French Infantry Battalion 1930s (50 figures) (150 points)
Command 5 figures and 60mm mortar
Three 12 man infantry companies. Two men with rifle grenades.
Machine gun company 3 machineguns 1 can be AA mounted 9 figures
(36 LMGs, 36 rifle grenades, 16 machine guns, two 81mm mortar, three 60mm mortar, 37mm infantry gun)
French Infantry Battalion 1939-42 (44 figures) (131 points)
BHQ 5 figures 1 60mm mortar
Three infantry companies each of 9 figures.
Support company 12 figures 81mm mortar, 25mm AT gun, two MMGs.
Infantry companies were 190 men and a support company would comprise two 25mm AT guns, two 81mmm mortars, 16 MMGs divided in 4 lots of 4. (An alternative would be to add 2 men and an MG to each company and reduce the support company by 2 men and an MG. Total 48 men 149 pts.)
French Infantry Regiment 1940 (140 figures) (417 points)
Regimental command 2 figures
Three battalions as French infantry battalion, but replace 25mm AT gun with MMG in the second battalion for balance.
Combat support company 25mm AT gun 6 gunners
Total regiment support weapons would be 112 LMG, 48 HMG, 9Light mortar, 8 heavy mortar, 9 infantry AT gun. (Using alternative battalion add 49 points and 12 men, remove AT gun but do not replace with MMG.)(A second alternative is to remove 81mm mortars and 3 crew from the battalions fielding two mortars and 6 crew at regimental level. Reduce men by 3 and points by 21.)
Artillery Battalion 1940 (10 gunners) (140 points including FO element)
Three 75mm horse towed guns. (A battalion would be made up of 3 batteries each of 4 guns.)
Artillery Regiment 1940 (30 gunners) (360 points plus up to three FO at 20 points each)
3 battalions represented by nine 75mm guns
(9 batteries totalling 36 75mm guns)
Each battery may have a FO element
Artillery Regiment 1940 (20 gunners) (360 points plus 20 each FO)
2 battalions:
Light battalion three 105mm horse towed howitzers
Heavy battalion three 155mm horse towed howitzers
Attach one or two FO elements
AT Battalion (14 gunners) (102 points)
Two 25mm AT guns 7 gunners
Two 47 mm AT guns 7 gunners
(An AT battalion would be made up of 5 batteries two batteries of 3 47mm and three batteries of 4 25mm)
Divisional antitank battalion attached to a Regiment.
Recce Battalion 1940 (25 figures) (85 points)
Command element 2 figures transport (attach to support company)
Bicycle company 8 figures
Motorised company 8 figures MMG truck
Combat support company 7 men MMG, 25mm AT gun, truck.
Command and 3 squadrons (Mounted, Motorcycles, and Weapons). Weapons squadron 4 25mm guns, 10MG and 24 LMG.
Engineer Company 1940 (6 figures) (17 points)
6 men truck
Pioneer company (6 figures) (27 points)
6 men truck plus (2 boats or 1 normal bridge section).
Motorised Infantry Battalion 1940 (45 figures) (171 points)
BHQ 4 figures plus 60mm mortar truck
Recce company 7 figures AMR 33 or 35
Bicycle company 8 figures
2 motorised company each of 8 figures in trucks
Combat support company 10 figures with 81mm mortar, 25mm AT gun, HMG 2 trucks
(In reality there would be two 60mm mortars per company)
Armoured Recce regiment 1940 (25/46 figures) (189 points)
RHQ platoon 2 figures vehicle
Armoured car battalion
Infantry Division 1940 (525 figures) (2280 points)
DHQ Company 6 figures
3 Infantry regiments (as Infantry Regiment 1940)
Artillery Regiment(as Artillery Regiment 75mm)(9 guns 3 FO)
Artillery Regiment(as Artillery Regiment 105/155mm howitzer)(2 FO)
2 Engineer company each of 6 figures
AT battalion (as AT Battalion)
Recce battalion (as 1940 Recce battalion)
Optional
Pioneer comany 6 man.
2 signals company and medical group generally assumed to be part of HQ.
Motorised Infantry Division 1940 (523(544) figures) (2304 points)
Points need to be added for additional trucks
As above, but using truck mounts and vehicle tows.
Recce battalion replaced by armoured recce regiment
Armour
Renault Tank Company (4 vehicles)
Company Command tank
3 FT platoons
Renault Battalion (Army level reserve) (13 vehicles)
BHQ 1 command FT
3 FT companies 4 vehicles per company
Armoured Division
DHQ
Armoured Brigade of two regiments each of two battalions
Engineer battalion (as Motorised Infantry)
AT Battalion
Armoured Infantry Brigade (158/176 figures)
Infantry Regiment of three Motorised Infantry Battalions 140 figures (5 man command)
Recce Regiment of two battalions each battalion as follows
Armoured Regiment (15 vehicles)
RHQ 1 tank
Two battalions each split into three companies
Armoured Division Army Level Reserve
DHQ
Armoured Brigade of two H39 battalions (otherwise as Armoured Regiment) 15 vehicles
Armoured Brigade of two battalions with Char B2s 12 vehicles
Armoured Infantry Battalion
Artillery Brigade of two battalions each with two 105mm howitzer and two 47mm AT guns
A French infantry division in 1940 numbered 17,000 men and 500 officers. A french infantry Regiment numbered 3,000 men and 80 officers. A battalion comprised an HQ section, 3 rifle companies of 190 men and MG company.