Veteran, Morale: 9 Headquarters Company 1 command stand 1 staff radio stand 1 recon SMG stand 1 3" mortar stand 1 engineer stand 1 support stand 3 Rifle Companies, each with: 1 command infantry stand 2 infantry stands Attached Formations Parachute Troop, Royal Australian Engineers 1 command engineer stand Parachute Troop, 1st Australian Mountain Battery 1 command stand 1 gun crew stand (ds) 1 75L16 pack howitzer or 1 25# mountain gun 1 porter stand 1 jeep 1 light truck 1 light supply truck with trailer Notes 1. This battalion was organized according to British Airborne TO&E. Companies were lettered A - C. 2. The command infantry stands have integral 2.36" bazookas. 3. The Parachute Troop, 1st Australian Mountain Battery was trained to use either the US 75L16 pack howitzer or the "baby" mountain version of the 25-lb field gun, depending on circumstances. BIBLIOGRAPHY Airborne Forces, Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Otway, Imperial War Museum Reprint, 1990. Back to Table of Contents -- Command Post Quarterly # 5 To Command Post Quarterly List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1994 by Greg Novak. 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