1. Teeth Arm

3rd RTR, Staffordshire Yeomanry, Sherwood Rangers Armoured Regiments in 1942 (8th Armoured Brigade)

RHQ (Bttn HQ): 1x Lee, 3x Grant or Crusader II
1 Squadron:
SHQ: 3x Grant I
3 Troops@ 3x Grant I

1 Squadron:
SHQ: 2x Sherman II
3 Troops@ 3x Sherman II

1 Squadron:
SHQ: 2x Crusader II, 2x Crusader IICS
3 Troops@ 3x Crusader II
1 Troop: 3x Crusader III

1 Recce Troop:
THQ: 1x Daimler S/C
3 Sections@ 3x Daimler Scout Car

3rd RTR, Staffordshire Yeomanry, Sherwood Rangers Armoured Regiments in 1943

RHQ (Bttn HQ): 3x Sherman II, 1x Crusader II
1 Squadron:
SHQ: 3x Grant I
2 Troops@ 3x Grant I

1 Squadron:
SHQ: 3x Sherman III
4 Troops@ 3x Sherman II or III
1 Troop: 3x Crusader III

1 Squadron:
SHQ: 2x Crusader II, 2x Crusader IICS
4 Troops@ 3x Crusader III
1 Troop: 3x Crusader II

1 Recce Troop:
THQ: 1x Daimler S/C
3 Sections@ 3x Daimler Scout Car

1st Battalion Buffs Motor Battalion (8th Armoured Brigade)

Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
3 Companies@
CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1x 2" mortar, 2 trucks
1 battery: 2x 3" mortars, 2x Universal Carriers
2 platoons@ 4(8 man) rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 2", 4 trucks
1 platoon: 4 MMG, 4x Carriers or trucks
1 platoon:
PHQ: 1x Universal Carrier, 1 LMG, 1x Daimler S/C
3 sections@ 3x Carriers, 3 LMG, 1 rifle sqd, 1x 2", 1x Boys

1 Anti-Tank Company:
CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
4 platoons@ 4x 6pdr portees, 2 LMG

Infantry Battalion (131st Queens Infantry Brigade)

Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
4 Companies@
CHQ: 1(10 man) rifle squad, 1 lorry
3 platoons@ 3(8 man) rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1 x 2" mortar, 2 lorries

1 Support Company:
CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
1-2 platoons@ 4x 2pdr or 6pdr, 2 LMG, 4 trucks or Carriers
1 platoon: 2(6 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 1(3 man) PHQ sqd, 1 lorry, 2 LMG
1 battery: 6x 3" mortars, 7 Carriers or 6 trucks, radio truck
1 platoon:
PHQ: 1x Universal Carrier, 1 LMG, 1x Daimler S/C
4 sections@ 3x Carriers, 3 LMG, 1 rifle sqd, 1x 2" mortar

11th Hussars or 12th Lancers Divisional Armoured Car Regiment

RHQ (Bttn HQ): 4x Humber III
3 Squadrons@
SHQ: 2x Humber III, 2x Daimler II
3-5 Troops@ 2x Humber III, 1x Daimler II

2. Brigade Support

8th Armoured Brigade HQ: 2x Stuart-HQ, 2x Grant 1, 1x Sherman II, 1x ACV, 2x Daimler S/C

131st Infantry Brigade HQ: 4 rifle squads, 2 LMG, 2 trucks, 2 lorries

3. Divisional Support

Up to:

5th Royal Horse Artillery Regiment, 53rd, 97th Field Artillery Regiments@

3 Artillery Batteries@
BHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks, radio van, 4 AALMG
2 Troops@ 4x 25pdr, 4 trucks, radio truck, 2 AALMG, OP Team

RHQ: 8 rifle sqds, 8 lorries, 4 OPs
2 Batteries@ 2 Troops@ 4x 5.5" BL guns, 6 lorries, 2 LMG

CHQ: 1 rifle squad, 1 truck
3 Troops@ 4x 40mmL60 Bofors, 4 trucks

CHQ:1 rifle squad, 2x Carriers
4 Troops@ 4x Deacon, 1x Deacon Cargo

CHQ: 1 rifle squad, 1 truck
4 Troops@ 4x 6pdr, 4 trucks, 2 LMG

SHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 lorry, 1x Jeep
3 Troops@ 4(8 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 3 LMG, 2 lorries

4. Notes

a) Radios are in all tanks and armoured cars, and other PHQs.
b) Infantry squads may have Hawkins 75 A/T grenades.
c) The 7th Armoured Division has the 131st Queens Infantry Brigade of the 1st/5th, 1st/6th, 1st/7th Infantry Battalions; the 8th Armoured Brigade of the 3rd RTR, Staffs Yeomanry and Sherwood Rangers Armoured Regiments and the 1st Battalion Buffs Motor Battalion; and at division there is the 11th Hussars Armoured Car Regiment, replaced by 12th Lancers from 25th January 1943.
d) This list shows the division's approximate strength from 25th November 1942 to the 15th February 1943, crossing from Cyrenaica to Tripoli in Libya.
e) Artillery OP is in Universal Carrier, truck, Daimler Scout Car , or Stuart III tank.
f) Issue of Deacons is not certain, may be replaced by towed equivalent.
g) The 8th Armoured Brigade replaced the usual 22nd Brigade, which had returned to Egypt to refit during this period. The 8th Brigade left on 17th February 1943 to re-equip.
h) 4th Light Armoured Brigade was attached from mid December 1942 (see separate list).