List B70
by Mark Bevis
1. Teeth Arm2nd Armoured Battalion Grenadier Guards, 1st Armoured Battalion Coldstream Guards, 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards
3 Squadrons@
5 Troops@ 2x Sherman, 1x Firefly 1 Recce Squadron:
4 Troops@ 3x Stuart VI, 3x Daimler Scout Car 1 AA Troop@
1 Maintenance Troop: 3x Sherman ARV Mk.2, 3x M5 REME H/T, 3x attached Churchill AVLB if required. 1st Motor Rifle Battalion Grenadier Guards of 5th Armoured Brigade
3 Companies@
3 platoons@ 4x M3 H/T, 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 2", 1 PIAT 1 platoon:
4 sections@ 3x Carrier, 3 LMG, 1 PIAT, 1x 2", 1 rifle sqd 2 MG platoons@ 5x Carrier, 4x MMG 1 Anti-tank Company:
3 platoons@ 4x 6pdr, 4x Loyd Carriers, 2 LMG 5th Coldstream, 3rd Irish, 21st Welch Motorised Infantry Battalions
4 Companies@
3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 2", 1 PIAT, 2 lorries 1 Support Company:
1 platoon: 6x 3" mortar, 6x trucks or Carriers, 1x Carrier with radio 1 platoon: 4x 6pdr, 5x trucks or Carriers, 2 LMG 1 platoon: 3 rifle/engineer sqds, 3 trucks, 1 flamegun 1 platoon:
4 sections@ 3 Carrier, 3 LMG, 1 PIAT, 1x 2", 1 rifle sqd. 2nd Armoured Battalion Welsh Guards Divisional Recce Regiment
3 Squadrons@
5 Troops@ 2x Cromwell V, 1x Firefly Vc 0-1 Recce Squadron:
0-1 Troop: 3x Stuart V 1/3 Troops@ 3x Stuart Recce@4 MG OR THQ: 1x Stuart Recce, 1x Carrier 3 Sections@ 1x Stuart V/VI, 1x Carrier, 1x Daimler/Humber S/C 2. Brigade Support
32nd Motorised Infantry Brigade HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 2 LMG, 2 lorries, 2 trucks, Air liaison team in radio van with: 1 mortar battery: 6x 4.2" mortars, 6 trucks, radio truck, OP team in Daimler S/C 2 MG platoons@ 4 MMG, 4 trucks, 0-1 PIAT 3. Divisional SupportUp to:
3 Troops@ 4x Sexton, 1 radio van, 2 OP teams 3 Artillery Batteries@
3 Troops@ 4x 25pdr, 4x Quad tractors, radio van, 2 AALMG, 1 PIAT, 2 OP teams 3 Anti-Tank Companies@
3 Troops@ 4x M-10 Wolverine, 1x Crusader Tower 3 Anti-Tank Companies@
3 Troops@ 4x 6pdr, 5x Carrier, 2 LMG, OR 4x l7pdr with M3 H/T or Crusader Towers 6 AA platoons@ 6x 40mm Bofors, 6 trucks 3 AA platoons@ 6x 40mm Bofors on Morris or 20mm on Bedford 15cwt or M16 1 Air Liaison team in Cromwell OP or Humber S/C 3 Engineer Companies@
3 platoons@ 4(12 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 1 flamegun, 2 lorries, 4 LMG 4. Notes
b) Infantry squads have Hawkins 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) In August the Division was joined by the 6th Guards Tank Brigade (see List B71). f) Divisional Artillery OPs can be in Cromwell-OP, Daimler Scout Car or Carrier. 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 |