Other than the organic truck companies were there any weapons, equipment or organizational differences between the infantry brigades attached to armoured divisions and a regular infantry brigades?
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Lorried Inf Bde in Brit Armd Divs
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Re: Lorried Inf Bde in Brit Armd Divs
infantry battalion in infantry brigades were 845 men and battalion in armoured division were 849 men
Re: Lorried Inf Bde in Brit Armd Divs
Motorised (AKA lorried infantry I think) were standard infantry with their own RASC vehicles. Motor battalions (ie those in armd bde and all from RB and KRRC I believe) were very different. Basically 3 motor companies with platoons having their own half-tracks and a scout pl. Support coy being 3 anti-tk pls (each 4 guns towed by Lloyd carriers) and 2 MMG pls (also 4 guns) in universal carriers. No mortars, no carrier pl, no pnr pl.
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Re: Lorried Inf Bde in Brit Armd Divs
Here's somethig more... The 7th Armoured Division. Exellent data of the Lorried, also!
http://www.ian.a.paterson.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm
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Re: Lorried Inf Bde in Brit Armd Divs
Great stuff. I love dry, boring organizational charts! My wife always checks the back of a book before buying it before to be sure it lots of that.
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