The formation strength of both British and German armies in the Desert were rarely static, changing for strategic, tactical or administrative reasons. The basic British armoured unit was the troop usually of three tanks; four troops to a squadron; four squadrons and headquarters to a regiment; two or three regiments to a brigade; two or three brigades plus supporting arms to a division; three divisions plus supporting arms to a corps. The German and American regiments were roughly equivalent to a British brigade. The German sub-units were generally based on four tanks to the platoon, the number of platoons in each company depending to a large extent on whether they were light, medium or heavy units. There was no brigade as such but divisions worked out roughly the same as the British. In the desert, the German 90th Light was in fact a collection of odd units gathered together and named but it was nothing like a normal division. Whilst British "Jock-Columns" bore no resemblance to normal formations. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 117 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1971 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com