Avernos, the Desert Squirrel.

there is a lot going on with this sheet and if you’re new to WW2 it looks like madness. So I shall try to break down what is on there. First off there are a couple of symbols I can’t track down so if you see something I haven’t mentioned it’s because I don’t know it, on that note if you know something I haven’t mentioned please point it out and I can update this. Secondly the big red crosses are for medics and as such need no introduction. So enough chat what’s what?

so as you can see we have different versions, the plain white cross is more typical of mid to late war, the white outline with black fill is early to mid and the thick yellow cross is from the polish campaign once they realised a big white cross made an excellent target.

the sheet includes various pairs of plates,

WH is for the army

WL is the airforce

SS is for the SS (I know you’re shocked)

Pol is for Police

WM (not on the sheet) is Navy in case you were wondering.

tactical symbols, these are some of the most confusing. These are combined with other symbols to describe the function

So to break it down, if there is a line with two circles below it, it means it is motorised. The rectangles mean infantry, whether crossed or “empty”

So if they have 2 circles below it, it stands for motorised infantry. A single circle and an oval means it’s a halftrack for the Maultier.

the Tetris like T piece with circles below it means it is part of a motorised signal battalion.

Finally the “motorised” symbol can have multiple lines above it to show it is part of a supply column, or it can rest on top of a vertical line or arrow to show that they are towing various guns.

Lastly there are two sets of vehicle specs depending on the base colour of the vehicle either white or black would be used.