Has anyone got a date of arrival for the 6th S.A A/C Reg in N. Africa?
I have a provisional of 12th June 1941.
6th South African A/C Regiment
7th SA was not an Armoured Car Regiment, it was a Recconnaissance Regiment, although it had an immense number of Marmon-Herringtons, 215 of them at the time of CRUSADER. It was attached to 2 SA Division. 3 SA Recconnaissance Regiment (formed from 1, 2, and 3 Armoured car Companies and elements of 1 and 2 M/C Companies) was similar and had 245 Marmon-Herringtons for Crusader. It was redesignated as an Armoured Car Regiment in July 1942, although the change was pretty much ignored by the regiment.David W wrote:Andy.
I think that it was independent. At least in the beginning, as I have the 7th S.A A/C Reg with the 2nd S.A Inf Div.
The earliest I find 6 SA Armoured Car Regiment appearing in records I have of Eighth Army is 20 September 1941, although the were probably there much earlier.
Good question.David W wrote:How were thay orgainsed? That sounds like about 12 Squadrons!7th SA was not an Armoured Car Regiment, it was a Recconnaissance Regiment, although it had an immense number of Marmon-Herringtons, 215 of them at the time of CRUSADER.
Nominally each of the three companies had 38 armored cars, so 114. Where the other 100 were I have no clue? But the numbers are repeated over and over again in different reports of different days, so look to be accurate.