Struktura Airborne Division (British)

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Struktura Airborne Division (British), dane z ksiazki The Victory i the West, London 1962.


Brigades and their main units Parachute Brigades 2
Parachute Battlions 6
Airlanding Brigade 1
Airlanding Battalions 3
Reconaissance Airborne Armoured Recce Regiment 1
Artillery Airlanding Light Regiments 1
Airlanding Anti-Tank Batteries 2
Airlanding Light Anti -Aircraf Battery 1
Engineers Parachute Squadrons 2
Airborne Field Company 1
Airborne Field Park Company 1
Signals Infantry Divisional Signals 1
Special Units Independent Parachute Company(Pathfinders) 1
Supply and Transport Composite Companies 2
Light Composite Company 1
Medical Services Parachute Field Ambulances 2
Airlanding Field Amabulance 1
Ordnance Ordnance Field Park 1
Workshops Divisional Workshop 1
Airlanding Light Aid Detachements 7
Provost Divisional Provost Company 1
Strength Officers 702
Other Ranks 11446
Total Strength All Ranks 12148

Vehicles: 1708 including Light Tanks 16
Jeeps 904
Trucks and Lorries 567
Cycles and motorcycles 4502
Weapons Rifels and pistols 10113
Light machine guns 966
Machine carbines 6504
Medium machine guns 46
Mortars 2, 3 and 4,2-in 535
Anti tank projectors (PIAT) 392
Pack Howitzers 75 mm 24
Anti Tank guns 6 and 17-pdrs 68
AA guns 20 and 40 mm 23


Airlanding battalion(glider borne)
1 support company 5 plts + mortar plt (four 3-in mortars)
1 anti- arircraf and antitank company 4 plts: 2 aa plts (12 aa guns 20mm) and 2atnk( eight 6-pdr guns)
4 rifle companies of 4 plts each
Strength 47 Officers and 817 Other ranks


Parachute battalion
1 headquarter company: 5 plts: 2 mortar (each four 3-in mortars) and 1 anti-tank (10 PIAT)
3 rifle companies of 3 plts each
Stremgth 29 Officers and 584 Other ranks