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  2. British armoured formations of the Second World War

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    The armoured brigade group would have three armoured regiments, a motor battalion, an artillery regiment (including an anti-tank battery of 16 guns; either 2-pounders or 6-pounders) as well as its three batteries of 25-pounder gun-howitzers, a light anti-aircraft battery of 18 guns, a field squadron of Royal Engineers and various other ...

  3. List of orders of battle for the British 1st Armoured Division

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    A History of British Infantry. Vol. II. London: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 978-0-850-52422-2. Stevens, George Richard (1946). The Tiger Triumphs, The Story of Three Great Divisions in Italy. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 2708151. Winton, Harold R. (1988). To Change an Army: General Sir John Burnett-Stuart and British Armoured ...

  4. Infantry of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    Of the five to be withdrawn, two were armoured infantry units, two general light infantry and one a specialist air assault infantry battalion. The withdrawal of two armoured infantry battalions is to bring this into line with the planned future operational structure, intended to see three "armoured infantry brigades", each with a pair of ...

  5. History of the British 1st Division during the world wars

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    [29] [51] On 4 April, it was temporarily redesignated as the 1st British Infantry Division, to avoid confusion with the US 1st Infantry Division that was also active in the campaign. [52] Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen von Arnim , commander of the Axis Panzer Army Africa , was aware that Allied forces were intending to launch a major offensive.

  6. Experimental Mechanized Force - Wikipedia

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    The Experimental Mechanized Force (EMF) was a brigade-sized formation of the British Army.It was officially formed on 1 May 1927 to investigate and develop the techniques and equipment required for armoured warfare and was the first armoured formation of its kind in the world.

  7. Bibliography of World War II military units and formations

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    The Story of the 42 Australia Infantry Battalion. Sydney: Dymock's Book Arcade. — 42nd Battalion; Boss-Walker, Geoffrey (1948). Desert Sand and Jungle Green: A Pictorial History of the 2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion (Ninth Division) in the Second World War, 1939–1945. Hobart (Tas./Austr.): Oldham. — 2/43rd Battalion; Burns, John (1960).