WWII
Finnish Armored Division

July-Dec 1942 Scandinavia

List FN8

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Armoured Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2x Tanks, 1x T-26K
    2-3 Companies@
      CHQ: 1x Tank
      3 platoons@ 5x Tanks

Jager Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 3 lorries
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 lorry
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1 A/T Rifle, 2 lorries

    1 MG Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      3 platoons@ 3 MMG, 1 lorry

    1 Support Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      1 platoon: 3 SMG/engineer sqds, 3x A/T rifles, 3 trucks, 1 flamegun
      1 platoon: 4x 81mm M38 or 82mm M37 mortars, 2 trucks, radio truck
      1 platoon: 3x 5cm PAK38 or 45mm M37 A/T guns, 3 trucks

2. Brigade Support

Armoured Brigade HQ: 2x Tanks, 2x T-26K

Jager Brigade HQ: 6 rifle/SMG sqds, 4 lorries with possibly:

    1 Battery: 6x 120mm M40 mortars, 6 trucks, radio truck, Assigned FC

3. Divisional Support

Up to:
    1 Artillery Battalion:
      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 4 lorries, Assigned FC
      3 batteries@ 4x 10.5cm FH18 or 122mm M38, 4 lorries, radio van

    1 Artillery Battery: 6x BT-42, Obsolete FC

    3 A/T Companies@

      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      3 platoons@ 3x 45mmL46 M37 or 5cm PAk38, 3x Komsomlets

4. Notes

    a) Radios are in all tank CHQs and other Battalion HQs only.
    b) A/T rifle is PTRD41 or 20mm Lahti 39 or 20mm Solothurn or .55" Boys.
    c) Infantry have satchel charges and molotovs.
    d) The Division has 1 Jager Brigade of 4 battalions, and one Armoured Brigade of 3 Tank Battalions.
    e) The T-26K is a turretless T-26 command tank. The BT-42 is a BT-7 hull with a large box turret fitted with a 114mmL16 (4.5") QF howitzer.
    f) Details are provisional.

    Tank is (D10):

      1: T-34/76A
      2: T-34/76C
      3: KV-1B or KV-1C
      4-8: T-26S
      9: T-70A
      10: Ba-10


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