Modern
Spanish Armored Cavalry Brigade

1967-1975 Spain

List S19M

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Armoured Recce Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2x M47, 2x M113, 3x M74 ARV
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2x M113, 2 AR squads
      1 platoon: 5x M47
      2 platoons@ 4x M113, 4 AR sqds, 3 GPMG, 3x 89mm M65, 1x 60mm ECIA mortar
      1 battery: 3x M113, 6x 81mm ECIA mortars

Light Armoured Recce Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2x M41 Walker Bulldog, 2x M3 halftracks
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2x M3 halftracks, 2 AR/SMG squads
      1 platoon: 5x M41 Walker Bulldog
      1 platoon: 4x M3 halftracks, 4 AR sqds, 3x 89mm M65, 3 LMG, 1x M3 halftrack carrying 1x 60mm ECIA mortar team
      1 battery: 3x M21 or M3 halftracks, 3x 81mm ECIA mortars

2. Brigade Support

Brigade HQ: 4x M113, 2 AR/SMG sqds, OP/Air Liaison Team
with:

    1 Artillery Battalion:
      BHQ: 4 AR sqds, 2x M2 halftracks, 4 trucks
      3 batteries@ 6x 105mm M108, 1x M3 halftrack, OP Team

    1 AA Company:

      CHQ: 1 SMG squad, 1 truck
      2 platoons@ 4x Quad .50" M55 on trucks

    1 Engineer Company:

      CHQ: 2x M3 halftracks, 1 AR squad
      3 platoons@ 4x M3 Halftracks, 4 AR/engineer sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 89mm M65

3. Corps Support (Immediate Intervention Force)

Up to:

    1 Artillery Battalion:
      BHQ: 2x M3 halftracks, 4 trucks, 4 AR squads
      4 batteries@ 6x 122mm L/46 guns (M31/37 copy), 8 lorries

    1 Artillery Battalion:

      BHQ: 6 AR squads, 8 lorries
      3 batteries@ 4x 203mm M115 howitzers, 4x M4 HST, radio van

    1 Artilllery Battalion:

      BHQ: 6 AR squads, 8 lorries, counter-battery fire
      3 batteries@ 4x 155mm M59 Long Tom, 4x M4 HST, radio van

    1 Missile Battalion: 4x Honest John launchers on lorries, radio vans, reload lorries

    4 SAM Batteries@ 6x HAWK 3-round launchers, FC radars, lorries

    2 Rocket Battalions@

      BHQ: 4 AR squads, 6 lorries
      2 batteries@ 6x 216mm E21 or 300mm D10 MRL, radio van

    1 Liaison Squadron: 12x UH-1D, 6x Bell 47G Sioux helicopters

    6 Scout/OP Sections@ 2x Cessna 0-1 Bird Dog, OP Team

    9 Engineer Companies@

      CHQ: 1 AR squad, 1 truck
      3 platoons@ 3-4 AR/engineer squads, 3 LMG, 2 lorries

    8 AA Companies@

      CHQ: 6 AR/SMG squads, 8 lorries
      2 platoons@ 4x 90mm M117, 4x M5 HST, radio van

    4 AA Companies@

      CHQ: 2 AR squads, 4 lorries
      2 platoons@ 4x 40mmL70 Bofors, 10 trucks, FC radar

4. Notes

    a) Radios are in all squads and AFV.
    b) Infantry have 64 mm M61 rifle anti-tank grenades.
    c) The sole Armoured Cavalry Brigade has one Armoured Recce Battalion with M47 tanks and two Light Armoured Recce Battalions with M41 tanks.
    d) After 1972 the Light Battalions have M113 as per the M47 equipped battalion.
    e) Details are provisional.
    f) Mortars may be older American 60mm M19 and 81mm M29 instead of the equivalent Spanish types.


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