4th South African Armoured Car Regiment.
4th South African Armoured Car Regiment.
Can anyone tell me about the composition of the 4th S.A. Armoured Car Reg, during the period of Jun 1941 - Nov 1942?
Please.
Please.
Depends what you want it for, but I suspect you'd just get frustrated with it. I've found "BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH ARMIES 1944-45" to be riddled with errors, both major and minor. OTOH, I imagine it'd be a great, general-purpose resource for minatures wargaming, and the intro pretty much makes clear is the intended audience anyway.David W wrote:What is Mark Bevis' "British & Commonwealth Armies 1939-45" like?
Any good?
For what you seem to be doing, I couldn't reccomend it.
Jon
- Martin_Schenkel
- Member
- Posts: 164
- Joined: 29 Aug 2005, 09:08
- Location: Canada
David,
Nov 41 (Operation Crusader): with 7th Armd Bde Grp (7th Armd Div): approx. 50 Marmon-Herrington armoured cars
Dec 41: Serving under 8th Army: unspecified number of Marmon-Herringtons
Mar 42 (Battle of Gazala): Attached to 7th Armd Div: unpecified number of Marmon-Herrington IIIs
Jun 42 (Mersah Matruh): with 7th Motor Bde Grp: unspecified number of Marmon-Herrington IIIs
Oct 42 (El Alamein): 4th/6th SA Armd Car Regt: three Squadrons with 'Hammerforce' (1st Armd Div) with 30 Marmon-Herrington IIIs, 3 Troops under XXX Corps with 9 Marmon-Herrington IIIs, and one Troop under XII Corps with 3 Marmon-Herrington IIIs.
All that I can dig up. Hope it helps.
Regards,
Martin
Nov 41 (Operation Crusader): with 7th Armd Bde Grp (7th Armd Div): approx. 50 Marmon-Herrington armoured cars
Dec 41: Serving under 8th Army: unspecified number of Marmon-Herringtons
Mar 42 (Battle of Gazala): Attached to 7th Armd Div: unpecified number of Marmon-Herrington IIIs
Jun 42 (Mersah Matruh): with 7th Motor Bde Grp: unspecified number of Marmon-Herrington IIIs
Oct 42 (El Alamein): 4th/6th SA Armd Car Regt: three Squadrons with 'Hammerforce' (1st Armd Div) with 30 Marmon-Herrington IIIs, 3 Troops under XXX Corps with 9 Marmon-Herrington IIIs, and one Troop under XII Corps with 3 Marmon-Herrington IIIs.
All that I can dig up. Hope it helps.
Regards,
Martin
- Martin_Schenkel
- Member
- Posts: 164
- Joined: 29 Aug 2005, 09:08
- Location: Canada
Joslen dosen't cover any of the Dominion armies, only British and Colonial, although it still will answer many of David's questions, as it is one of the sources I use to answer many of his queries! As a good starting point for Dominion armies, I suggest 'The British Armies in WW2: An Organisational History' (Hughes, et al), available through Nafziger: http://home.fuse.net/nafziger/ . It covers the whole Commonwealth including Britain and Colonials, and I also use it to answer many of David's questions, as I did above for 4th SA Armd Car Regt.gjkennedy wrote:If you can get hold of a copy of Joslen's WW2 order of battle book it would help answer a fair few of your North Africa queries I'd say. Naval & Military Press here in the UK do a reprint version, I got mine a few years ago and it's seen extensive action ever since!
Regards,
Martin