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Deployment of Axis Minors forces by theaters
in summer 1942

Deployment of the armed forces of the Axis Minors by theaters of war in summer 1942

Italian armed forces by theaters of war	Army			strengths on paper
	divisions			strengths on paper
	Infantry, Mountain and Airborne divisions	Motorized Infantry, Mobile and partly motorized African divisions	Tank	Infantry						Motor vehicles				Artillery
	Infantry, Mountain and Airborne divisions		Tank	Regiment strengths	automatic rifles	sub-machine guns	machine guns	mortars	light anti-tank weapons	Tanks	Assault guns, AFV's	APC's	Trucks	Field guns	AT guns	AA guns
Commando Supremo Africa	1	6	2	28,729	124+	?	1,668	96	?	310	182	?	4,200 (?)	280	646	144
8th Army (Expeditionary Forces in Russia)	6	-	-	49,506	?	?	1,656	1,044	?	-	-	?	516	216	144	48
in transfer to 8th Army in Russia	3	1	-	29,414	?	?	960	582	?	46	-	?	476	144	88	32
Northern Italy	approx. 19	1	-	162,693	?	?	5,316	3,250	?	46	-	?	1,766	708	448	152
Central and Southern Italy	approx. 23	-	-	189,773	?	?	6,348	4,002	?	-	-	?	1,978	828	552	184
Sardinia, Corsica	approx. 9	-	-	74,259	?	?	2,484	1,566	?	-	-	?	774	324	216	72
Balkans, Croatia, Greece	approx. 29	1	1	247,030	?	?	8,208	4,999	?	190	41	?	2,844	1,118	691	258
TOTAL	90	9	3	781,404	124+	?	26,640	15,539	?	592	223	?	12,554	3,618	2,785	890

Finnish armed forces by theaters of war	Army			strengths on paper
	divisions			strengths on paper
	Infantry	Motorized Infantry, Cavalry	Tank	Infantry						Motor vehicles				Artillery
	Infantry	Motorized Infantry, Cavalry	Tank	Regiment strengths	automatic rifles	sub-machine guns	machine guns	mortars	light anti-tank weapons	Tanks	Assault guns, AFV's	APC's	Trucks	Field guns	AT guns	AA guns
South-Eastern Army	7	-	-	approx. 70,000	?	1,750	812	126	?	-	-	?	-	252	70	-
Karelian Army	5	1	-	approx. 60,000	?	1,500	736	114	?	approx. 150	-	?	approx. 400	204	approx. 60	-
Lapland (German AOK Norway)	2	-	-	approx. 20,000	?	500	232	36	?	-	-	?	-	72	20	-
Reserves	2	-	-	approx. 20,000	?	500	232	36	?	-	-	?	-	72	20	-
TOTAL	16	1	-	170,000	?	4,250	2,012	312	?	150	-	?	400	600	170	-

Romanian armed forces by theaters of war	Army			strengths on paper
	divisions			strengths on paper
	Infantry, Mountain	Motorized Infantry, Cavalry	Tank	Infantry						Motor vehicles				Artillery
	Infantry, Mountain	Motorized Infantry, Cavalry	Tank	Regiment strengths	automatic rifles	sub-machine guns	machine guns	mortars	light anti-tank weapons	Tanks	Assault guns, AFV's	APC's	Trucks	Field guns	AT guns	AA guns
with German Army Group South, Russia	9	3	-	approx. 84,000	?	-	approx. 1,050	approx. 210	?	-	-	total of approx. 400 Skoda's	approx. 100	350	261	-
in transfer to Army Group South	9	4	1	approx. 92,000	?	-	approx. 1,150	approx. 230	?	approx. 150	-	total of approx. 400 Skoda's	approx. 100	386	318	-
Romania	15	-	-	approx. 120,000	?	-	approx. 1,500	approx. 300	?	-	-	-	-	360	450	-
TOTAL	33	7	1	296,000	?	-	3,700	740	?	150	-	400	100	1,096	1,029	-

Hungarian armed forces by theaters of war	Army			strengths on paper
	divisions			strengths on paper
	Infantry, Mountain	Motorized Infantry, Cavalry	Tank	Infantry						Motor vehicles				Artillery
	Infantry, Mountain	Motorized Infantry, Cavalry	Tank	Regiment strengths	automatic rifles	sub-machine guns	machine guns	mortars	light anti-tank weapons	Tanks	Assault guns, AFV's	APC's	Trucks	Field guns	AT guns	AA guns
with German Army Group South, Russia	7	-	1	approx. 75,000	?	?	approx. 1,150	approx. 220	266	107	24	-	approx. 200	168	approx. 300	-
in transfer to Army Group South	2	-	-	approx. 20,000	?	?	approx. 300	approx. 230	76	-	-	-	-	48	80	-
with German Army Group Center, Russia	1	-	-	approx. 10,000	?	?	approx. 150	approx. 30	38	-	-	-	-	24	40
Hungary	9	-	-	approx. 90,000	?	?	approx. 1,350	approx. 270	342	-	-	-	-	216	360	-
TOTAL	19	-	1	195,000	?	-	2.950	750	722	107	24	-	200	456	780	-

Bulgarian armed forces by theaters of war

Army

strengths on paper

divisions

Infantry, Mountain

Motorized Infantry, Cavalry

Tank

Infantry

Motor vehicles

Artillery

Regiment strengths

automatic rifles

sub-machine guns

machine guns

mortars

light anti-tank weapons

Tanks

Assault guns, AFV's

APC's

Trucks

Field guns

AT guns

AA guns

5th Army at South-East Serbia

approx. 12,000

approx. 300

approx. 30

approx. 72

approx. 30

5th Army at Macedonia

approx. 16,000

approx. 350

approx. 35

approx. 84

approx. 35

I Occupation Corps

approx. 28,000

apporx. 700

approx. 70

approx. 168

approx. 70

Bulgaria

apporx. 36,000

approx. 900

approx. 90

121

approx. 100

approx. 216

approx. 90

TOTAL

92,000

2,250

225

121

100

540

225

Slovak armed forces by theaters of war

Army

strengths on paper

divisions

Infantry, Mountain

Motorized Infantry, Cavalry

Tank

Infantry

Motor vehicles

Artillery

Regiment strengths

automatic rifles

sub-machine guns

machine guns

mortars

light anti-tank weapons

Tanks

Assault guns, AFV's

APC's

Trucks

Field guns

AT guns

AA guns

with German Army Group South, Russia

approx. 7.000

approx. 200

approx. 50

approx. 20

695

approx. 30

Slovakia

approx. 20,000

approx. 400

approx. 100

approx. 60

TOTAL

27.000

600

150

695

Italian armed forces by theaters of war	Regia Aeronautica (air force) October-November 1942				Regia Navale (navy)
	Aircrafts				Ships
	Fighter planes		Bomber planes		Battleships (BB,BC)	Heavy Cruisers (CA)	Light Cruisers (LCA)	Aircraft carriers (CV)	Light aircraft carriers, escort carriers (CVL,CVE)	Destroyers (DD)	Torpedo boats	Escorts (corvettes, frigates)	Motor torpedo boats (MTB)	Subs	Merchant Fleet
	Fighters	Fighter-bombers	Light bombers	Medium bombers	Battleships (BB,BC)	Heavy Cruisers (CA)	Light Cruisers (LCA)	Aircraft carriers (CV)	Light aircraft carriers, escort carriers (CVL,CVE)	Destroyers (DD)	Torpedo boats	Escorts (corvettes, frigates)	Motor torpedo boats (MTB)	Subs	Merchant Fleet
Italy (Mainland)	264	-	20	209
Sicily	184	-	-	84
Sardinia	33	-	-	72
Libya	approx. 210	approx. 150	approx. 25	approx. 60
Aegean	46	-	-	41
Greece	81	-	-	-
Albania	15	-	-	17
Slovenia, Dalmatia	-	-	-	17
Russia	40	-	-	-
TOTAL	873	150	45	500	6 (+1 under long-term repairing)	4	approx. 12	-	-	approx. 45	approx. 60	-	-	approx. 90	approx. 483 (approx. 1.481 millions t)

all other Axis forces by theaters of war

Air Forces

Navies

Aircrafts

Ships

Fighter planes

Bomber planes

Battleships
(BB,BC)

Heavy Cruisers
(CA)

Light Cruisers
(LCA)

Aircraft carriers
(CV)

Light aircraft carriers, escort carriers (CVL,CVE)

Destroyers (DD)

Torpedo boats

Escorts (corvettes, frigates)

Motor torpedo boats
(MTB)

Subs

Merchant Fleet

Fighters

Fighter-bombers

Light bombers

Medium bombers

Finland

approx. 200

approx. 50

1 (armoured coastal defence vessel)

approx. 7

432 (all sizes)

Romania, Eastern Front

approx. 80

approx. 25

approx. 70

Romania

approx. 80

approx. 100

approx. 6

Hungary, Eastern Front

approx. 50

Hungary

approx. 40

approx. 60

Bulgaria

approx. 150

approx. 30

approx. 10

Slovakia, Eastern Front

approx. 20

approx. 10

TOTAL

620

115

360

?
(approx. 0.6 millions t)

Conversion to units for strategy game WW2Total:

Armed Forces of Axis Minors by theaters of war	deployment by province for strategy game WW2Total	Ground Forces
		Infantry						Motor vehicles				Artillery
		rifles	automatic rifles	sub-machine guns	machine guns	mortars	light anti-tank weapons	Tanks	Assault guns, AFV's	APC's	Trucks	Field guns	AT guns	AA guns
for Finns, Slovaks and Italian African divisions (100% fighting power) about 1 unit for each:		9,000 men regimental strength						200 armoured vehicles
for all others (about 64% fighting power) about 1 unit for each:		14,000 men regimental strength						300 armoured vehicles
most important type		Mannlicher-Carcano						M 13/40
Russia with German Army Group South (Italy, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia)	Eastern Ukraine	16						-
in transfer to Army Group South in Russia (Italy, Romania, Hungary)	Western Ukraine	10						1
Russia with German Army Group Center (Hungary)	Byelorussia	1						-
Eastern Front, Finland	Karelia	7						-
	Lapland	2						-
	Finland	2						-
Home forces, Romania	Romania	5						-
Home forces, Romania	Bessarabia	3						-
Home forces, Hungary	Hungary	4						-
Home forces, Hungary	Transylvania	2						-
Bulgarian Army	Serbia	2						-
Bulgarian Army	Bulgaria	3						-
Commando Supremo Africa	Cyrenaica	2						2
Commando Supremo Africa	Tripolitania	1						-
Home forces, Italy	Northern Italy	11						-
	Central Italy	6						-
	Southern Italy	5						-
	Sicily	3						-
	Sardinia-Corsica	5						-
Italian forces in the Balkans	Croatia	6						1
	Albania	3						-
	Greece (including Bulgarians)	6						-
	Crete (including troops on other Aegean islands)	3						-
TOTAL		108						4
Replacements for Africa	Southern Italy	2						1

Armed Forces of Axis Minors by theaters of war	deployment by province for strategy game WW2Total	Aircrafts				Ships
		Fighter planes		Bomber planes
		fighters	fighter-bombers	light bombers	medium bombers	Battleships (BB,BC)	Heavy Cruisers (CA)	Light Cruisers (LCA)	Aircraft carriers (CV)	Light aircraft carriers, escort carriers (CVL,CVE)	Destroyers (DD)	Torpedo boats	Escorts (corvettes, frigates)	Motor torpedo boats (MTB)	Subs	Transports
Fighting Power		80%
						64%										100%
about 1 unit for WW2Total for each:		250 aircrafts				6	24	36	6	15	30	45	60	300	30	400.000 t
most important type		MC202 Folgore		Ju87B Stuka		Zara class			-		Spica class				Sirena	-
Russia with German Army Group South (Italy, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia)	Eastern Ukraine	1		1		-			-		-				-	-
Eastern Front, Finland	Karelia	1		-		-			-		-				-	-
	Finland	-		-		-			-		-				-	1
Home forces, Romania	Romania	1		1		-			-		1				-	1
Bulgarian, Italian Air Force Balkans	Greece	1		-
Commando Supremo Africa	Cyrenaica	1		1		-			-		-				-	-
Home forces, Italy	Northern Italy	1		-		1					1				-	2
	Tyrehanian Sea	-		-		-			-		-				1	-
	Southern Italy	-		1		1					1				1	2
	Sicily	1		-		-			-		-				-	-
Italian submarine command Bordeaux	Western France	-		-		-			-		-				1	-
TOTAL		7 (6.6)		4 (4.1)		2 (1.54)			0		3 (3.16)				3 (3.3)	6 (5.8)