WWII
Sudanese Home Defense Forces

1939-Sept'40 Sudan

List AF2

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Up to:

    6 Sudanese Motor MG Companies@
      CHQ: 1x Armoured Car (Boys, MG)
      2 platoons@ 3x Armoured Cars
      2 platoons@ 4x trucks+AALMG
      2 platoons@ 3 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
    6+ Sudanese Frontier Camel Corps Companies@
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, camels, horses
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 1 LMG?, camels, swords
    1 Sudanese Saluting Battery: 4x 2.95" Mountain Guns M01, pack mules, Obsolete FC
    6 Equatorial Corps Companies@
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      2-3 platoons@ 3-4 rifle sqds

    1 Sudanese Frontier Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds
      4 Companies@
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 Boys, 1 LMG
        2 platoons@ 3 rifle sqds, 1 LMG, machetes
      1 Support Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
        1 platoon: 3 MMG
        1 battery: 4x 3" mortars, Assigned FC

    2+ Frontier Police Units

      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      2 platoons@ 3 rifle sqds

    2 British Infantry Battalions Aug'40+

      Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 staff car, 2 trucks
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 1(13 man) rifle sqd
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 2", 1 Boys
      1 Support Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
        1 platoon: 4x 3" mortars
        1 platoon: 4x Twin AALMG, 1 Boys

2. Notes

    a) Radios are in all CHQs.
    b) Infantry squads have no A/T grenades.
    c) These are the forces that had to defend Sudan from Italian incursions from West Abbyssinia, and potential attacks from Chad if it had turned Vichy French. In the event they were used to harrass Italian border attacks from June 1940.


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