigade groups now in effect for Armor brigades as well as Infantry. Consider all Commonwealth Armored Brigades to be Red Armor, not Yellow Armor. March 942 Add to dead pile: (if is in Dead Pile) 2 (optional. Can retain these units within Littorio, but they would then keep the to their AR. See 4.6d) 8

9 April 942 Place with any Axis HQ: Optional: Remove and replace with at any Axis HQ Remove: and all remaining Italian MG Bns. May 942 x2 Either or (optional) Exch: replace w/ Remove: 9

10 June 942 July 942 Historically, Rommel transferred the Flieger Korps air units to the map. They remained there until the end of the campaign. Random event (rare 53) driven: Optional exchange: replace with Optional: Apply optional 90.Le Fully Motorized Rule (now or later) 0

11 August 942 Restricted to Libya: Optional: or (optional) Optional / Random event (rare ): If 22.LL is used, does not arrive in October 942 Italian Littorio Armored Division no longer has to its AR 26 End Commonwealth Brigade Groups for all units. Commonwealth Armor remains Red. September 942 If optional entry not used earlier: Random event driven (rare 56..6):

12 October 942 Only if 22.LL random event does not occur: Placed at any Axis HQ: Apply optional 64.Le Fully Motorized Rule (now or later) Remove: November 942 Random event driven (rare 56..6): 2

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