WWII
4th Light Armoured Brigade

Mid 1942 - May 1943 N. Africa

List B23

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Armoured Regiment

    RHQ (Bttn HQ): 4x Stuart 1
    3 Squadrons@
      SHQ: 4x Stuart 1
      4 Troops@ 4x Stuart 1

    1 Squadron:
      SHQ: 3x Grant 1 (September 1942+ only)
      3 Troops@ 3x Grant 1

    0-1 AA Troop: 4x Vickers VI AA
    1 Recce Troop: 2 Sections@3x Daimler Scout Car

Motor Rifle Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1x 2" mortar, 2 trucks
      1 battery: 2x 3" mortars, 3x Carriers, Assigned FC
      2 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 2", 0-4 Boys, 4 trucks
      1 platoon: 4 MMG, 5x Carriers
      1 platoon:
        PHQ: 1x Universal Carrier, 1 LMG, 1x Daimler S/C
        4 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 2pdr or 6pdr port

Recce Regiment

    RHQ (Bttn HQ): 4x Humber III or Marmon-Herrington II
    0-4 Sections@ 3x Daimler Scout Cars

    3 Squadrons@

      SHQ: 2x Humber III or Marmon-Herrington II
      4 Troops@ 3x Humber III or Marmon-Herrington II

2. Brigade Support

Brigade HQ: 3x Stuart 1, 1x ACV, 3x Daimler S/C, 2x Grant 1 with:

    3 Artillery Batteries@
      BHQ: 4 rifle sqds, 5 lorries, 4 AALMG, 2 Boys, 3 OP Teams
      2 Troops@ 4x 25pdr, 4 trucks, radio truck, 2 AALMG, 1 Boys

3. Notes

    a) Radios are in all AFVs, Carrier PHQs, and other CHQs.
    b) Infantry squads have No.74 or Hawkins 75 A/T grenades.
    c) 2pdr & 37mm have APC, with APCBC from September 1942. 6pdr, 75mm and 25pdr have AP, the 6pdr having one load of APCBC.
    d) The Brigade, held at Army level, has 2 Recce Regiments, 1 Armoured Regiment and 1 Motor Rifle Battalion.
    e) Can use Army support from List B22.
    f) Artillery OPs are in trucks, Daimler S/C or Stuart 1.


Back to MicroMark WWII British 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 2002 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