French artillery 1940

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French artillery 1940

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Post by Darek Piotrowski » 16 Oct 2021, 15:48

Hi, Where can I find information about how many guns there were in each unit of the French artillery in 1940?
I am particularly interested in individuals :
RALH 109, 105, 106, 118, 101, 115, 103, 121, 117, 116, 114, 113,
RALT 123, 104, 102, 46, 124, 120, 108, 107,
RALCH 110, 111, 11,
RAT 329,
RAF 60,
RAP 168, 159,

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Re: French artillery 1940

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Post by Loïc » 18 Oct 2021, 19:43

hello

there are inaccuracies in this mixed list about the real identity title of these regiments, RALH is for Horsed and some are actually Automobile

101e to 104e RAL more 107e 108e 120e 123e 124e are Automobile 3 Groups/9 Batteries

105e 106e 109e 113e 114e 115e 116e 117e 118e 121e are Horsed 4 Groups/12 Batteries as well as the Colonial 11e 110e 111e RALC

329e RATTT 3 Groups/9 Batteries, 10th Anti-Tank added in june 1940

should verify each battery-type because they were not equiped by the same material even in the same regiment but one battery in this kind of regiments is usually 4 guns

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Post by Darek Piotrowski » 18 Oct 2021, 20:09

Thank you Loic for the information.
Can you tell me how many guns were in the RALT 180-197 regiments (for the 145L16, 155GPF, 194GPF, 220C16 and 280Chen cannons).

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Re: French Heavy Artillery 1940

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Post by Loïc » 24 Oct 2021, 20:31

hello

the 186e RALT no longer existed, was disbanbed in 1937 and not reformed

the 181e to 183e, 185e, 187e to 192e and 194e to 197e RALT had also 4 Groups/12 batteries x 4 guns

both 184e and 193e RALT had 3 Groups/6 batteries x 4 tracked 194 GPF and 280 mortars

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Post by Darek Piotrowski » 24 Oct 2021, 22:03

Thank you again.
So the artillery regiments of guns 145, 155 and 220 had 48 pieces each. And the regiments of guns 194 and 280 36 pieces each,

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Re: French artillery 1940

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Post by Loïc » 25 Oct 2021, 01:43

6 batteries x 4 = 24 :wink:

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