1

DAK2 Axis Order of Battle

At Start (12 September 1940) Tripoli Box:

x3 A1.05: A48.18: A48.20: A41.18:

A55.15: A55.11: A55.05: B60.24: B49.09:

B46.08: B48.05: B50.08:

w/i 2 B50.08:

x2 B12.01: C19.34: C31.30: C39.32:

C44.31: C42.31: C42.30: C42.29:

C41.31: C43.30:

2

w/i 1 C45.29:

Anywhere in Libya: Hedgehogs Remaining: 20

x4 x2 x2 x2 September 1940 15 Required Italian units must be in Egypt.

October 1940

15

Optional (see 6.2a, otherwise it appears September 1942):

Move from map to Dead Pile:

Italians must capture Sidi Barrani by now or lose. Apply Mussolini Line restrictions. November 1940

1

19 Formed in Benghazi (ignore if the Italians no longer hold Benghazi):

26 Exchange: remove both

and , and replace one of them with

3

December 1940

1

If Sidi Barrani is under Commonwealth control,

appears in Tobruk. If Sidi Barrani is

still under Italian control, the unit appears in Tobruk the turn Sidi Barrani falls. Road from Sollum to Sidi Barrani becomes Primary.

19 In Tripoli:

26

Place in any Italian HQ’s hex: Place in Benghazi (if Italian-held):

Optional (see 6.2a, otherwise it appears September 1942):

January 1941

1

Exchange: replace

with

End of Sudden Death win for Italian capture of Mersa Matruh. Flieger Korps becomes active.

5 Place in any Italian HQ’s hex:

22

Place in any Italian HQ’s hex:

4

February 1941

1

x2 (ignore if Motorized Trento is used, see 6.2n)

(or 6.2n: Motorized Trento option)

Remove: and

12

x3

(all units appear in Old Box)

Add to dead pile: German units not yet acclimated (-1 to AR if there is a green circle)

The restriction on Italian Private Property Damage ends. March 1941

1 Axis No Running Away Restriction ends. Hex A19.35 becomes an Axis Trace Source. Italians can begin to use secondary roads for trace purposes. Italian parachutes improved.

12

April 1941

1 x2

Tobruk’s hedgehogs become Level 3. Tobruk AT ditch active.

5

May 1941

1 x2 reduced

Add to dead pile: and

29 Place at the DAK HQ:

x2

(historically used to rebuild )

June 1941

1 x2

Historically, Crete becomes a usable Axis Base and Greek Campaign ends.

July 1941

1

In Tripoli: Move from Dead Pile to Tripoli (if dead):

Remove:

(also see 6.2n if using Trento Motorized Division option)

Historically, Flieger Korps becomes inactive.

6

August 1941

1

Place with any Italian HQ:

Place with any Axis HQ:

In Tripoli:

Exchange: replace

with

Remove:

September 1941

1

In Tripoli: Exchange: replace

with

Exchange: replace

with

October 1941

1

Exch: replace w/

Exchange: replace

with

Exch: replace

w/ Place in Tripoli:

Tobruk bypass road becomes a Primary Road Germans are now acclimated to the desert, they are no longer modified by –1 to their AR Commonwealth gets hip shoot capability

7

November 1941

1

x3 Exchange: replace

with

29

Exchange: replace

with

Exchange: replace

with

December 1941

1

Exchange: replace

with

January 1942

1

Exchange: replace

with Remove:

Exchange: replace

with Exchange: replace

with

can now be laid by the Commonwealth player and reused by the Axis player.

Historically, the Flieger Korps becomes active.

8

February 1942

1

(Littorio has –1 to AR until August, 1942. see 4.6d)

In Tripoli:

Exchange: replace

with

8 Brigade groups now in effect for Armor brigades as well as Infantry. Consider all Commonwealth Armored Brigades to be “Red” Armor, not “Yellow” Armor.

March 1942

1

12

Add to dead pile:

Exchange: replace

with (if

is in Dead Pile)

Exchange: replace

with

Exchange: replace

with (optional. Can retain these units

within Littorio, but they would then keep the –1 to their AR. See 4.6d)

Exchange: replace

with

Exchange: replace

with

Exchange: replace

with

9

April 1942

1

Place with any Axis HQ:

Exchange: replace

with

Exchange: replace

with

Exchange: replace

with

Optional: Remove

and replace with at any Axis HQ

Remove:

and all remaining Italian MG Bns.

May 1942

1

x2

Either

or (optional)

Exch: replace w/

Exchange: replace

with Exchange: replace

with

Expend one to convert (now or later)

to

Expend one to convert (now or later)

to

Exchange: replace

with Exchange: replace

with

Remove:

10

June 1942

1

Exchange: replace

with

Exchange: replace

with

Historically, Rommel transferred the Flieger Korps air units to the map. They remained there until the end of the campaign.

July 1942

1

Random event (rare 53) driven:

Optional exchange: replace with

Optional:

Apply optional 90.Le Fully Motorized Rule (now or later)

Expend one to convert (now or later)

to

Expend one to convert (now or later)

to

Expend one to convert (now or later)

to

11

August 1942

1

Restricted to Libya:

Optional:

or (optional) Exchange: replace

with

Optional / Random event (rare 54..55):

If 22.LL is used,

does not arrive in October 1942

Italian Littorio Armored Division no longer has –1 to its AR 26 End Commonwealth Brigade Groups for all units. Commonwealth Armor remains “Red”.

September 1942

1

If optional entry not used earlier:

Random event driven (rare 56..61):

Exchange: replace

with

12

October 1942

1

Only if 22.LL random event does not occur:

Placed at any Axis HQ:

Apply optional 164.Le Fully Motorized Rule (now or later)

Exchange: replace

with

Expend one to convert (now or later)

to

Expend one to convert (now or later)

to

Expend one to convert (now or later)

to

Expend one to convert (now or later)

to

Expend one to convert (now or later)

to

Remove:

November 1942

1

Random event driven (rare 56..61):