WWII
Free French Battlegroup

Dec'40-41 Chad, Libya, Cameroon

List FF9

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

    Foreign Legion Infantry Battalion
      Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 lorry
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 Boys, 1 lorry
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 1 LMG, 2 LMG
      1 battery: 2x 81mm M31 mortars, 1 truck

    Senegalese 'Sharpshooters' Infantry Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 lorry
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck, 2 snipers
        4 platoons@ 3 rifle sqds, 1 LMG, 2 lorries, 1 sniper
      1 Platoon: 2 MMG, 1 truck

2. Brigade Support

    BattleGroup HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 lorries, General Declerc with:
      3 LRDG Patrols@ 2 rifle/SMG sqds, 6 LRDG trucks
      1 LRDG Support Group: 4 MMG, 2x 3" mortars, 1x 37mm Bofors A/T gun portee, 4 trucks
      2 Irregular Sarra Native Companies@
        CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 lorry
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 2 lorries
      1 Free French Camel Corps Company
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, camels
        2 platoons@ 3 rifle sqds, camels, 1 LMG
      1 Gun Troop: 1x Autocannon Ford (75mmL36)
      1 MG Platoon: 2 MMG, 1 truck

3. Notes

    a) Radios are in motorised infantry CHQs and LRDG patrols.
    b) Infantry have no A/T grenades.
    c) The 'brigade' has 1 Foreign Legion battalion and 1 Regiment of Senegalese 'Sharpshooters' of up to 2 battalions dispersed amongst garrison posts. The Senegalese were the original garrison of Chad before the war.
    d) Guided by the British Long Range Desert Group from Chad, this group raided Italian forts in southern Libya in Jan-Feb'41, and can be pitched against Sahara Command forces on list IT5.
    e) Details of lower organisations are provisional.
    f) The number of snipers in the Senegalese units may be increased to one per section if agreed by opponent/organiser, to represent their marksmanship.


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