Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation Volume IIB The German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht), Mobilisation and War Economy from June to December 1941 Table of Contents List of Abbreviations... ix Introduction... 1 1. The Order of Battle (OOB) of German Land Combat Units from 22nd June to 4th July 1941... 5 1) The German Deployment Matrix... 5 2. German Land Combat Unit Reinforcements on the East Front from 5th July to 31st December 1941... 65 3. The Total Personnel and Equipment in a Deployed (D) State in the Reich from 22nd June to 4th July 1941... 73 1) The Total Personnel and Equipment Allocated to Combat Units and in a Deployed (D) state in the German Army, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Naval Coastal Artillery from 22nd June to 4th July 1941... 73 a. The German Army, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Naval Coastal Artillery Deployed (D) in Support of Operation Barbarossa from 22nd June to 4th July 1941... 78 i. Army Group North... 78 ii. Army Group Centre... 78 iii. Army Group South... 79 iv. Norway Army, Befehlsstelle Finnland (East Front Only)... 79 v. OKH Reserves... 80 vi. Total, East Front... 80 b. The German Army, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Naval Coastal Artillery, Deployed (D) in the Western Fronts and the Replacement Army from 22nd June to 4th July 1941... 86 i. Norway Army (Norway Occupation Duties)... 86 ii. Army Group D (France-Low Countries)... 86 iii. 12th Army (Yugoslavia-Serbia-Greece-Crete)... 86 iv. Deutsches Afrikakorps (D.A.K) (North Africa)... 87 v. Germany and the Remainder of Occupied Europe, and the Replacement Army... 87 c. The Total German Army, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Naval Coastal Artillery Deployed (D) in the Reich from 22nd June to 4th July 1941... 89 d. Rear Area Transport Available for Supply Distribution from 22nd June to 4th July 1941... 92 2) The Total Available Personnel and Equipment in the Reich on 1st June 1941... 95 a. Review of Available Small Arms and Other Infantry Weapons... 100 b. Review of Available Anti-Tank Weapons... 101 c. Review of Available Artillery Pieces... 102 d. Review of Available Anti-Aircraft Weapons... 105 e. Review of Available Tanks and other AFVs... 108 f. Review of Available Motor Vehicles and Other Transport Types... 110 g. Review of Available Wehrmacht and Waffen SS Personnel... 116 3) The Proportion of Total Available Resources which were in a Deployed (D) State in the Reich from 22nd June to 4th July 1941... 122
4. German Mobilisation after 22nd June 1941: the Actual Strength of German Land Combat Units Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941... 129 1) Definition of Deployed (D), Mobilised and Deployed (MD), and Mobilised and Not Deployed (MND) in the German FILARM Model... 129 2) German Land Combat Units Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941... 130 a. The German Tank MD and MND Matrix... 135 3) The Total Resources Allocated to Newly Mobilised Combat Units from 22nd June to 31st December 1941... 138 a. Rear Area Transport Available for Supply Distribution from 22nd June to 31st December 1941... 139 4) The Total Resources in the Reich that were Available for Use by Newly Mobilised Units from 22nd June to 31st December 1941... 144 a. Total Available Resources in the Reich Unallocated to Deployed (D) Units from 22nd June to 4th July 1941... 144 b. New Resources Produced and Received in the Reich from June to 31st December 1941... 144 i. Small Arms and Other Infantry Weapons... 144 ii. Anti-Tank Weapons... 145 iii. Artillery Pieces... 146 iv. Anti-Aircraft Weapons... 147 v. Tanks and other AFVs... 148 vi. Motor Vehicles and Other Transport Types... 150 vii. Newly Conscripted Wehrmacht and Waffen SS Personnel... 152 5) Resources Unallocated to any Deployed (D), MD or MND Units in 1941... 153 6) The Proportion of Total Available Resources Allocated to Deployed (D) and Newly Mobilised Units in 1941... 155 a. A Comparison of the Percentages of German and Soviet Resources which were allocated to D, MD and MND Combat Units During 1941... 155 7) The Resource Replacements (R) Available to the German Army, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Naval Coastal Artillery, from 22nd June to 31st December 1941... 159 a. The German Replacement Army (Ersatzheer) and Military-Districts (Wehrkreise) System... 159 i. German Armed-Forces Auxiliary (Wehrmachtsgefolge) Organizations... 166 b. Replacements (R) available to the Wehrmacht from June to December 1941... 171 c. Replacements (R) Actually Issued to the German Ground Forces on the East Front During 1941... 176 i. German Personnel Losses (Casualties) and Replacements... 176 ii. German Tank and Assault Gun Losses and Replacements... 182 d. Small Arms Used by all Ground Combat Units in the Reich in 1941, including Replacements (R)... 190 e. Personnel Used by all Types of Replacements (R)... 191 5. The Luftwaffe in 1941... 193 1) The Structure of the Luftwaffe: June to December 1941... 193 a. The Geschwader and Gruppe... 193 b. The Staffel... 196 c. Luftwaffe Higher-Level Command Structure... 199 2) The Order of Battle and Actual Strength of all Luftwaffe Air Combat Units in a Deployed (D) State on 21st June 1941... 202 a. Luftwaffe Higher Level Organisation and Deployment on 21st June 1941... 202 b. Luftflotte 1... 206 c. Luftflotte 2... 211 d. Luftflotte 4... 216 e. Luftflotte 5... 224 f. Luftflotte 3... 232 g. X. Fliegerkorps... 243
h. Luftwaffenbefehlshaber Mitte... 249 i. Luftflotte ObdL... 253 j. Luftwaffe Seeluftstreitkrafte and Kustenfliegergruppen... 255 3) Luftwaffe Strengths on 21st June 1941... 257 a. Luftwaffe Strength Available to Support Operation Barbarossa on 21st June 1941... 257 b. A Comparison of Luftwaffe Forces Supporting Operation Barbarossa and VVS Strengths in the Western Special Military Districts on 22nd June 1941... 259 c. An Assessment of the Actual Luftwaffe Forces Available to Support German Ground Operations during Operation Barbarossa... 262 d. Overall Luftwaffe Strength on 21st June 1941... 265 4) Luftwaffe Air Combat Unit Reinforcements: June to December 1941... 267 a. The Transfer of Deployed (D) and Newly Mobilised Air Combat Units to the Eastern Front: June to December 1941... 267 b. The Transfer of Deployed (D) Air Combat Units from the Eastern Front to the West: June to December 1941... 271 c. Newly Mobilised Luftwaffe Air Combat Units: June to December 1941... 275 5) Overall Luftwaffe Combat Aircraft Usage, Production and Replacements (R): 22nd June to 31st December 1941... 277 a. German Aircraft Production and Replacements (R) in 1941... 280 b. Review of the Luftwaffe Aircraft Losses and Casualties in 1941... 283 6. The Supply Distribution Efficiency (SDE) for the Wehrmacht on the East Front from 22nd June to 31st December 1941... 291 1) The SDE for all Deployed (D) Land Combat Units on the East Front from 22nd June to 4th July 1941... 298 2) The SDE for all Reinforcement (R) Land Combat Units on the East Front from 5th July to 31st December 1941... 298 3) The SDE for all Deployed (D) and Reinforcement (R) Land Combat Units on the East Front from 22nd June to 31st December 1941... 299 4) Inclusion of the Luftwaffe s Air Combat Units in the SDE Calculation... 300 5) Parameters Relating Specifically to the Calculation of the Wehrmacht SDE in 1941... 302 a. Specific Weapon System or Squad Supply Demand Factors (SDFs)... 302 b. Proportion of Available Rear Area Trucks, Tractors (Prime Movers) and Light Transports Allocated to Rear Area SDE functions... 302 i. Proportion Available on 22nd June 1941... 302 ii. Proportion Available from 22nd June to 31st December 1941... 303 c. Average Lift Capacity of the Wehrmacht s Motorised Vehicles and Horse Teams: Measured in Metric Ton Kilometres per Day... 304 i. Average Transport Load Capacity (L)... 304 ii. Average Distance Moved Per Day (D)... 308 iii. Comparison of the Average Soviet and German Lift Capacity (L*D)... 312 6) Conclusions Relating to the Wehrmacht s SDE during 1941... 313 7. German Naval Forces on the East Front; June to December 1941... 317 1) Kriegsmarine High Level Operational Commands: June 1941... 318 2) Orders and Objectives of the German Naval forces in the Baltic in 1941... 319 3) The Actual Strength of German Naval Units in the Baltic during 1941... 321 4) A History of German Naval Operations in the Baltic: June to December 1941... 327 8. Wehrmacht and Waffen SS Casualties from June 1941 to February 1942... 333 Appendix A... 355 Overall Status of Selected Weapons within the Army on 1st April 1941... 355 Manufacture of Small Arms and Selected Artillery Types for the Wehrmacht during 1941... 356
Approximate Overall Status for Selected Weapons within the Wehrmacht: 1st October 1939 to 1st January 1942... 357 German Tank and Assault Gun Losses, Production, Rebuilt and Inventory: June to December 1941... 359 Production of Military Standard Motor Vehicles for the Army and Luftwaffe, August 1939 to December 1941... 361 Appendix B... 363 Table of Contents, Volume I Part I: The Concepts and General Structure of the Integrated Land and Air Resource Model... 363 Table of Contents, Volume I Part II: The Methodology Used for Analysing Weapon System Effectiveness, and the Structure of the 1941 Soviet and Axis Resource Database... 364 Appendix C... 367 Table of Contents, Volume IIA: The German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht), Mobilisation and War Economy from June to December 1941... 367 Appendix D... 375 Table of Contents, Volume IIIA: The Soviet Armed Forces, Mobilisation and War Economy from June to December 1941... 375 Appendix E... 381 Table of Contents, Volume IIIB: The Soviet Armed Forces, Mobilisation and War Economy from June to December 1941... 381 Selected Bibliography... 387