"British infantry platoon to&e" Topic
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| Testiculies | 25 May 2014 2:00 a.m. PST |
Sorry for ignorance, but what is the weapon load out of a British infantry squad in late war? Can anyone point me to a link? Thanks |
| delta6ct | 25 May 2014 2:20 a.m. PST |
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 Doms Decals  | 25 May 2014 3:15 a.m. PST |
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| Rapier Miniatures | 25 May 2014 3:58 a.m. PST |
There were no British Infantry squads, they were sections. |
| Jemima Fawr | 25 May 2014 4:18 a.m. PST |
Wot they said. Note that the full strength was hardly ever achieved. Men would be designated as Left Out of Battle (LOB), in order to preserve a 'core' for units that could be used for reconstruction in the event of a disaster. Units would also be rapidly whittled down by attrition and platoons of two Sections were very common. If they went any lower in strength, they would be amalgamated until reinforcements would allow reconstitution. It was also common to disband a battalion's fourth company in order to keep the other three companies up to strength. |
| Martin Rapier | 25 May 2014 6:00 a.m. PST |
Wot Mark said. Amusingly the March 1944 Infantry Fieldcraft and Tactics manual listed the section strength as ten men, but then in all the formation diagrams only shows eight. It was also common to disband the AA, AT and carrier platoons to keep the rifle companies up to strength. The surplus Brens from the AA and carrier platoons meant you could have the situation (such as 43rd Div in August 1944) of twenty man platoons armed with six or seven Brens per platoon. |
| mkenny | 25 May 2014 6:06 a.m. PST |
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| BattleCaptain | 26 May 2014 9:00 p.m. PST |
And it doesn't get more real than 2:50 to 3:00! |
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