WWII
British 6th Guards Tank Brigade

1944-45 NW Europe

List B71

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

4th Grenadier Guards Tank Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 4x Churchill IV, 3x Churchill IV OP, 7x Daimler Scout Car
    3 Squadrons@
      SHQ: 2x Churchill IV, 2x Churchill V or Churchill VII, 1x Scout Car
      5 Troops@ 3x Churchill IV

    1 Recce Troop: 3x Stuart V, 4x Humber S/C
    1 AA Troop: 3x Crusader AA Mk.II
    1 Maintenance Troop: 4x Churchill ARV Mk.1

4th Coldstream Guards Tank Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2x Churchill VII, 1x Panther G, 6x Daimler Scout Car
    3 Squadrons@
      SHQ: 3x Churchill VII or 2x Churchill V, 2x Churchill VII
      5 Troops@ 3x Churchill IV

    OR 3 Squadrons@

      SHQ: 2x Churchill IV, 1x Chruchill ARV, 2x Churchill V or VII
      4 Troops@ 3x Churchill IV or VII (August 1944+)

    1 AA Troop: 2 Platoons@ 4x Crusader AA Mk.II
    1 Maintenance Troop: 4x Churchill ARV Mk.1

3rd Scots Guard Tank Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 4x Churchill V, 2x Sherman V OP, 1x ACV, 11x Daimler Scout Car
    3 Squadrons@
      SHQ: 2x Churchill IV, 2x Churchill V or Churchill VII, 1x ARV
      4 Troops@ 3x Churchill IV

    1 Recce Troop:
      THQ: 4x Stuart VI
      2 Sections@ 4x Stuart V

2. Brigade Support

    6th Guards Tank Bde HQ: 5x Churchill IV &/or Sherman V, 3x Scout Cars, 2x ACV
    Air Liaison Team in Daimler Scout Car
    1 Bridge Troop: 3x Churchill AVLB
    Signals/Laison: 8x Daimler Scout Car

3. Notes

    a) Radios are in all AFV.
    b) Tank Troops can have one Churchill Mk.IX per Troop from Sept'44.
    c) Can use Divisional support and Infantry from List B3. Up to one M10 Wolverine or Achilles Troop can be added to each Squadron if available.
    d) Can use Corps and Army support from List B4.
    e) Can use Divisional Support from List B70 from August 1944.
    f) The captured Panther is not available until 1945.
    g) Crusader AA Tanks appear to have been withdrawn in August 1944.


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