The “Greater Romania” 1 Blindata
All three Axis divisions in Steel Division 2: Black Sunday will be Romanian, and as such, feature unique weapons and vehicles that were historically used by this Eastern European Axis ally, including indigenous designs. Not only that, but all Romanian troops will also feature a full voice-over. Who knows: maybe you’ll get fluent in typical Romanian curses at the end of it!
The “Greater Romania” 1 Blindata was arguably the premier fighting force of Romania, but in direct comparison with the best the Third Reich had to offer, the Romanian Army’s sole armored division was closer in line with a Panzergrenadier division. By the summer of 1944, the 1 Blindata had already been destroyed and reconstituted several times over while fighting on the Eastern Front. In the latest reorganization, this division found itself fielding mostly German armored vehicles, including the venerable Panzer IV and StuG III. Locally produced materiel such as the TACAM T-60 tank destroyer and the outstanding Resita 75mm AT gun can also be found with the 1 Blindata.
The 1 Blindata was the armored reserve of the Romanian 4th Army, finding itself on the western “Jassy” pincer of the Soviet operation. When the Red Army began its offensive in earnest, the 1 Blindata bravely counter-attacked the Soviet forces with the German Kampfgruppe Brausch (from the 20. Panzer) under its command, but to little avail. Despite suffering substantial losses, Romania’s armored division didn’t break, instead engaging into a fighting retreat for the next couple of confusing days, trying to cover as many friendly units as possible. The division surrendered to the Red Army later in August. Afterward, part of the 1 Blindata was interned in POW camps, while a number of its soldiers were used to form an armored detachment, fighting under Soviet command until the end of the war.
The 1 Blindata’s main features
The bulk of the division’s armored forces is made up of German vehicles, including the T.4 (Panzer IV H) and T.A. (StuG III G). A few elite German-commanded Panzer IV, survivors of the Bobruisk escape sent south to recover, can be deployed. Several light armored vehicles can also be found in its arsenal, such as the AB Horch (SdKfz. 222) and SdKfz. 250 and 251 half-tracks. An indigenous Romanian design is the small and cheap TACAM T-60 tank destroyer made of two separately captured Soviet pieces of equipment: an F-22 howitzer mated with a T-60 light tank. The Resita AC 75mm is an anti-tank gun combining all the best features of the German PaK 40 with the Soviet ZiS-3. Devastating penetration, accurate and is capable of delivering indirect fire. Both German and older French AA guns provide air defense, mostly smaller calibers such as the FAMO F3 half-track with 37mm gun, 25mm Hotchkiss gun or truck-mounted twin 13,2mm Hotchkiss . Air cover is provided by a wide variety of different planes, including “home-grown” IAR-81 fighters, German Stuka dive bombers, Me-109, Hs-129, the veteran Bf-110 and even Italian SM.79 bombers (built under license in Romania as the JRS-79B).
The 1 Blindata might not be a flashy show-off division, but it has few real drawbacks, allowing it to be a balanced choice on the battlefield.
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