Divisional T/O&E
Note some units which have featured in previous posts have been numbered.
This Tank Battalion T/O&E includes an inset of the Heavy Tank Company operating in Normandy in June 1944.
Caledonian Motorised Infantry Battalions were plentifully equipped with M5 Half-tracks during the Normandy campaign.
Infantry Battalions included some organic fire support, anti-tank and reconnaissance units.
As in the British system, the towed artillery units usually operated with infantry units while the self-propelled units supported armoured attacks.
Units of the SP Artillery Battalion sometimes provided direct fire support to the armoured units.
Caledonian anti-tank units were designed to be split off from the Divisional Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion and attach to other units to strengthen local anti-tank defences. In June 1944 the SP anti-tank/tank destroyer units were mostly equipped with Achilles 17pdr vehicles.
1st Caledonian Mechanised Division in Normandy 