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Note : I have some doubts about the accuracy of some of the theoretical organisations shown below. They will be replaced by the official Tableaux d'Effectifs de Guerre (TEG - Wartime Establishment Tables) as soon as I have the time.
Firepower :
LMGs
32
MGs
12 + 4 AA
25mm AT guns 4
60mm mortars
3
Horses and vehicles :
Horses
497
Motorcycles
107
Liaison vehicless
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Lorries
> 78
Trucks
/
Firepower :
LMGs
32
MGs
8
25mm AT guns 4
60mm mortars
3
Vehicles :
Motorcycles
274
Liaison vehicles
29
Lorries & Trucks
67
Firepower :
LMGs
24
MGs
10 + 3 AA
25mm AT guns 4
60mm mortars
2
Horses and vehicles :
Horses
276
Motorcycles
99
Liaison vehicles \
Lorries
> 67
Trucks
/
Firepower :
LMGs
32
MGs
8
25mm AT guns 4
60mm mortars
3
Vehicles :
Motorcycles
192
Liaison vehicles
25
Lorries & Trucks
59
Firepower :
LMGs
32
MGs
8 + 32 under armour
25mm AT guns 4 + 12
under armour
60mm mortars
3
Vehicles :
AMD
12
AMR
20 (see note a)
Motorcycles
253
Staff cars
5
Liaison vehicles
36
Trucks
38
Lorries
41
(b) The heavy motorcycle and sidecar combination was in theory a 1000 cc René Gillet Type L1 with one sidecar-mounted (rear-firing) Hotchkiss 8mm MG and a crew of three (including one pillion rider). However, only a small number of Type L1 motorcycles was in fact produced leading to most motorcycle MG groups being issued with three requisitioned cars instead, an arrangement that in practice proved superior to the original plans. Also, some US-bought 1200 cc Indian 340 B were used as 3-seat MG carriers (with a front-firing Hotchkiss) by the units rebuilt after Dunkirk. The 11e Chasseurs regiment, disbanded to create the 4e GDRI, is known to have been issued with René Gillet Type L1s pre-war so the 4e GRDI probably had the regulation issue. [ back ]
(c) The GRDI were supposed to be issued with a platoon of four armoured anti-tank vehicles, either of the Renault AMR ZT 2 (25mm AT gun in turret) or the AMR ZT 3 (25mm AT gun in a casemate mounting). Only ten of each were delivered by May 1940. The 7e GRDI is known to have had an AMR ZT 3 platoon, while it is pobable that the 6e GRDI was also equipped with this vehicle. [ back ]
One machine-gun group (pack horses)
One machine-gun platoon (lorries)
One anti-tank group with two 25mm AT guns (horse-drawn)
GRCA | Attached to | Type | Notes |
1er | IIe CA | Motorised | |
2e | Ier CA | Motorised | (Heavy Weapons Squadron's motorcycle MG groups issued with Citroën Tractions) |
3e | Ve CA | Motorised | |
6e | IIIe CA | Normal | |
7e | IVe CA | Normal | |
8e | VIe CA | Normal | |
9e | VIIe CA | Normal | |
10e | VIIIe CA | Normal | |
11e | IXe CA | Normal | |
12e | Xe CA | Normal | |
13e | XVIIe CA | Normal | |
14e | XXIe CA | Normal | |
15e | XXe CA | Normal | |
16e | XVIIIe CA | Normal | |
17e | XIe CA | Normal | (Heavy Weapons Squadron's motorcycle MG groups issued with Peugeot 202s) |
18e | XVIe CA | Normal | |
19e | XXIIIe CA | Normal | |
20e | XIVe CA | Normal | |
21e | XVe CA | Normal | |
22e | CA Colonial | Normal | |
23e | XIIIe CA | Normal | |
24e | XIIe CA | Normal | |
25e | XXIVe CA | Normal |
GRDI | Attached to | Type | AMD | AMR |
1er | 5e DIM | Motorised with a/c | Panhard 178 | Panhard-Schneider P 16 |
2e | 9e DIM | Motorised | Panhard 178 | Hotchkiss H 39 |
3e | 12e DIM | Motorised with a/c | Panhard 178 | Panhard-Schneider P 16 |
4e | 15e DIM | Motorised with a/c | Panhard 178 | Panhard-Schneider P 16 |
5e | 25e DIM | Motorised | Laffly 50 AM (?) | Hotchkiss H 35 |
6e | 3e DIM | Motorised with a/c | Panhard 178 | Panhard-Schneider P 16 |
7e | 1ere DIM & 1ere DLI | Motorised with a/c | Panhard 178 | Panhard-Schneider P 16 |
Notes :
- The 4e GRDI probably had heavy motorcycle and sidecar combinations
for its motorcycle MG platoon.
- The 7e GRDI is known to have been issued with AMR ZT 3 armoured
anti-tank vehicles.
- The 6e GRDI probably was issued with AMR ZT 3 armoured anti-tank
vehicles.
GRDI | Attached to | Type |
8e | 1re DLI or 3e DLI ? | Normal (initially planned for 17e DI) |
11e | 2e DI | Normal |
12e | 4e DI | Normal |
13e | 6e DI | Normal |
14e | 26e DI | Normal |
15e | 10e DI | Normal |
16e | 11e DI | Normal |
17e | 13e DI | Normal |
18e | 23e DI | Normal |
19e | 16e DI | Normal |
20e | 27e DI Alpine | Normal |
21e | 19e DI | Normal |
22e | 28e DI Alpine | Normal |
23e | 31e DI Alpine | Normal |
24e | 22e DI | Normal |
25e | 14e DI | Normal |
26e | 30e DI Alpine | Normal |
27e | 21e DI | Normal |
28e | 24e DI | Normal |
29e | 35e DI | Normal |
30e | 18e DI | Normal |
31e | 20e DI | Normal |
32e | 43e DI & 43e DLI | Normal |
33e | 45e DI | Normal |
34e | 29e DI | Normal |
35e | 47e DI | Normal |
36e | 41e DI | Normal |
37e | 42e DI | Normal |
38e | 32e DI & 32e DLI | Normal |
39e | 36e DI | Normal |
40e | 7e DI & 238e DLI | Normal |
41e | 44e DI | Normal |
42e | 8e DI | Normal |
44e | RF Metz | Normal |
45e | RF Metz | Normal |
46e | RF Lauter | Normal |
47e | 59e DI | Normal |
GRDI | Attached to | Type |
51e | 70e DI | Normal |
52e | 67e DI | Normal |
53e | 66e DI | Normal |
54e | 65e DI | Normal |
55e | 64e DI | Normal |
56e | 63e DI | Normal |
57e | 62e DI | Normal |
59e | 68e DI | Normal |
60e | 71e DI | Normal |
61e | 58e DI | Normal |
62e | 57e DI | Normal |
63e | 56e DI | Normal |
64e | 55e DI & 59e DLI | Normal |
65e | 54e DI | Normal |
66e | 53e DI & 53e DLI | Normal |
68e | 60e DI | Normal |
70e | 51e DI | Normal |
GRDI | Attached to | Type |
71e | 1e DIC | Normal |
72e | 2e DIC & 2e DLIC | Normal |
73e | 3e DIC | Normal |
74e | 4e DIC | Normal |
75e | 5e DIC | Normal |
76e | 6e DIC | Normal |
77e | 7e DIC | Normal |
78e | 8e DIC & 8e DLIC | Normal |
GRDI | Attached to | Type |
80e | 1ere DM & 237e DLI | North Africa |
81e | 81e DIA | Overseas (North Africa) |
82e | 82e DIA | North Africa |
83e | 83e DIA | Overseas (North Africa) |
84e | 88e DIA & 84e DIA | Overseas (North Africa) |
84e | 8e DI | Normal |
85e | 85e DIA | Normal |
86e | 86e DIA | Overseas (North Africa) |
87e | 87e DIA | North Africa |
88e | 84e DIA | Overseas (North Africa) |
89e | 3e DM | Overseas (North Africa) |
GRDI | Attached to | Type |
91e | 1ere DINA | Normal |
92e | 2e DINA | Normal |
93e | 3e DINA | Normal |
94e | 4e DINA | Normal |
95e | 5e DINA & 1ere DLINA | Normal |
96e | 6e DINA | Normal |
97e | 7e DINA | Normal (organized from the 1st Foreign Legion Cavalry Regiment) |
98e | ? | ? |
GRDI | Attached to | Type |
121e | 17e DLI | Reduced type : two motorcycle platoons, one motorised platoon, one 25mm AT gun group |
122e | 241e DLI | as above |
123e | 236e DLI | as above |
124e | 237e DLI | as above |
125e | 241e DLI | as above |
126e | Groupement DUFFOUR | as above |
127e | Groupement SAINT-LAUMER | as above |
128e | 2e RDP (3e DLC) | as above |
129e | Groupement BRAUER & 239e DLI | as above |
131e | planned for 1ere DCR | not created |
132e | planned for 2e DCR | not created |
133e | planned for 3e DCR | not created |
180e | 180e DIA | Overseas |
180e bis | (180e DIA ?) | Overseas |
181e | 181e DIA | Reduced Overseas type |
182e | 182e DIA | Reduced Overseas type |
183e | 183e DIA | Reduced Overseas type |
191e | 191e DIA Levant | Reduced type : two cavalry platoons, one amoured car platoon, one MG platoon, one 25mm AT gun platoon |
192e | 192e DIA Levant | as above |
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