[WarInEur] RE: british OOB

[Wardall Clark]

The British pool of replacements may be augmented by dissolving a 3-10 for 1 IRP 
or an 8-10 for 2 x IRP.  Furthermore, 3 x 8-10 can become a division and a 3-10
can be upgraded to a division by eliminating 2 IRP which means that over a two week
period 3 x 3-10 can become an 8-10. Thus process means that combinations of 8-10s, 
3-10s and 2-10BGs  can be reached,which are otherwise impossible.    
 
Twenty eight X 2-10s, 11 X IRP and 3 X 3-10 can become 13 X 8-10 and 15 2-10s.   
13 divisions plus the five received as reinforcements is 18 on map, however the two B-Gs in Norway 
indicate 8-10s that left England. Thus there should be 16 on the map somewhere, and no 3-10s   
The count of BG in England should be 15.  So here we find an unexplainable number. Somebody 
goofed. Bob 



> > There appears to be a minor error in the CW 1940 OOB as depicted in the set > up instructions.> > If we take the the 1939 OOB and add all the reinforcements we should get the > 1940 OOB. We do in most cases. However, we don't in the case of the CW > infantry units.> > There is one more 8-10's in Britain that can be accounted for, the two 3-10 > brigades have disappeared and we have too many 2-10bg on the map. So what > happened.> > First let's look at Egypt/Pallestine. We start off in 39 with two 2-10bg . > In 1940, there are three 2-10bg. There were two 8-10 received as > reinforcements in Suez, but no combat so where did the extra 2-10bg come > from and what happened to the 8-10.s.> > The rules prohibit sending a bg from Britain so it didn't come from there. > However, Malta starts off the war with a 2-10 bg in addition to the garrison > unit. In 1940 it is no longer present so maybe it got transfered to Egypt, > that would account for the number of bg's deployed in Egypt/Palestine for > the 1940 campaign. So let's presume that the the Malta 2-10bg has been > transferred to Palestine and the two 8-10 have been sent on to Britain.> > That brings us to Britain. The 1939 scenario starts off with six 2-10bgs in > Britain and the CW receives 22 more 2-10bgs as reinforements between 3-9-39 > and 0-5-40. They also receive one 8-10, two 3-10s, and 11 IRP. None of the > IRP remain in 1940, so presumeably all were used to convert 2-10bgs into > 8-10s. So what we should have available for Europe is: 15x8-10 (One direct > reinforcement, eleven conversions from 2-10 bgs, and two Suez reinforcements > reshipped to Britain), 2x3-10 received as direct reinforcements, no > remaining IRP and have 17x2-10s remaining in Europe.> > However, the 1940 setup gives, 16x8-10 (ten BEF and six in Britain), 18x2-10 > (sixteen in Britain and two in Norway) and zero 3-10 (the two 3-10s are > missing). This is a minimum of one more 8-10 than it was possible to build > or a maximum of three to many 8-10s if the two 2-10bg in Norway started out > as 8-10s and were subsequently attrited. There are two 2-10 bg in Norway > and sixteen in Britain for a total of 18x 2-10bgs which is one to many and > as previously noted the 2x3-10's are missing.> > So we have one extra 8-10, one extra 2-10bg and two missing 3-10's. I > believe the two 2-10bg in Norway are actually the missing 3-10s (the British > never sent two divisions to Norway ITRW) and the extra 8-10 in Britain > should be a 2-10. These changes make all the numbers work out.> > Alternatively, we would need to add three IRP either as reinforcements or as > a prewar pool so that the Allies could convert a total of 14x2-10bg into > 8-10s, assume that two of the 8-10 were intercepted by Axis Air/Sea > interdiction and reduced to 2-10bg in Norway and that the missing 2x3-10 > were omitted and need to be added.> > Swapping out the 2-10bgs in Norway for the missing 3-10s and reducing one of > the 8-10s in Britain to a 2-10bg requires the fewest changes from the > published setup instructions.> 
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