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Infantry Section
- 9 Privates: 8 rifles, 1 LMG
- 1 NCO: 1 SMG
- Total: 10 men, 8 rifles, 1 LMG, 1 SMG
Infantry Platoon
- 3 Sections: 10 men
- 1 command squad: 1 CO, 1 NCO, 3 runners
- Total: 35 men
Infantry Company
- 3 Platoons: 35 men
- 1 command squad: 4 messengers (4 carbines), mortar section (4 men, 1 mortar), antitank squad (10 men, 4 AT rifles/satchel charges, 1 horse). 18 men total.
- Total: 123 men.
Infantry Battalion
- 3 Companies: 123 men
- 1 machinegun platoon: 12xHMGs, 66 men
- 1 mortar platoon: 57 men and 4x81mm mortars
- 1 supplies platoon: 34 men
- 1 battalion HQ: 6 men
- 1 battalion commander
- 1 battalion XO
- 1 battalion NCO
- Total: 535 men, 7 mortars, 12 HMGs
Brigade
- 5 Infantry Battalions: 535 men
- 1 Bicycle Battalion: 535 men
- 1 Artillery Battalion: 24 guns, 378 men
- 1 Scout Company: 123 men
- 1 AT gun section: 4 Ordnance QF 2-pounder guns, 4 trucks, 16 men
- 1 AA battery: 111 men, 4 large, 4 medium, 12 light AA guns, 16 trucks
- 1 Supplies company: 110 men
- 1 Brigade HQ: 35 men
- Total: 3,983 men
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Artillery Battery
- 8 QF 4.5 inch (114.3mm) Howitzers, Ordnance QF 18-pounder field guns, or QF 25-pounders: 6 crew each
- 1 Battery HQ: 12 men
- 2 truck sections: 8 men, 8 trucks
- Total: 8 guns, 76 men, 8 trucks
Artillery Battalion
- 3 batteries: 8 guns, 76 men, 8 trucks
- 1 Supplies Company: 110 men
- 1 Battalion HQ/Communications: 40 men
- Total: 24 guns, 378 men
AA Battery
- 4 3.7" AA guns: 7 crew each
- 4 40mm Bofors AA guns: 4 crew each
- 12 .661cal AA machine guns: 3 crew each
- 1 Battery HQ: 15 men
- 2 truck sections: 8 men, 8 trucks
- Total: 111 men, 4 large, 4 medium, 12 light AA guns, 16 trucks
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Supplies Platoon
- 1 Field Kitchen: 10 men
- 1 Battalion Supplies Office: 4 men
- 1 transport truck section: 10 men, 8 trucks
- 1 Hygiene section (portable showers and latrines): 10 men
- Total: 34 men
Supplies Company
- 1 Field Kitchen: 35 men
- 1 Battalion Supplies Office: 15 men, 4 trucks
- 3 transport truck sections: 10 men, 8 trucks each
- 2 Hygiene sections (portable showers and latrines): 30 men
- Total: 110 men
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Tank Section:
- 2 tanks: 5 crew
- Total: 10 men, 2 tanks
Armoured Car Section:
- 2 armoured cars: 3 crew
- Total: 6 men, 2 armoured cars
Tank Lance:
- 3 Tank Sections: 10 men, 2 tanks
- 1 Command Section: 12 men, 2 tanks, 2 motorcycle messengers
- Total: 42 men, 8 tanks, 2 motorcycles
Armoured Car Lance:
- 3 AC Sections: 6 men, 2 armoured cars
- 1 Command Section: 8 men, 2 armoured cars, 2 motorcycle messengers
- Total: 26 men, 8 armoured cars, 2 motorcycles
Tank Company:
- 3 Tank Lances: 42 men, 8 tanks, 2 motorcycles
- 1 Armoured Car Lance: 26 men, 8 armoured cars, 2 motorcycles
- 1 Antitank squad: 10 men, 4 AT rifles/satchel charges
- 1 Command Section: 15 men, 2 armoured cars, 5 trucks
- 1 Maintenance section: 10 men, 1 recovery tractor, 4 trucks
- Total: 177 men, 24 tanks, 10 armoured cars, 8 motorcycles
Armoured Car Company:
- 3 Armoured Car Lances: 26 men, 8 armoured cars, 2 motorcycles
- 1 Tank Lances: 42 men, 8 tanks, 2 motorcycles
- 1 Antitank squad: 10 men, 4 AT rifles/satchel charges
- 1 Command Section: 15 men, 2 armoured cars, 5 trucks
- 1 Maintenance section: 10 men, 1 recovery tractor, 4 trucks
- Total: 155 men, 26 armoured cars, 8 tanks, 8 motorcycles
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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson
That's a pretty major reorg, I suppose it's lucky that the Irish Army doesn't have a long tradition to buck that change. What's the reasoning behind the reorg, anyway?
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