WWII Free Polish
Independent Paratroop Brigade

1944-1945 NW Europe

List P10

by Mark Bevis

1. Tenth Arm

Paratroop Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 LMG
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1x 2", 1-2 PIAT
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle/SMG sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 2", 1-2 PIAT

    1 Support Company:

      CHQ: 1 SMG sqd
      1 platoon: 6x 3" mortars, 1-2 PIAT, 4 rifle sqds as crew
      1 platoon: 2 SMG/engineer sqds, 0-1 flamegun

2. Brigade Support

Paratroop Brigade HQ: 6 rifle/SMG sqds with possibly:

    1 Artillery Battery
      BHQ: 4 SMG sqds, 1 PIAT, 2 LMG, 4 OP teams
      2 Troops@ 4x 75mm M1A1, 1 LMG

3. Notes

a) Radios are in PHQ, when working.
b) Infantry squads have Hawkins A/T grenades.
c) The brigade has 3 battalions.
d) If used in ground role, can be fully motorised and can have Corps and Army support from list B4.
e) The brigade was only used at Arnhem, and suffered badly, being shot up on the landing zone. Brigade support is provisional.


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