WWII Free Polish
Independent 2nd Armoured Brigade

1943-1945 Italy

List P7

by Mark Bevis

1. Tenth Arm

Armoured Regiment

    RHQ (Bttn HQ): 4x Sherman III or 2x Sherman III, 2x Firefly Vc
    3 Squadrons@
      SHQ: 4x Sherman III or 1x Sherman III, 2x Sherman 1B
      4 Troops@ 4x Sherman III or 3x Sherman III, 1x Firefly Vc

      1 Recce Platoon:

        PHQ: 1x Humber S/C
        3 sections@ 3x Humber S/C

      1 Platoon: 3x Sherman ARV, 3x M5 REME H/T, 3 attached Valentine AVLB if required

Brigade Motorised Commando Bttn

    Bttn HQ: 4 rifle/SMG sqds, 2 lorries, 2 LMG, 2 PIAT
    5 Troops@ 2 sections@ 3 rifle/SMG sqds, 6 LMG, 3 PIAT, 3x 2", 3 trucks
    1 Troop: 2x 3" mortars, 2 MMG, 4 trucks, radio truck

2. Brigade Support

Armoured Brigade HQ: 7x Sherman III, 2x AEC 6x6 ACV, 3x Grant ACV for OP teams, Air Liaison team

3. Notes

a) Radios are in all AFV and Commando section HQs.
b) Infantry may have Hawkins 75 A/T grenades.
c) The Brigade has 3 Armoured Regiments and 1 Commando Battalion. During 1943 it was in reserve in Iraq and then Egypt, only seeing action from April 1944.
d) Sherman 1B and Fireflys not available until January 1945.
e) All Polish Sherman III have applique armour, and smoke dischargers fitted on the turret sides, but no AA .50" or LMG.
f) Fireflys can have APDS in 1945.

4. 2nd Corps Support


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