List B172-173
by Mark Bevis
1. Teeth Arm5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, 1st Fife & Forfar Yeomanry Armoured Regiments (1943 only)
3 Squadrons@
5 Troops@ 3x Tanks 1 Scout Troop:
3 Sections@ 3x Daimler Scout Cars 1 AA Troop: 4x Vickers VI AA 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards Armoured Regiment (May-July 1944 only)
3 Squadrons@
4 Troops@ 3x Sherman V, 1x Firefly Vc 1 Scout Troop:
3 Sections@ 3x Stuart III, 3x Daimler Scout Cars 1 AA Troop: 4x Vickers VI AA or 6x Crusader AA 15th/19th Hussars Amphibious Armoured Regiment (Jan-Aug 1944 only)
3 Squadrons@
5 Troops@ 4x Sherman V DD 1 Scout Troop:
3 Sections@ 1x Stuart VI, 3x Daimler Scout Cars 8th Battalion KRRC Motor Rifle Battalion (of 28th Armoured Brigade)
3 Companies@
3 platoons@ 4(8 man) rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 2" mortar, 4 trucks, 1 PIAT 1 platoon: 2x 3" mortars, 2x Universal Carriers 1 platoon:
3 sections@ 3x Carriers, 3 LMG, 1 rifle sqd, 1x 2", 1 PIAT 1 Support Company:
3 platoons@ 2 or 4x 6pdr, trucks or Carriers 2 platoons@ 4x Vickers MMG, 4 trucks or Carriers 2nd Bttn/6th East Surrey Regiment, 6th Bttn Royal Sussex Infantry Battalions
4 Companies@
3 platoons@
3(10 man) rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 2 lorries 1 Support Company:
1 platoon: 6x 3" mortars, 6 trucks, radio truck, 2 PIAT 1 platoon: 3(6 man) rifle/engineer sqds , 2 LMG, 1 lorry 1 platoon: 6x 6pdr A/T guns, 6 trucks or Carriers, 2 LMG 1 platoon:
4 Sections@ 3x Carrier, 3 LMG, 1 rifle sqd, 1x 2", 1 PIAT 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Divisional Armoured Recce Regiment
1 AA Troop: 5x Crusader AA Mk.2 3 Squadrons@
3 Troops@ 2x Cromwell III or IV, 1x Cromwell VICS 1 Troop:
3 Sections@ 3x Carrier, 3 LMG or PIAT, 1x 2" mortar, 1 rifle sqd 2. Brigade Support28th Armoured Brigade HQ: 3x Crowmell IV, 1x ACV, 3x Daimler Scout Car, 6x OP Tanks, 2 lorries
1 AA Section: 3x Vickers VI AA or Crusader AA Mk.1 or Mk.2 1 Defence Troop: 3x Cromwell IV 0-1 Bridge Troop: 3x Valentine AVLB 7th Infantry Brigade HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 6 lorries, 1 Scout Car
1 Defence Troop: 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1 PIAT, 1x 2" mortar, 2 lorries 3. Divisional SupportUp to: 6th RHA, 141st Field Artillery Regiments@
2 Troops@ 4x 25pdr, 4 trucks, radio truck, 2 AALMG, OP Team 92nd Anti-Tank Regiment:
3 Troops@ 4x 6pdr, 2 LMG, 4 trucks 1 Battery:
3 Troops@ 4x 17pdr, 2 LMG, 4 trucks 54th Light AA Regiment to March 1944, 150th Light AA Regiment to July 1944
3 Troops@ 6x 40mm Bofors, 4-6 trucks 10th, 611th Field Engineer Squadrons@
3 Troops@ 1(17 man) PHQ squad, 4(12 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 4 LMG, 4 lorries, 6x Humber Light Recce S/C 146th Engineer Park Company:
9th Bridge Troop: 1x 40t 80' Bailey Bridge in 15x 3-ton lorries, 51 men 1 Stores Section: 12 assault boats, 3 bulldozers, 3 tractors, 29 men 1 Workshop Section : 44 men, recovery lorries 4. Notesa) Radios are in all tanks and armoured cars, Carrier PHQs, and other PHQs.
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