British Military units and vehicle
organisations for Rapid Fire
British Armoured Regiment 1940
2 Scout car, 10 cruisers. HQ and 3squadron
British Armoured Regiment 1942
11 cruiser, 1 Close support, 2 AA tank
Armoured Regiment Tunisia 42-43
10 Tank, AA tank
Blade Force Tunisia November 1943
8 25pdr, 40mm Bofors, 6 pdr A/T gun 3 crew, Infantry company 8 men, Engineer
troop 6 men
Armoured car, M3
3 6 pdr crusader, 7 2 pdr crusader, Close support
(I am dubious about the above, the source says a 25 pdr battery and a 25 pdr battalion)
Armoured Regiment 1943
2 Scout car, 11 tank, close support tank.
Armoured Regiment 1944
2 Stuart, 3 Firefly, 6 Sherman or Cromwell, AA tank.
(I have used a unit such as this in a 1944 game and I believe it may appaer in one of the Rapid Fire supplements)
Cavalry Regiment 1940
5 Light tank, 11 carrier.
(I am not sure how I would break such a unit down. 2 carriers to a company.)
Armoured Car Regiment 1943
12 Armoured car, 2 scout car
You can add 2 motorcycle + 2 motorcycle combo
Buffalo Regiment 79th armoured Division
18 Buffalo
Armoured Engineer Regiment 79th Armoured Division
5 Buffalo, 8 AVRE
1939 infantry battalion
2" mortar and Antitank rifle (add 3" mortar per regiment)
1941 infantry battalion
4 antitank rifle, 2 2" mortar, (add 3" mortar per regiment)
1942-443 battalion Tunisia
2-3 carrier, antitank gun, 3" mortar, 4 rifle company
1943 infantry battalion (52 fig)
AA twin Bren, 4 antitank rifle, 3 2" mortar, 3" mortar (carrrier),
2-3 carrier, 6 15cwt truck, 3 3ton lorry, 5 motorcycle, 6 bicycle, car
Machine gun battalion
9 MGs (this works out as one per battalion of a division on standard British structure of three brigdes of 3 battalion)
Motor battalion 1940
2 carrier and 7 truck
Motor battalion Tunisia 1943
40 men, 3" mortar, 2 carrier, antitank gun
Lorried infantry 1942
2" mortar, 3" mortar, 2pdr or 6pdr.
Info taken from various orbats found on the web and in books.
As a general rule these units work better with Rapid Forces. If you wish to use them for normal Rapid Fire then I would advise reducing infantry units by about two thirds. This definately applies to support weapons. I have found Rapid Forces units far to support weapon heavy. For Rapid Fire it tends to go the other way.