List B70A
by Mark Bevis
1. Teeth Arm2nd Armoured Battalion Grenadier Guards, 1st Armoured Battalion Coldstream Guards, 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards
3 Squadrons@
4 Troops@ 3x Sherman, 1x Firefly 1 Recce Squadron:
3 Troops@ 3x Stuart VI, 3x Daimler Scout Car 1 AA Troop@ 2 platoons@ 3x Crusader AA Mk.2 (June 1944 only).
1st Motor Rifle Battalion Grenadier Guards (5th Guards Armoured Brigade)
3 Companies@
1 Section: 2x 3" mortars, 2x Universal Carriers 3 platoons@ 4x M3 H/T, 4(8 man) rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 2", 1 PIAT 1 platoon:
3 sections@ 3x Carrier, 3 LMG, 1 PIAT, 1x 2", 1 rifle sqd 1 Support Company:
3 platoons@ 4x 6pdr, 4x Loyd Carriers, 2 LMG 2 MG platoons@ 5x Universal Carrier, 4x MMG 5th Coldstream Guards, 3rd Irish Guards, 1st Welsh Guards Motorised Infantry Battalions
3 platoons@ 1(6 man) rifle PHQ sqd, 1x 2", 1 PIAT, 2 lorries, 3(10 man) rifle squads, 3 LMG 1 Support Company:
1 platoon: 6x 3" mortar, 6x trucks or Carriers, 1x Carrier with radio 1 platoon: 6x 6pdr, 7x trucks or Carriers, 2 LMG 1 platoon: 3(6 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 3 trucks, 3 LMG 1 platoon:
4 sections@ 3 Carrier, 3 LMG, 1 PIAT, 1x 2", 1 rifle sqd. 2nd Armoured Battalion Welsh Guards Divisional Armoured Recce Regiment
3 Squadrons@
5 Troops@ 3x Cromwell IV 1 Recce Troop:
3 Troops@ 3x Stuart VI<:f><:f240,,>, 3x Daimler S/C Brigade Support5th Guards Armoured Brigade HQ: 7x Sherman-HQ, 2x AEC 6x6 ACV, Air Liaison Team, 3x Grant ACV, 3x Cromwell Dozer with:
1 Bridge Troop: 3x Valentine AVLB 32nd Motorised Infantry Brigade HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 2 LMG, 2 lorries, 2 trucks, Air liaison team in radio van with:
4 platoons@ 4x Vickers MMG, 5x Universal Carriers or light trucks 1 platoon: 4x 4.2" mortars, 8x Loyd Carriers, 4 LMG, OP Team in Carrier 3. Divisional SupportUp to: 153rd Field Artillery Regiment:
2 Troops@ 4x Sexton, 1 radio van, 2 OP teams 55th Field Artillery Regiment
2 Troops@ 4x 25pdr, 4x Quad tractors, radio van, 2 AALMG, 1 PIAT, 2 OP teams 21st Anti-Tank Regiment:
3 Troops@ 4x M-10 Wolverine, 1x Crusader Tower 2 Anti-Tank Companies@
3 Troops@ 4x l7pdr with M3 H/T or Crusader Towers 94th Light AA Regiment:
3 Troops@ 6x 40mm Bofors, 6 trucks, 2 LMG 1 Battery:
14th, 615th Field Engineer Squadrons@
3 Troops@ 1(17 man) PHQ squad, 4(12 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 4 LMG, 4 lorries or 6x M3 halftracks, 6x Humber Light Recce S/C 148th Engineer Park Company:
1 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 AFV and other PHQ. b) Infantry squads have Hawkins 75 A/T grenades. c) M3 Halftracks and Shermans do not have .50". d) The Division has the 5th Guards Armoured Brigade with 3 Armoured Regiments and 1 Motor Rifle Battalion, and the 32nd Motorised Infantry Brigade with 3 battalions. e) Divisional Artillery OPs are in Sherman V-OP or Universal Carriers or trucks. 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 2002-3 by Mark Bevis and MicroMark. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com |