WWII
British Gideon Force

Dec'40-May'41 Sudan, W. Abyssinia

List AF5

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

    2nd Ethiopian Battalion
      Bttn HQ: 1 rifle sqd
      2 Companies@ CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 Boys
      3 platoons@ 3 rifle sqds, 2 LMG
      1 Platoon: 2 MMG

    1 Sudanese Frontier Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, Haile Selassie on horse, 2 bodyguard rifle/pistol sqds with large standard
      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, Obsolete FC

    13 Ethiopian Patriot Companies

      CHQ:leader on horse, standard bearer, 15 rifle sqds, spears, 0-5 LMG

2. Brigade Support

Up to:
    Mission 101 Force HQ: 1 British rifle sqd, long range radios

3. Notes

    a) Radios are in all Bttn HQs.
    b) Infantry squads have no A/T grenades.
    c) Gideon force escorted Emperor Haile Selassie from the Sudan back to Addis Ababa, the capital of Abyssinia, routing 4 Italian colonial brigades in the process.
    d) Patriot forces only have spears if rifles are obsolete single-shot Martini-Henrys.


Back to MicroMark WWII African List of TO&Es
Back to MicroMark WWII National List of TO&Es
Back to MicroMark Period List of TO&Es
Back to Master Magazine List
© Copyright 1999 by Mark Bevis and MicroMark.
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