Kingfish Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 According to this site the British 26th armored brigade had under its command 3 armored and 1 rifle regiments (16/5 Lancers, 17/21 Lancers, 2nd Lothians and 10th Rifle Brigade respectively) during Feb '43. It didn't receive its infantry component (1st Guards Brigade) until March. In the CMAK editor for Feb 43 the infantry selection screen for British Mech Feb '43 gives two options - a Motor Company '42B and a Lorried infantry Battalion '42. My question is which formation choice would best represent the 10th Rifle Bgde? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Motor company, I think, and it would be an infantry battalion, not regiment split between the Armoured regts. The Guards would be the lorried infantry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by Kingfish: According to this site the British 26th armored brigade had under its command 3 armored and 1 rifle regiments (16/5 Lancers, 17/21 Lancers, 2nd Lothians and 10th Rifle Brigade respectively) during Feb '43.In this instance, "10th Rifle Brigade" is actually a bn sized unit, "the 10th Batalion of the Rifle Brigade". In all other units it'd be "the 10th battalion of the XYZ Regiment". As FK said, it was (probably) a motor bn. It didn't receive its infantry component (1st Guards Brigade) until March.1 Gds Bde didn't arrive till then, but prior to that (and during Feb 43) the divisions inf bde was provided by 38th Irish Inf Bde. As FK indicated, these guys would be lorried infantry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisbech_lad Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Bah, it is an Armoued division. And those are battalions, not regiments. Bit of a tony division though eh? 17/21st, 16/5th, Rifle Brigade, Guards, Yeomanry, RHA... Very much looks a division for PLU! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Originally posted by Wisbech_lad: Bah, it is an Armoued division. Irony once again... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisbech_lad Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Originally posted by Wisbech_lad: Bah, it is an Armoured division. And those are battalions, not regiments. Bit of a tony division though eh? 17/21st, 16/5th, Rifle Brigade, Guards, Yeomanry, RHA... Very much looks a division for PLU! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisbech_lad Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 I'll let that one stand, as a warning against spelling hubris! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 Originally posted by Wisbech_lad: Bah, it is an Armoued division.Noted. And those are battalions, not regiments.Understood, but the commonwealth refers to the subunits of an armoured brigade as regiments. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Originally posted by Kingfish: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Wisbech_lad: Bah, it is an Armoued division.Noted. And those are battalions, not regiments.Understood, but the commonwealth refers to the subunits of an armoured brigade as regiments. </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: The Commonwealth refers to battalion sized units of infantry as "battalions" regardless of what kind of formation they belong to.True enough, except that the name of the battalion does not normally include the word 'battalion', but its number (if any) within its historic regiment and the name of that regiment. It can make for a certain amount of confusion until you get used to the system. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: The Commonwealth refers to battalion sized units of armour as "regiments" regardless of what kind of formation they belong to.True enough, apart from the exceptions ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Originally posted by JonS: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: The Commonwealth refers to battalion sized units of armour as "regiments" regardless of what kind of formation they belong to.True enough, apart from the exceptions ... </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 RTR Bns. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Originally posted by JonS: RTR Bns. You mean the Royal Tank Regiment? Yeah, that's a good example, actually, forgot about them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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