WWII
Vichy French Forces

1940-41 Syria

List F11

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

    Infantry Battalion
      Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
        4 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 1 LMG
        1 platoon: 2-3x 60mm M35 mortars or 37mmL22 Infantry guns
      1 Support Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
        1 platoon: 2x 25mmL73 A/T guns, horse tows
        1 battery: 4x 81mm M27 mortars, Assigned FC
        4 platoons@ 4 MMG

2. Regt Support

    Infantry Regiment HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 3 lorries

3. Divisional Support

    1 Engineer Companies@
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      4 platoons@ 4 rifle/engineer sqds
    1-3 Artillery Battalions@
      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, horses, Assigned FC
      3 batteries@ 4x 75mm M1897, horses or lorries, 2 LMG
    2 Artillery Battalions@
      BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, horses, Assigned FC
      3 batteries@ 4x 155mm M1917, horses
    0-2 AA Batteries@ 4x twin LMG AA
    1 A/T Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses
      1-4 platoons@ 3x 25mm A/T guns, horse tows
    Tanks
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 2x R-35
        4 platoons@ 3x R-35
    1 Spahi Squadron:
      SHQ: 2 rifle sqds, horses
      3 Troops@ 5 rifle sqds, horses
    3 Recce Companies@
      CHQ: 5x Laffly-White AMC or Panhard 178?
      2 platoons@ 5x Laffly-White AMC or Panhard 178?

4. Corps Support

    35 Cavalry Squadrons@
      SHQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses
      3 Troops@ 3 rifle sqds, horses
    12 Circassan Cavalry Squadrons@
      SHQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses
      3 Troops@ 3 rifle sqds, horses
    3 Tank Companies@
      CHQ: 3x FT-17
      3 platoons@ 5x FT-17
    1 Spahi Squadron:
      SHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
      2 Troops@ 5 rifle sqds, 5 trucks, 1 LMG
      1 Troop: 5x Auto-cannon Dodge
    3 Circassan Cavalry Squadrons@
      SHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      3 Troops@ 3 rifle sqds, 1 LMG, 3 trucks

5. Notes

    a) Radios are in Bttn HQs and AFV CHQs only.
    b) Infantry have no A/T grenades.
    c) There were a total of 33 infantry battalions, grouped into 1 Corps of 2 divisions for wargaming purposes. These battalions included: 3 Lebanese, 4 Foreign Legion(up to AT4), 3 Colonial, 2 Senegalese garrison, 6 Algerian, 3 Tunisian, 3 Senegalese and 1 Moroccan.
    d) If fighting the Free French (list FF10) then any non-Lebanese Vichy French forces have minimum B class morale.


Back to MicroMark WWII France 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 1999 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