List H12
by Mark Bevis
3. Divisional SupportFrontier Rifle Brigade HQ: 4 rifle sqds, horses Motorised Brigade HQ: 6 rifle sqds, 4 lorries with: 1 AA Battery: 6x 40mm Bofors, 6 trucks 1 Engineer Company:
3 platoons@ 1(6 man) rifle/engineer PHQ sqd, 1 truck 4(13 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries 1 Artillery Battalion:
4 batteries@ 4x 105mm FH18, 4x Sdkfz 11 or lorries 1 Bridge Column: pontoons, lorries Cavalry Brigade HQ: 8 rifle sqds, horses, trucks with: 1 Horse Artillery Battalion:
2 batteries@ 4x 80mm 05/08M, horses 1 Motorised Artillery Battalion: BHQ: 4 rifle sqds, 6 lorries, Obsolete FC, 4 AAMG
1 AA Battery: 6x 40mm Bofors, 6 trucks 1 Engineer Company:
3 platoons@ 1(6 man) rifle/engineer PHQ sqd, 1 truck 4(13 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries 1 Bridge Column: pontoons, lorries 4. Corps SupportUp to: 2 Cycle Battalions@
2 Companies@
4 platoons@ 1(3 man) rifle PHQ sqd, cycles 3 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, cycles 1 MMG Platoon: 3-4 MMG, cycles
1 Artillery Battalion:
5 batteries@ 4x 149mm 14/35M Skoda, 4 lorries or Sdkfz 7 13 AA Batteries@ 6 AAMG or 6x 40mm Bofors or 4x 80mm 29/38M, horses 2 Engineer Companies@
3 platoons@ 1(6 man) rifle/engineer PHQ sqd, 1 truck 4(13 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries 5. Notes
b) Infantry have no A/T grenades. A/T rifle is 20mm Solothurn. c) From June 1941 the Rapid Corps has 2 Motorised Brigades and 1 Cavalry Brigade, plus attached troops including 3 Frontier Rifle Brigades each of 2-3 battalions and 2 Mountain Brigades (List H5). d) The Motorised Brigades each have 1 Motorised Regiment of 3 Motorised Battalions, plus 1 Cycle Battalion, 1 Tank Battalion, and 1 Recce Battalion. e) The Cavalry Brigade has 2 Cavalry Regiments each of 2 Cavalry Battalions; 2 Cycle Battalions and 1 Armoured Cavalry Battalion. f) The Corps joined in the invasion of Russia in July 1941 and survived until November 1941 when the survivors were withdrawn and converted to an armoured division and a cavalry division. g) The Cavalry and Motorised Brigades were equivalent to weak divisions. h) Can use Army support from list H2 or German list G52. i) The Rapid Corps had a different organisation up to June 1941, see List H13. Back to MicroMark WWII Hungary 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 2002 by Mark Bevis and MicroMark. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related publications are available at http://www.magweb.com |