GRU

Military Intelligence Directorate

Intel Report

British Army TO&E

Due to the vast differences between British and American military structures, British unit sizes can be misleading to Americans. One reason is that the size of "battalions" and "regiments" varies greatly and do not always correstpond to the similar size in the American force structure. Armoured regiments are the equivalent of an American squadron/battalion while squadrons are of troop/company size and troops are platoon size. Artillery regiments in the British Army are of battalion size, however, with batteries being about the same (company) size. Infantry battalions are virtually synomous to American units, except for equipment differences.

[NOTE: Forces have been greatly simplified for game purposes.]

Mechanised Infantry Brigade*

(*No, it's not a typo, that's how the British and Australians spell "mechanized." <g>)

Brigade Headquarters:

1 x Command element (8)

1 x Sultan APC

 

1 Armoured Regiment:

58 x Challenger 2 tanks

8 x Scimitar recce vehicles

 

1 Armoured Recce Regiment:

4 x Armoured Recce Squadrons, each:

3 x FV432 APC (In TacOps use M113)

 

1 Armored Infantry Battalion (See below)

 

2 Mechanised Infantry Battalions (See below)

 

 

 

Armored Infantry Battalion

 

Headquarters

1 x Command element

1 x Warrior IFV

 

Mortar Section

2 x FV432 w/81mm mortar

 

AT Company

1 x Warrior IFV

4 x Milan ATGM

 

Recce Platoon

2 x Scimitar

2 x Recon teams (4 men, total)

 

Pioneer Platoon

1 x Warrior IFV

1 x Engineer squad

 

3 x Mechanised Infantry Companies (A, B, C), each:

3 x Infantry Combat Teams, each:

3 x Warrior IFV

3 x Infantry teams (8) (In TacOps, use 2 x 4-man rifle teams)

 

 

Mechanised Infantry Battalion

 

Headquarters

1 x Command element

1 x Saxon type APC

 

Mortar Section

2 x Land Rovers w/81mm mortar

 

AT Company

1 x Saxon APC

4 x Milan ATGM

 

Recce Platoon

2 x Scimitar

2 x Recon teams (4 men, total)

 

Pioneer Platoon

1 x Saxon APC

1 x Engineer squad

 

Weapons Platoon

3 x Land Rover w/HMG

 

3 x Mechanised Infantry Companies (A, B, C), each:

3 x Infantry Combat Teams, each:

3 x Saxon APC

3 x Infantry teams (8) (In TacOps, use 2 x 4-man rifle teams)

 

 

Airborne Brigade

 

Brigade HQ:

2 x Command Element (8) (1 Staff, 1 Signals)

2 x Land Rover (1 Command, 1 Forward Field Radio)

 

Air Defense Platoon:

8 x Javelin Teams

2 x Land Rover

 

Artillery (7th Parachute Battery, Royal Horse Artillery) (7RHA):

8 x 105mm towed artillery pieces
8 x light trucks

6 x Soldiers
1 x Land Rover (FFR)

 

3 x PARA Battalions (See below)

 

 

Airborne Battalion

 

Battalion Headquarters:

1 x Command element (8)

2 x Inf. team (4) (If using TacOps version 4.x, use 2 x RPK teams)

1 Land Rover (Forward Field Radio)
1 x Land Rover Defender 110 w/ trailer

 

Mortar battery

9 x 81mm mortars

 

AT Company

6 Milan teams

 

Patrol Company (recon):

6 recon teams

 

3 x Paratrooper companies (A, B, C), each:

 

Company HQ

1 Command element (8)

Weapons Platoon

1 x 7.62 MG

2 Milan ATGM

Mortar Section:

3 x 51mm mortar (use 60mm in TacOps)

 

3 Rifle Platoons (1st, 2nd, 3rd), each:

8 x inf. teams (4) *

 

* (If TacOps version 4.x is available, this will be modelled by 2 x RPK teams)

 

 

References: The British Army Home Page, also a "UK Order of Battle" document put together by James Sterrett and Bill Buckingham.