WWII
Bulgarian 1st Armoured Regt.

May-September 1943 Bulgaria

List BN7

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

1st Armoured Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 1x LT vz35, 1x Panzer IVG
    2 Companies@
      CHQ: 1x Panzer IVG or H
      3 platoons@ 3x Panzer IVG or H

    1 Company:
      CHQ: 1x LT vz35
      3 platoons@ 5x LT vz35

2nd Armoured Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 1x LT vz35, 1x Panzer IVG
    2 Companies@
      CHQ: 1x Panzer IVG or H
      2 platoons@ 3x Panzer IVG or H
      1 platoon: 2x Panzer IVG or H

    1 Company:
      CHQ: 1x LT vz35
      2 platoons@ 5x LT vz35
      1 platoon: 4x LT vz35

3rd Armoured Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2x LT vz35
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 1x Renault R-35
      3 platoons@ 4x Renault R-35

Motorised Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 3 rifle sqds, 3 trucks
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 1 rifle squad, 1 truck
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle squads, 3 LMG, 4 trucks

    1 MG Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle squad, 1 truck
      3 platoons@ 4 MMG, 2 trucks

2. Regiment Support

Armoured Regiment HQ: 2x Panzer IVH

Motorised Regiment HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 3 lorries with:

    1 Support Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle squad, 1 truck
      1 AA Platoon: 4x 20mm Flak30, 4 trucks
      1 Engineer Platoon: 3 rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries, 2 LMG
      1 Anti-tank Platoon: 4x 37mm PAK35 A/T guns, 4 trucks

    1 Recce Company:

      CHQ: 1 rifle squad, motorcycle combinations
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle squads, 6 LMG, motorcycle combinations

3. Brigade Support

Up to:

    1 AA Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle squad, 1 truck
      5 platoons@ 3x 20mm Flak30, 3-4 AALMG or 13.2mm AAHMG, 5 trucks

    1 Engineer Company:

      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      3 platoons@ 3 rifle/engineer sqds, 3 trucks, 2 LMG

    1 Artillery Battalion:

      BHQ: 6 rifle squads, 4 lorries, Assigned FC, 3x Vickers 6-Tonner E OP tanks
      1 battery: 4x 75mm Fk16, 4 trucks, radio truck
      1 battery: 4x 105mm leFH16, 4 trucks, radio truck
      1 battery: 4x 100mm M16 Skoda, 4 lorries, radio van

4. Notes


a) Radios are in all LT vz35 PHQs; all Panzer IV, and in all Battalion HQs.
b) Infantry have no anti-tank grenades. No APCR or HEAT rounds available.
c) The "Regiment", actually a weak division or strong brigade, has one Armoured Regiment of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Armoured Battalions, and a Motorised Regiment of two battalions.
d) During this period the Regiment was in training.
e) The Panzer IVG has 7.5cmL48 gun.
f) Brigade 75mm and 105mm artillery have limited amounts of AP rounds.


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