Fireflies
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:35 am
How many fireflies where in a platoon, company, brigade, just wondering.
But don't make the mistake I first made. That first extra Firefly was simply added to the troop, so there were three 75s and a 17pdr per troop. I had originally assumed the Firefly replaced a 75mm armed one. Four of that lot per Sqn, plus an HQ of 2-3 75mm tanks (almost never 105mm howitzer tanks in NWE). Three Sqns per Regt, plus an HQ with four tanks (usually well past their use by date) and assorted others. Three Regts (plus an armoured infantry battalion) in the Brigade. One tank brigade, one infantry brigade and assorted other units in the armoured division.
I presume the second 17pdr, if available, replaced a 75mm gun tank.
Stand to be corrected, of course.
Mike