WWII
British Corps and Army Support

Sept. 1943-1945 Italy

List B5

by Mark Bevis

1. Corps Support

Up to:

    3 Infantry Tank Battalions@
      Bttn HQ: 2x Churchill IV, 2x Churchill-CS, 3x Stuart V OP, 3x Churchill AVLB (1945 only)
        3 Companies@ CHQ: 2x Churchill, 2x Churchill-CS, 1x Churchill ARV
          2 Troops@ 3x Churchill
          2 Troops@ 3x Sherman III or Churchill
          0-1 Attached Troop: 4x M10 or Achilles or Archer (1944+)

        1 Recce Squadron: SHQ: 3x Humber II or IV or Daimler II or Stuart Recce V or Stuart V

          3 Troops@ 3x AFV as in SHQ, 3x Daimler S/C

        1 AA Troop: 2 platoons@ 3x Vickers AA Mk.VI (Up to Aug'44)

    4 MG Companies@ CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck

      3 platoons@ 4x MMG, 2 trucks, 1 PIAT

    12 Fighter-bomber flights@ 4x Kittyhawk IV or Hurricane IV or, from 1944, Mustang III or IV

    18 Fighter or fighter-bomber flights@ 4x Spitfire IXLF

    3 Fighter flights@ 4x Spitfire VIII (1943+) or XVI (1945+)

    6 Bomber flights@ 4x Boston III, Baltimore III-V or Marauder III

    4 Recce Squadrons@ SHQ: 1x A/C, 3x Staghound I, 1x S/C, 1x M3 H/T LAD

      3-5 Troops@ 2x A/C, 2x S/C

      OR 3 Troops@ 3x A/C AND 3 Troops@ 3x S/C
      1 Troop: 4x Staghound II or III or T-73, 1x Staghound OP
      1 Troop: 1x S/C, 4x White M3A1 S/C, 4(6 man) rifle sqds, 1x 2", 1 PIAT

    3 Naval Artillery batteries@ 2x 15" or 3x 16" or 2x 8" or 6x 4.7" guns, OP team

    4 Medium Artillery Regiments@ RHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 4 AALMG, 1 PIAT, 8 lorries, 6 OP teams

      4 batteries@ 4x 5.5", 4x lorries, radio van, 2 AALMG, 1 PIAT

    16 Spotter flights@ 1x Auster AOP Mk.5 or O-1 (L-49) Vigilant, OP team for any divisional or Corps battery.

    2 Commando@ 5 Troops@ 2 sections@ 3 rifle/SMG sqds, 6 LMG, 3 PIAT, 3x 2" mortars AT1 1 Troop: 2x 3" mortars, 2x MMG

2. Army Support

Up to:

    1 Heavy Artillery Regiment: RHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 8 lorries
      3 batteries@ 6x 8" M1 guns or 155mm M2 Long Tom, 12 lorries, radio van

    1 Italian Battery: 3x 152mmL37 rail guns, pre-planned fire only

    1 Heavy Artillery Regiment: RHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 8 lorries 1945 only

      3 batteries@ 6x 240mm M1, 12 lorries, radio van

    6 Flail Tank Squadrons@ SHQ: 3x Sherman V

      4 Troops@ 4x Sherman V Flail or Sherman III Scorpion

    3 Heavy Artillery Regiments@

      RHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 4 AALMG, 1 PIAT, 8 lorries
        3 batteries@ 6x 7.2" Mk.VI, 6 lorries, radio van, 2 AALMG, 1 PIAT

    8 Heavy AA batteries@ 4x 3.7" AA, 4 lorries, radio van

    9 Light AA batteries@ 6x 40mm Bofors, 6 trucks, radio truck

    6 Flame Tank Companies@ CHQ: 3x Churchill VII (Jan'45+ only)

      4 platoons@ 3x Churchill Crocodile

    9 DD Armoured Squadrons@ SHQ: 4x Sherman IDD or Valentine DD

      4 Troops@ 4x Sherman IDD or 3x Valentine DD

    6 Armoured Engineer Companies@ CHQ: 4x Churchill AVRE (Jan'45+)

      4 platoons@ 3x Churchill AVRE
      2 platoons@ 3x Churchill AVLB or ARK

    15 Bridge Troops@ 3x Valentine AVLB

    5 APC Squadrons@ 15x Ram Kangeroo or 8x Priest Kangeroo or 12x LVT-4 Buffalo or 15x Sherman III Kangeroo

    Special Raider Squadron: SHQ: 2 SMG sqds, dinghies, canoes

      5 Troops@ 5 rifle/SMG sqds, 10 LMG, 5 PIAT, 5x 2", dinghies and canoes

      Raiding Support Squadron: SHQ: 2 SMG sqds

        1 Troop: 4x 75mm M1A1 pack howitzers
        1 Troop: 6x 3" mortars, 2 LMG; 1 Troop: 4x MMG, 1 PIAT AT1
        1 Troop: 4x 47/32 infantry guns
        1 Troop: 4x 40mm Bofors on light mounts

    Popski's Private Army: 5x SAS Jeeps, 2 SMG/rifle sqds

3. Notes

    a) Radios are in all AFV, PHQ and battery HQs.
    b) Recce Squadron S/C is Daimler or Humber Scout Car. A/C is Daimler II or Humber III or IV or rarely, AEC Mk.I or II or Stuart V Recce.
    c) Infantry have Hawkins 75 A/T grenades.
    d) One Daimler II per Troop can be rearmed with LittleJohn Adapter firing APCNR.
    e) Churchill is Mk.IV or IVNA, can be Mk.VI in Jan'44 or Mk.VII in Aug'44. Churchill-CS is Mk.IICS or MK.V, can be MK.VIII from Aug'44.
    f) Naval Artillery batteries in coastal areas only, and/or with organiser's agreement.
    g) Note in service dates of: Priest Kangeroo(Aug'44); Ram & Sherman III Kangeroo and LVT-4(Oct'44); 8" M1 gun(Mar'45); 155mm Long Tom(Jun'44); 240mm M1 gun(Mar'45); Staghound III(Jan'44); AEC III(Mar'44); Archer & Achilles(Oct'44); Churchill AVLB & ARK(Jan'45);
    h) Any Army level AA battery can be used for indirect fire.
    i) Valentine DD is Mk.VIII or Mk.XI, in 1943 only.
    j) Special Raider Squadron in Sept'43 only. Raiding Support Squadron in 1944-45.


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