WWII
Tank Attack Group

November 1941 America

List A12

by Mark Bevis

1. Tenth Arm

Motorised Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 lorry, 1 saloon car
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 lorries
      3 platoons@ 1(4 man) rifle PHQ sqd, 1 truck, 1 BAR 3(12 man) rifle sqds, 2 lorries
      1 platoon: 2 MMG, 1x .50", 3x 60mm mortars, 2 trucks

    1 Support Company:

      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 lorry
      1 platoon: 4x 37mm M3A1 A/T guns, 4x Jeeps
      1 platoon: 6 MMG, 3x .50" HMG teams, 3 trucks
      1 battery: 4x 81mm mortars, 2 trucks, radio truck

Anti-Tank Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 4 trucks
    1 A/T Company:
      CHQ: 2x M3A1 White S/C, 3 Carbine sqds, 2 trucks
      2 platoons@ 4x M3 GMC SP halftracks

    2 A/T Companies@
      CHQ: 2 M2 halftracks, 2 Carbine sqds
      3 platoons@ 4x 37mm MW A/T guns, 4x M2 halftracks

2. Brigade Support

Brigade Group HQ: 2x M2 H/T, 2 lorries, 4 rifle sqds with:
3 Artillery Battalions@

    BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 8 lorries, Assigned FC
    3 batteries@ 4x 105mm M2A1 howitzers, 4 trucks, radio truck

1 Artillery Battalion:
    BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 8 lorries, Assigned FC
    3 batteries@ 4x 155mm M1918 howitzers, 4 lorries, radio van

1 A/T Platoon: 4x 37mm M3A1 A/T guns, 4x M2 halftracks
1 Recce Platoon:
    1 section: 6x Jeep/.50", 1 Carbine sqd
    1 section: 3x M3A1 White S/C, 1x 37mm M3A1, 2 rifle sqds

1 Tank Company:
    CHQ: 2x M2A4 Light or M3 Stuart
    3 platoons@ 5x M2A4 Light or M3 Stuart

1 Pioneer Company:
    CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 lorry
    3 platoons@ 4 rifle/pioneer sqds, 2 lorries

3 Scout Flights@ 4x O-47B scout planes

3. Notes

a) Radios are in all tanks and other PHQs.
b) Infantry have no A/T grenades.
c) The Group has 1 Motorised Battalion and 1 A/T Battalion.
d) Details of infantry, recce, aircraft and pioneers are provisional.
e) Three such Groups were formed as experimental units, all lasting only a month.


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