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A couple points:

1 - There's mention in the latest OOBs of "carbines" being issued to various personnel. The Bulgarian encyclopedia entry on equipment doesn't show any weapons labeled as "carbines", so what is Bulgaria using here?

2 - Aircraft integral to the artillery battalions. That's rather interesting, but I'm not sure you'd want them attached that way and it makes control and placement of your units somewhat problematic: If you're going to attach aircraft to the army units, I'd probably move this up to AT LEAST the regimental level, if not the division.

3 - 2 Sdkfz-222s per division: I just find that funny.

The attachement of aircraft at that level is unusual but in no way unique look at the Italian Police Companies in North Africa

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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson
There's mention in the latest OOBs of "carbines" being issued to various personnel. The Bulgarian encyclopedia entry on equipment doesn't show any weapons labeled as "carbines", so what is Bulgaria using here?

Only shows up in the stormtroop OOB for the runners, IIRC. It's just a standard K31 Schmidt-Rubin. I marked it elsewhere as a rifle, but it's just a standard K31. Maybe shortened, but not necessarily.

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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson
Aircraft integral to the artillery battalions. That's rather interesting, but I'm not sure you'd want them attached that way and it makes control and placement of your units somewhat problematic: If you're going to attach aircraft to the army units, I'd probably move this up to AT LEAST the regimental level, if not the division.

Fair enough; even so, the artillery battalions always have an aerial spotter unit attached while they're in the field. I'll just combine them at the regimental level for organizational ease.

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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson
2 Sdkfz-222s per division: I just find that funny.

You mean in the Mechanized Rifle Regiment?

Yeah, I'm going need to buy more of those, I expect. The low numbers kinda happened because A.) I ran out of Sdkfz-222s and B.) I only had two in the scout company, and none appeared anywhere else in that unit. *shrugs*

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Originally posted by Brockpaine

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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson
There's mention in the latest OOBs of "carbines" being issued to various personnel. The Bulgarian encyclopedia entry on equipment doesn't show any weapons labeled as "carbines", so what is Bulgaria using here?

Only shows up in the stormtroop OOB for the runners, IIRC. It's just a standard K31 Schmidt-Rubin. I marked it elsewhere as a rifle, but it's just a standard K31. Maybe shortened, but not necessarily.

No, it's all through the OOBs, for runners and company-level MG teams.

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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson
Aircraft integral to the artillery battalions. That's rather interesting, but I'm not sure you'd want them attached that way and it makes control and placement of your units somewhat problematic: If you're going to attach aircraft to the army units, I'd probably move this up to AT LEAST the regimental level, if not the division.

Fair enough; even so, the artillery battalions always have an aerial spotter unit attached while they're in the field. I'll just combine them at the regimental level for organizational ease.

Makes sense.

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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson
2 Sdkfz-222s per division: I just find that funny.

You mean in the Mechanized Rifle Regiment?

Yeah, I'm going need to buy more of those, I expect. The low numbers kinda happened because A.) I ran out of Sdkfz-222s and B.) I only had two in the scout company, and none appeared anywhere else in that unit. *shrugs*

Yeah, there are a FEW more in most divisions (6 or so, from the cavalry companies attached at regimental level). Just funny. If Bulgaria wants some more, they're easily obtainable.

Hm, well - any time I refer to carbines, it's still the standard K31 or the Steyr 1895 carbines. There are a couple other rifles which float around the Bulgarian Army - there's even some Enfields and Mosin-Nagants left from Great War captures. Not many, and they're old.

I would have bought more Sdkfz-222s in 1937, but I'd majorly broken the bank already with a *lot* of purchases. 1938 is looking to be much the same way. If it weren't for the massive Army Next Door, I'd be cutting troop levels and trying to get the remaining forces better equipped...

Yes, the Yugo's do have a very large force don't they, its even larger than Romania's. Romania still has the largest airforce though.

Guess I should really get around to updating Poland and Romania's encyclopedia's.