WWII
British Habforce

May-July 1941 Iraq, Syria

List B14

by Mark Bevis

Motorised Cavalry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
      3 Companies@ CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1x 2", 1 Boys, 1 truck
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 4 trucks, 0-1 Boys, 0-1x 2"
        1 platoon: 2 MMG, 2x 3" mortars, 4 trucks

Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 staff car, 2 trucks
      4 Companies@ CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 lorry
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 2", 1 Boys, 2 lorries

      1 Support Company: CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck

        1 platoon: 4x 3" mortars, 2 trucks, radio truck
        1 platoon: 4x Twin AALMG, 1 Boys, 3 trucks
        1 platoon: 2 rifle/engineer sqds, 1 lorry
        1 platoon: PHQ: 1x Bren Carrier, 1 LMG
          3 sections@ 3x Bren Carrier, 3 LMG, 1(6 man) rifle sqd.

TransJordan Frontier Force

    Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
      3 Companies@ CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1x 2", 1 Boys, 1 truck
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 4 trucks, 0-1 Boys, 0-1x 2"
        1 platoon: 2 MMG, 2x 3" mortars, 4 trucks

Arab Legion (TransJordan)

    CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, Major Glubb, 2 trucks, 2 LMG
      2 Troops@ 3x Ford armoured cars '1939 pattern'
      2 Troops@ 4 trucks+ Lewis AAMG, 2 rifle sqds, 1 Boys?

2. Brigade Support

    4th Cavalry Brigade HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 4 trucks with up to:
      3 Artillery Batteries@
        BHQ: 4 rifle sqds, 3 lorries, radio van, 2 AALMG, Assigned FC
        1-2 Troops@ 4x 25pdr, 4 trucks, radio truck, 1 LMG

    2 A/T Troops@ 2x 2pdr, 4 trucks, 1 LMG

    1 Engineer Company: CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck

      3 platoons@ 4 rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries

    1 RAF Recce Company: CHQ: 3x Fordson armoured cars

      2 platoons@ 3x Fordson

    2 Yeomanry Squadrons@ SHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck (Syria only)

      3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 1 Boys, 1x 2", 3 LMG, 4 trucks

3. Notes

    a) Radios are in all CHQs and Fordsons. All artillery is Assigned FC.
    b) Infantry squads have no A/T grenades.
    c) Habforce consisted of the 4th Cavalry Brigade with 3 Motorised Cavalry Battalions and 1 Motorised Infantry Battalion, plus the attached TransJordan Frontier Force and Arab Legion.
    d) Habforce invaded Iraq from the west in May'41, then Syria from the east in June.
    e) Organisation of the TransJordan forces is provisional.


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