BRITISHSUPPORTLIST

LISTONE

MedicalOrderly
EngineerMineClearanceTeam,3men
EngineerWireCuttingTeam,3men
EngineerDemolitionTeam,3men
Adjutant
Minefield
BarbedWire
Car,nocrew
EntrenchmentsforoneTeam

THERIFLEPLATOON
The British Rifle platoon of 1940 was well
equipped but, with just eight men to a section,
shortofmanpowerwhencomparedtoboththeir
allies and enemy. In April 1940 the War Office
issued instructions for an increase in strength to
elevenmenpersection,butitisunlikelythatthis
changewasimplementedbythefollowingmonth
whenthePhonyWarcametoanend.

Most British units count as Regular, with some

TerritorialArmyunitscountingasGreen.

PLATOONFORCERATING:
Regular:5
Green:8

CommandDice:5

PLATOONHEADQUARTERS
Lieutenant,SeniorLeader,withpistol
Sergeant,SeniorLeader,withrifle
2MORTARTEAM
2mortarwithtwocrew
BOYSATRIFLE
BoysATrifle.Nocrewprovided

SECTIONSONETOTHREE
Corporal,JuniorLeader,withrifle

LMGTEAM

RIFLETEAM

Bren gun with three Fourriflemen

crew

LISTTWO
Roadblock
BoysATrifleTeam,2men
2mortarTeam,2men
PreGameBarrage
Roadblock
LISTTHREE
EngineerFlamethrowerTeam,3men
SniperTeam
DaimlerScoutCarwithJuniorLeader
BrenCarrierwithTeamandJuniorLeader
1 pounder 25mm antitank gun with five
crewandJuniorLeader

LISTFOUR
EngineerSectionwithJuniorLeader
RegularInfantrySectionwithJuniorLeader
ForwardObserverand3mortarbattery
40mmBoforsGun,5crewwithJuniorLeader
Regular Vickers MMG on tripod mount, 5
crew
MarkVIwithJuniorLeader
A9withJuniorLeader
A9CSwithJuniorLeader
A10withJuniorLeader
MatildaMkIwithJuniorLeader
GuyMkIArmouredCarwithJuniorLeader
MorrisCS9withJuniorLeader
2 pounder AntiTank gun with five crew and
JuniorLeader

LISTFIVE
MatildaMkIIwithJuniorLeader
A13MkIorIIwithJuniorLeader
RecceSectionoftwoBrenCarriers,4crew
each.OneJuniorLeader

Most of the support options on the list will be

selfexplanatory and their qualities covered by
the National Arsenal Table. All tanks and
armoured cars come with a Junior Leader.
Transport only vehicles, such as the car are
simply vehicles which come with no crew.
Remember, you will need to allocate men to
drivethese.

The twin machine guns on the Mark VI A and B

and the Guy Armoured Car fire with a firepower
factor of 8 to represent their enhanced
firepower. The Mark VIC armed with the more
powerful BESA alongside the Vickers has the
samefirepowerbutreducesthetargetscoverby
onelevel.

2MORTARTEAM

SINGLEBRENCARRIER

The 2 mortar has only three rounds of High

Explosive ammunition, the rest being all smoke
rounds.Ithasnotheoreticalminimumrange,but
at under 12 the crew would normally use their
riflesforreasonsoftheirownsafety.However,if
using a 2 mortar to fire on a target under 12
rollaD6foreachhitachieved.Onarollof3to6,
the shrapnel from the round has hit the target
Unit, the enemy will dice for the Hit Effect as
normal.Onarollof1or2,theshrapnelfromthe
roundhashitthemortarTeam,theymustrollfor
theHitEffectonTable6.

This has a crew of two men armed with a Bren

gunORBoysantitankrifleandaJuniorLeader.

TWINMACHINEGUNS

BRENCARRIERRECONNAISSANCESECTION
TwoBrencarrierscommandedbyasingleJunior
Leader. These have a two man crew in each
armedwithaBren,aBoysAntiTankrifleora2
mortar.

THEBRITISHARSENALTABLE

The Arsenal Table below covers a wide range of

British support options. For infantry weapons

andsomearmouredvehiclearmamentseeTable
3MORTARSWITHFOO
Four, The Master Arsenal Table. The British use
Withjusttwomortarspresentinthebattalion,a
the
national characteristics listed in the main
British mortar bombardment covers a square
rules.
area 10 by 10 with the aiming point at the

centre.

BRITISHARSENAL
TABLE

ARMOUREDVEHICLES

VEHICLE

MkVIAorB

MkVIC

A9

A9CS

A10

ARMOUR

A.P.

H.E.

SPEED

NOTES

MG

Fast

HMG

Fast

3
3
4
3
4
6
7
3
1
2
2

5
1
5
6
6

5
1
3

4
7
4
4
4
MG
4
HMG
MG
MG

Average
Average
Slow
Fast
Fast
Slow
Slow
Wheeled
Wheeled
Wheeled
Fast

Twin machine guns, No Hull MG,

small
Twin HMG and MMG, No Hull MG,
small
TwinHullmountedMGturrets
TwinHullmountedMGturrets

NoHullMG
NoHullMG
Singlemachinegunonly,small
NoHullMG
TwinHMGandMMG,NohullMG
NoHullMG
Singlemachinegunonly
Lowprofile,small

A13MKI

A13MkII

A11MatildaI

A12MatildaII

GuyMkIArmouredCar

MorrisCS9

DaimlerScoutCar

UniversalCarrier

ANTITANKWEAPONS

1Pounder25mmAntiTankgun

2PounderAntiTankgun
BoysATrifle

ANTITANKGUNS
A.P.

H.E.

3
5
3

2
1
1