This post covers the support units that can be added to the Italian Armour Group for Operation Compass.
Use the following dividers when recalculating battle group statistics after adding support units.
Command Dice Divider: 3.5
Staff Order Divider: 4
Any L33 may be upgraded with a Solothurn Anti-Tank Rifle or flamethrower.
This replaces the Commonwealth Force published earlier.
National Abilities: Commonwealth Forces may use a Staff Order to increase their artillery response by +1D.
Units: 14
Command Dice: 5
Staff Orders: 4
Rally Dice: 4
Artillery Response Dice: 4
Army Morale: 12
Up to three support groups may be added to a battle group. In terms of game balance, it’s best if the same type of support group is added to each player’s battle groups, but you may decide to alter this providing both players agree.
After adding support units, you’ll need to recalculate the number of Command Dice, Staff Orders, and Army Morale Points.
Command Dice: Command Dice are determined by dividing the total number of units in the battle group by the Command Dice Divider rounding up.
For example, Italian forces have a Command Dice Divider of 3.5. The core armour group contains 16 units. 16 divided by 3.5 = 4.57 (rounded up to 5). Three M11/39s are added as tank support which increases the number of total units to 19. 19 divided by 3 = 5.42 (rounded down to 5).
Staff Orders Divider: The initial number of Staff Orders is determined by dividing the total number of units by the Staff Order Divider and rounding up. For example, the Italian armour group has a Staff Order Divider of 4. With 16 units this equals 4 Staff Orders. After the battle group is increased to 19, this increases to 5 (4.75 rounded up).
Rally Dice: Unchanged.
Artillery Response Dice: Unchanged.
Army Morale Points: Divide the number of units by 2 (round up) and add the number of Command Dice. A force with 16 units and five Command Dice has an Army Morale of 13 (8+5).
National Abilities: The Italian artillery is well-trained and well-motivated giving them five dice for Artillery Response.
Units: 16
Command Dice: 5
Staff Orders: 4
Rally Dice: 4
Artillery Response Dice: 5
Army Morale: 13
This posts describes Italian off-table artillery support.
Of World War One vintage the 75/27 was used as artillery support as well as a field gun. The stats here are for use as off-table artillery.
Light artillery battery
Weapon: 75L27
Notes: Artillery Suppression.
This howitzer dates from World War One and was originally produced in Austria-Hungary. It was used by the Italians as their medium howitzer in World War Two.
Medium howitzer battery
Weapon: 105L17
Notes: Artillery Suppression.
