WWII
Light Mechanized Division

1940 Europe

List F20

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Recce Group

    Bttn HQ: 1x Panhard 178, 1 rifle sqd, 2 trucks, 2x AFV-HQ
    1 Squadron: SHQ: 1x Panhard 178 or APC
    2 Troops@ 5x Panhard 178

    1 Squadron:

      SHQ: 5x AMR-33
      2 Troops@ 5x AMR-33

Tank Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 3x H-39
    2 Squadrons@
      SHQ: 1x H-35
      2 platoons@ 5x H-35

    2 Squadrons@ SHQ: 1x H-39 (SA38)
    2 platoons@ 5x H-39 (SA38)

Dragon Port Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2 trucks or APC, 2 rifle sqds
    1 Company:
      CHQ: 1x AMR-33
      2 platoons@ 5x AMR-33
      2 platoons@ 3 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, Motorcycle Combinations

    3 Companies@

      CHQ: 2(6 man) rifle sqds, 2x APC
      3 platoons@ 4(6 man) rifle sqds, 4x APC
      1 platoon: 2x 60mm M35 mortars, 2 LMG, 2x APC

    1 Support Company:

      CHQ: 2(6 man) rifle sqds, 2 halftracks
      2 platoons@ 3 MMG, 1 truck
      1 platoon: 4x 81mm mortars, 4 trucks

2. Regiment Support

    Recce Regiment (RAM) HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 4 trucks with:
      1 A/T Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
        3 platoons@ 3x 25mm A/T guns, 3 trucks

    Motorised Regiment (RDP) HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 4x APC or H/T, recovery vehicles

    Tank Regiment HQ: 2x H-39 or S-35, 2 trucks, 1 rifle sqd

3. Divisional Support

Up to:

    2 Artillery Battalions@
      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 8 trucks, Obsolete FC
      2-3 batteries@ 4x 75mm M1897 or 105mm M35, 4 lorries or halftracks, radio truck

    1 AA Platoon: 3x 25mm AA, 3 trucks

    Engineer Platoon: 5 rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries, 2 LMG

    0-1 A/T Battery: 3x 47mm A/T guns, 3x halftracks

4. Notes

    a) Radios are in CHQs. Artillery is Assigned FC. 1940 Europe
    b) Infantry have no A/T grenades. 1940 Europe
    c) The Division, formed from remnants of the 4th DLC, has one Recce Regiment of 1 or 2 Recce Groups; 1 Tank Regiment of 1 Tank Battalion and possibly another with 43x Somua S-35; and 2 Motorised Regiments each of 1 Dragon Port Battalion. 1940 Europe
    d) Divisional support is provisional. 1940 Europe
    e) H-35 are old worn out training tanks, H-39 are newly built with longer 37mm SA38.


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