David I Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I could use some help - During WWII the British Artillery and Armor tactical units we called Regiments, however I think that they were the size of an American or German Battalion, correct? Artillery Regiment would be around 12 X 25 pdrs, and a Tank Regiment around 50 tanks or so? Thanks, DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Artillery regiment would be 24 guns in three batteries. A tank or armoured regiment would be about 60 AFVs in three squadrons and a command. All the best Andreas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 Andreas, Thanks mate. DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Andreas is correct for the 25 pdr regiments in standard div arty. Medium regiments (corps and higher) were equipped with 5.5 inch guns or occasionally 4.5 inch guns (the 5.5 was much more common), and those still used batteries of 8 guns, but had only 2 of them per regiment. So a medium regiment is 16 5.5 inch, vs. 24x25 pdr in the field regiments. 4 guns were a "troop" rather than a battery, in British parlance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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