"British desert brigade boxes." Topic
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| Fred Cartwright | 18 Sep 2016 5:02 a.m. PST |
Is there a good source for layout and composition of British brigade boxes in the desert? A map of a typical box and the troops contained would be nice. I assume troops would have been an infantry brigade, but what attachments? Thanks. |
| Rich Bliss | 18 Sep 2016 7:10 a.m. PST |
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[/URL] Here's a diagram I found in an official history (don't remember the exact name) It's a battalion position. The brigade would have three of these in a mutually protective triangular formation. The minefiled belts of all three would be immediately adjacent. |
| Martin Rapier | 18 Sep 2016 11:25 a.m. PST |
Typically the brigade boxes were formed from Brigade Groups, so had a field regiment, AA battery, ATk battery and often a squadron (or more) of I tanks attached. 150 Brigade at Gazala was fairly typical. |
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