By Michele Armellini
I have found a report dated September 15th, 1937, by the RRS commander, who proposes a new TO&E for this coy. The old TO&E is reported as - real life, numbers:
The report says this company is too large and unwieldy, with too little supporting fire apart from the flamethrowers themselves and not enough transport; in particular, not enough transport for resupplying the flammable liquid. The proposed new TO&E is: HQ & services plt: 31 all ranks,
The surplus men and flamethrowers would be handed over to other units (note that by February, 1938, the Frecce/Flechas have plenty of flamethrowers in their assault units). The CD TO&Es I'd suggest are: OLD TO&E:
This would in all likelihood be available (although maybe it wasn't committed) for Guadalajara; it is in addition to 1 or 2 CV35 flame tankettes. Of course we can't be sure it was already this large and organized exactly like this. NEW TO&E:
It's a pity the rules don't allow for resupplying the FTs! So it could be wiser to delete the 4th truck, or else a player will want to do that... Source Lucio Ceva and Andrea Curami, Army Historical Office, Lameccanizzazione dell'esercito fino al 1943, Vol. II. Back to Abanderado Vol. 4 No. 3 Table of Contents Back to Abanderado List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Rolfe Hedges This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |