WWII Polish LWP
1st Independent Cavalry Brigade

1944-1945 East Europe

List P4

by Mark Bevis

1. Tenth Arm

Cavalry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, horses, sabres
    3 Squadrons@
      SHQ: 1 rifle sqd, sabres, horses
      3 platoons@ 3 rifle sqds, sabres, 3 LMG, horses

    1 Support Squadron:

      SHQ: 1 SMG sqd, horses
      1 battery: 4x 82mm mortars, horses, Obsolete FC
      1 platoon: 4x MMG, horses

2. Brigade Support

Brigade HQ: 4 rifle sqds, horses or trucks with up to:

    1 A/T Platoon: 4x 45mm M42, horses
    1 Battery: 4x 76mm M42, horses, Obsolete FC
    0-l Battery: 6x 120mm mortars, horses, Assigned FC
    0-1 Engineer platoon: 3 SMG/engineer sqds, horses or trucks
    0-1 AA Battery: 6x 37mm M39 or 4x HMG/AA tripods, horses

3. Notes

a) Radios are in Bttn HQs, may be in CHQs and battery HQs.
b) Any squad can replace rifles with SMG.
c) Any squad can have RPG-6 A/T grenades.
d) APCR and HEAT rounds available where appropriate.
e) The brigade has 3 cavalry battalions.
f) This list is provisional, based on a Soviet Cavalry Division organization. The brigade fought around Berlin in 1945.

5. 1st Army Support


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