The British fielded two main types of division: armoured Combined with plentiful artillery and a preference for

rence for going

ARMOURED FIST FORCE divisions and infantry divisions. The armoured divisions
were expected to race around fighting enemy armoured
divisions and exploit breakthroughs to pursue and destroy
in with the bayonet, the combination of riflemen and infan-
try tanks can be well-nigh unstoppable.
As the British gained experience,
Your Force must contain at least one Formation, and the enemy. For this role they were equipped with lots of fast
may contain as many Formations as you like.
the armoured and infantry
cruiser tanks and big-gunned heavy tanks. Initially their divisions started looking
infantry consisted of a few 'motor' battalions, small mobile more and more alike. For
HEAVY TANK CRUISER TANK INFANTRY TANK ASSAULT TANK formations that combined a few infantry with lots of guns. the Second Battle of El
FORMATIONS FORMATIONS FORMATIONS FORMATION
These were expected to hold the ground taken by the tanks Alamein, the number of
and provide them with a safe place to rearm and refuel at the tank regiments (a battal-
end of the day. ion-strength formation
The infantry divisions were expected to hold ground, and in British parlance) in
to take it as well. Their core was the rifle battalion, a large an armoured division
SHERMAN ARMOURED CRUSADER ARMOURED CHURCHILL ARMOURED ARMOURED ASSAULT
SQUADRON SQUADRON SQUADRON SQUADRON formation with four companies of infantry (the extra com- was halved and a brigade
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MB131 MB103 MB128 MB601 OR MB602
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pany allowed them to keep up the pressure when a normal from an infantry division
battalion would have exhausted itself ), backed by plenty of was added.
anti-tank guns, machine-guns, and mortars, along with a Regardless of which type of
dozen lightly-armoured Universal Carriers for scouting and division you prefer, both are
GRANT ARMOURED HONEY ARMOURED VALENTINE ARMOURED flank protection. hard-hitting forces well supported
SQUADRON SQUADRON SQUADRON
Oddly enough, an infantry division launching an attack usu- by artillery and air power.
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MB101 MB106 MB125
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ally had just as many tanks as an armoured division, in the
form of a brigade of well-armoured infantry support tanks.

DEATH OR GLORY
SQUADRON
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MB120 OR MB122
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INFANTRY FORMATIONS

RIFLE MOTOR PARACHUTE COMMANDO

COMPANY COMPANY COMPANY TROOP
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MB133 MB108 MB201 MB211
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BRITISH SUPPORT UNITS
You may field one Support Unit from each box.

ARTILLERY ARTILLERY RECONNAISSANCE RECONNAISSANCE ANTI-TANK ANTI-TANK ANTI-AIRCRAFT AIRCRAFT

25 PDR 25 PDR DAIMLER ARMOURED DAIMLER ARMOURED 6 PDR 17/25 PDR BOFORS HURRICANE
FIELD TROOP FIELD TROOP CAR TROOP CAR TROOP ANTI-TANK PLATOON ANTI-TANK TROOP LIGHT AA TROOP TANK-BUSTING FLIGHT
MB116 MB116 MB136 MB136 MB110 MB114 MB118 MB119
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PRIEST PRIEST HUMBER ARMOURED HUMBER ARMOURED AIRLANDING 6 PDR KITTYHAWK
FIELD TROOP FIELD TROOP CAR TROOP CAR TROOP ANTI-TANK PLATOON FIGHTER-BOMBER
MB137 MB137 MB115 MB115 MB206 FLIGHT

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MB138
75MM AIRLANDING 75MM AIRLANDING UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL

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BATTERY BATTERY CARRIER PATROL CARRIER PATROL
MB207 MB207 MB113 MB113
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AIRLANDING RECCE
PLATOON
MB205
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ARTILLERY OBSERVER
FORMATION SUPPORT ALLIED SUPPORT WILDCARD

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You may field compulsory You may field one compulsory
Combat Units (with a black box) Unit from a US Formation as
25 PDR HONEY OP from the above Formations as Support and one US Formation
FIELD TROOP OBSERVATION POST Support Units. as an Allied Formation.
MB116 MB117
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PRIEST
FIELD TROOP
MB137
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