I was just on the last run of packing my wargaming stuff and found this nice "Götz von Berlichingen" Briefing for Flames of War.
After some short research this looks like a passable and capable unit for me (names historical correct):
17. SS Panzergrenadierkompanie "Götz von Berlichingen"
HQ:
37. SS Panzergrenadier Regiment HQ : Hauptsturmführer Fick Fearless / Trained 45 Points
Combat:
I./37. SS Panzergrenadier Platoon Unterscharführer Diller Fearless / Trained 165 Points
- 3 Squads Panzergrenadiers
II./37. SS Panzergrenadier Platoon Unterscharführer Brantsch Fearless / Trained 165 Points
- 3 Squads Panzergrenadiers
Weapons Platoon:
17. SS Panzerjägerabteilung Unterscharführer Krowzik Fearless / Trained 135 Points
- 3 7.5cm PAK40
Divisional Support:
2. SS Panzerabteilung "Das Reich" Unterscharführer Aumeister Fearless / Veteran 640 Points
- 3 Panther A
17. SS Panzerabteilung Unterscharführer Langemann Fearless / Veteran 435 Points
- 4 StuG IV
353. Infanteriedivision Rocket Launcher Battery Confident / Trained 105 Points
- 3 15cm NW41 Hauptmann Brennauer
17. SS Flackabteilung Fearöess / Trained 75 Points
- 1 8.8 FlaK 36
Total Points: 1765
The 17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Götz von Berlichingen was a German SS panzergrenadier division which saw action on the Western Front during World War II.
The division was raised near Poitiers, France as the Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen" in October 1943. It was formed from scratch, with the majority of its original cadre coming from replacement units and conscripts, many of whom were Romanian Germans and French volunteers. The division was granted the honour-title Götz von Berlichingen
After the D-Day allied invasion, the Götz von Berlichingen was ordered to Normandy to take part in the efforts to reduce the Allied beachhead. On 11 June, the division first met the enemy in combat. The reconnaissance battalion engaged in combat with the paratroopers of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division near the town of Carentan.
The Americans secured the town and were advancing south by the morning of 13 June.
SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 37, supported by the assault guns of the division's Panzer battalion and Oberst Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte's 6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment, attacked the advancing paratroopers. In what the Americans dubbed The Battle of Bloody Gulch, the Germans routed two paratroop companies before their attack was stopped by the arrival of Combat Command A of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division.
For the rest of the month, the division was engaged in heavy fighting for the bocage country near Saint Lô and Coutances. During this period the Götz von Berlichingen suffered heavy losses.And started its retreat toward Germany
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