WWII
France 4th DCR Armoured Division

May-June 1940 Europe

List F10

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

    Heavy Tank Battalion
      Bttn HQ: 1x Char B1bis
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 1x Char B1bis
        3 platoons@ 3x Char B1bis

    Tank Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 3x Char D2 or R-35
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 2x Char D2 or R-35
        4 platoons@ 3x Char D2 or R-35

    2nd Tank Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 3x R-35
      1 Company:
        CHQ: 2x R-40
        2-4 platoons@ 3x R-40
      2 Companies@
        CHQ: 2x R-35
        4 platoons@ 3x R-35

    Attached Cavalry Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 3x Somua S-35
      2 Companies@
        CHQ: 3x S-35
        3 platoons@ 5x S-35

    Attached Cavalry Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 3x H-39
      2 Companies@
        CHQ: 5x H-39
        3 platoons@ 5x H-39

    4th Chasseur Portee Infantry Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2x trucks
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 2x buses
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 2 buses
        1 platoon: 2x 60mm M35, 2 LMG, 2 buses
      1 Support Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 lorry
        2 platoons@ 3x 25mm A/T guns, 3 trucks
        1 battery: 4x 81mm M31 mortars, 2 lorries

    Recce Group

      Bttn HQ: 2 trucks, 1 rifle sqd
      1 Squadron:
        SHQ: 5x Panhard 178
        3 Troops@ 5x Panhard 178
      1 Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 2x 60mm M35, 2 trucks
        4 platoons@ 3 rifle sqds, 2 LMG, M/C Combos

    Dragon Portee Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 1 rifle sqd, 2 trucks
      1 M/C Squadron:
        SHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 2x 60mm M35, 1 lorry
        4 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, M/C Combos
      2 Rifle Squadrons@
        SHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 2 trucks
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 2 lorries
        1 platoon: 2x 60mm M35, 2 LMG, 1 lorry
      1 Support squadron:
        SHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
        2 platoons@ 3 MMG, 1 truck
        2 platoons@ 2x 81mm M27, 2x 25mm A/T guns, 5 trucks

2. Brigade Support

    Armoured Brigade HQ: 1x R-35, 1 radio truck, 1 rifle sqd
    3rd Cuirassier Regiment HQ: 1x S-35, 2 trucks, 1 rifle sqd
    7th Dragon Portee Regiment HQ: 4 lorries, 2 rifle sqds
    10th Cuirassier Regiment HQ: 2 lorries, 3 rifle sqds

3. Divisional Support

Up to:
    1 Attached A/T Battery: 5x Laffly W15, 3x 25mm AA, 3x Renault UE
    2 Artillery Battalions@
      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 4 lorries, radio van
      3 batteries@ 4x 105mm M35, 4x Somua H/T, radio truck, 2 LMG
    1 Engineer Group: 5 rifle/engineer sqds, 3 lorries

4. Notes

    a) Radios are in all tank CHQs, all Char B1 and S-35 tanks and possibly in recce platoon HQs, and in all other Battalion HQs. All artillery is Assigned FC.
    b) Infantry have no A/T grenades or A/T rifles.
    c) In May the division consisted of the 6th and 8th Tank Brigades each with 1 battalion of Char B1bis and 1 battalion of Char D2 plus the 2nd Tank Battalion shared between the 2 brigades; the 3rd Cuirassier Regiment with a S-35 battalion; the 4th Chasseur Battalion reporting to division; the 10th Recce Regiment with 2 Recce Groups; and the 7th Dragon Portee Regiment with up to 3 battalions.
    d) From May 25th another battalion each of Char B1bis and R-35 were added to replace losses, and the 3rd Cuirassier Regiment had its battalion of H-39s added.
    e) This is the division as commanded by General De Gaulle.


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