WWII
Free French
Light Mountain Division

June 1940+ Britain

List FF7

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

    Infantry Battalion
      Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 0-1 Boys
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 1 LMG
        1 platoon: 1x 60mm M35 mortar
      1 Support Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
        1 battery: 4x 81mm M27 or 3"mortars
        0-4 platoons@ 4 MMG, pack mules
        1 platoon: 2x 25mm A/T guns, 2 trucks

2. Regt Support

    Demi-Brigade HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 2 lorries

3. Divisional Support

Up to:
    1 Engineer Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3-4 platoons@ 4 rifle/engineer sqds

    1 Artillery battery: 4x 75mm M1897, 4 trucks, radio van

    501st Tank Regiment

      RHQ (Bttn HQ): 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      1 Tank Company:
        CHQ: 2x R-35 or Renault UE or Bren Carrier
        2-3 platoons@ 3x AFV as in CHQ.
      2 Companies@
        CHQ: 1(5 man) SMG sqd (tank crews)
        4 platoons@ 1(6 man) SMG sqd, (tank crews)

4. Notes

    a) Radios are in battalion HQs.
    b) Infantry have no A/T grenades.
    c) The division has the 13th Demi-Brigade of 2 Foreign Legion battalions, plus a Chasseurs Alpine Battalion reporting direct to division, this battalion being mountain troops.
    d) During this time the unit was in training, but it would have seen action if Britain had been invaded.


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