by Pat Condray
1. TYPE DIVISIONS: Infantry: 3 inf. bgdes of 3 bns each; 1 recon rgt; 1 mg bn; 3 field rgts, RA; 1 LAA Rgt, 1 AT R Armoured: 1 armoured Bgde of 3 armoured rgts and 1 motor bn; lorried infantry bgde of 3 bns, 1 armd recon Rgt; 2 Field Rgt, RA; 1 LAA rgt, 1 AT rgt; 1 MG Co. Parachute 2 parachute bgdes of 3 para bns each, 1 Airlandi Division:(glider) bgde of 3 bns; 1 abn arm'd recon rgt, 1 Airlanding (glider) Lt arty rgt, 2 airlanding (glider) At brtys, 1 LAA btry Indep. (Army) Tank Bgde: 3 Infantry Tank Bns AA Bgde: 2 heavy and 3 light AA rgts II. TYPE REGIMENTS, Etc: Armoured Rgt:
Hq Squadron: 4 LAA Tanks, I I Lt Tanks, 8 scout cars 3 Squadrons each:
5 troops each of 3 tanks Arm'd Recon Rgt:
Hq Squadron: 5 AA AC, 13 scout cars 5 squadron each: Hq:
5 troops each: 2 AC and 2 scout cars 1 Troops of riflemen in HT Recon Rgt. (Inf Div):
Hq Squadron: 8 AT, 6 3" Mtr, 14 bren carriers 3 recon squadrons: Hq 3 scout troops each:
1 asslt. troop of riflemen in HT Field Rgt, RA:
Medium Rgt, RA:
Heavy Rgt, RA:
LAA Rgt:
HAA Rgt:
AT Rgt:
Infantry Battalion:
4 Rifle Co:
Total for co is 5 off, 122 em, 3 PLAT (AT Rocket) Battalion transport totals: 38 bren carriers and 55 trucks MG Bn: 3 MG Co: 3 plats of 4 HMG each Hv Mtr Co: 16 4.2" Mtr Motor Bn:
3 motor co: 3 plats of riflemen (as above) in trucks, 1 plat of riflemen (as above) in bren carriers Commando:
Hq Troop of 3 off and 20 men Airlanding Bn:
AA/AT Co: 12 20mm AA, 8 AT 4 rifle co each of 4 platoons and HQ Parachute Bn:
3 rifle'co: each of 3 platoons and HQ Field Co., Royal Engineers: 7 off, 250 EM Back to The Armchair General Vol. 3 No. 1 Table of Contents Back to The Armchair General List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1970 by Pat Condray This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |