british indian army list 1919

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CHAIN OF COMMAND LISTAS DE EJRCITO

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CHAIN OF COMMAND. ARMY LISTSOptional Army Lists from Juan Mancheo

THE BRITISH INDIAN ARMY 1919.

In 1919, the Military Forces in India were organized in two armies, Northern and Southern from which theField Army for service in the North-West Frontier was formed.

A Division of this Field Army consisted of three infantry Brigades (each one with a British and three Indian

infantry battalions), one squadron of Indian Cavalry, one field artillery Brigade (two 18 pdr. batteries and one

4.5 ins. howitzer batteries), one mountain artillery brigade (two batteries of 2.75 ins. guns), two companies of

machine guns (16 guns each), two companies of sapper and miners, one pioneer battalion, one divisional

signal company, a divisional ammunition column and other service elements.

A Cavalry Brigade was composed of one horse artillery battery, one British and two Indian cavalry regiments,

one squadron of machine guns (12 guns), one field troop of sappers and miners, one signal troop and an

ammunition column.

There were other units detailed for the defense of the North-West Frontier, named as Independent Brigades

composed of all arms and with sufficient transport to make the fully mobile. Each consisted of one regiment of

Indian cavalry, one battery of mountain artillery, one armored car battery of three cars and four battalions of

Indian infantry.

When war with Afghanistan broke out, all units of the Field Army were short of their authorized strength.

Demobilization of British personnel had begun and large numbers of men had left for England without being

replaced. There were eight regular battalions left in India for the whole period of the Great War that had manypre-war soldiers in their ranks, so they had maintained a high standard of training and efficiency and there

were also some British Territorial battalions, but they were bored of India and looking for the travel to
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England. For their part, the Indian units were also short of men due to the high demands of the Great War and

the fact that many of them were still on their way home.

The general standard of the troops at this period was comparatively low. There were many recruits and second

rate troops in the depots and too many veterans discharged or in transit from the Great War battlefields. In

addition, both British and Indian units were short of senior officers, something very important in the type of

fighting in Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier, which necessitated a great degree of training in company

and platoon leadership.

Another source of manpower was the Militia, a way to give employment to the turbulent trans-frontier men

by raising units which would provide a scope for their martial qualities. The real possibility was that these

militias could swell the number of the enemy if their fellow tribesmen were in arms against the British.

THE RIFLE PLATOON

The British Indian Army had acquired the structure of the Infantry platoon born in the Western Front. It wasnow a small but very flexible unit with a great volume of firepower and backed by a vast array of support

elements. This platoon was perfect for the small war typical of the Frontier.

PLATOON FORCE RATING:

Regular: +5

Green: +2

Command Dice: 5

BRITISH INDIAN PLATOON:

PLATOON HEADQUARTERS.

- Lieutenant, Senior Leaderwith pistol and sword or rifle- NCO, Senior Leaderwith rifle- 2 runners with rifleSECTIONS ONE AND THREE.

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Junior Leaderwith rifle- Nine riflemen; two of them, grenadiersSECTIONS TWO AND FOUR.

- Junior Leaderwith rifle- LMG with two crew- Seven riflemen

Both, the British and Indian infantry platoons had the same composition by this stage. Normally, in an Indian

platoon, the CO was British. A platoon could have one or two LMG and a number of rifle-grenades.

The Sikhs platoons are alwaysAggressive.


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BRITISH INDIAN SUPPORT LISTS.

LIST ONE LIST FOUR

Explosive Charge Sapper and Miners Section withJunior Leader

Adjutant Infantry Section withJunior Leader

Barbed Wire Armored Car withJunior Leader

Transport vehicle with driver

Entrenchments for one Section

Native Scout, 1 man

LIST TWO LIST FIVE

Roadblock Forward Observer and 18 pdr. battery

LMG Team, 2 men Forward Observer and 4,5 inch howitzer battery

Militia Section, ten men withJunior Leader

Mountain Gun with five crew

Pre-Game Barrage

LIST THREE LIST SIXSniper Team Aircraft (used as an Artillery and MMG attack)

MMG Team with five crew

60mm Mortar Team with five crew

Cavalry Section, eight men withJunior Leader

The Scout can move with 1 D6 or 2 D6 and assume a Tacticalstance at the end of his movement.

The Militia Section is a Green unit with outdated rifles.

The 60mm mortar has not smoke rounds and only fires High Explosive ammunition. It has a minimum range of

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Cavalry.

The Cavalry Section is equipped with lances, carbines and sabres. The player can dismount them at the

beginning of the game to gain, for each cavalry section, one free Patrol Phase movement one of his Patrol

markers. In this way, the Cavalry will begin the game dismounted.

On the other hand, if the cavalry begin the game mounted, they are treated as follow:

- Mounting or dismounting requires one complete Normal Move action, without shooting.- Mounted cavalry add 1 D6 to their movement when moving. They may not move tactically if

mounted.

- When fired at Mounted, the Cavalry counts as Green (regardless of their actual quality).- When charging an enemy, the Cavalry will move At the Double with double their dice rolled for

movement; however, they must begin their charge move from a point where they can feasibly

make contact in the current turn.

- The Cavalry counts asAggressive in combat.- Mounted Cavalry that charges into contact is counted as a Tank Overrun vs Infantry.


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BRITISH INDIAN NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS.

Kiplings Poems.

A British Indian Army unit surrender by the enemy and without hope of relief will become Diehard.

THE BRITISH INDIAN ARMY ARSENAL TABLE.

ARMOURED VEHICLE

VEHCLE ARMOUR A.P. H.E. SPEED NOTES

Rolls Royce A/C 2 - MG Wheeled

Armoured Truck 2 - - Slow Can transport one Section.

ARTILLERY

GUN A.P. H.E. NOTES

18 pdr. Gun 7 6 Gun shield.4.5 inch Howitzer 8 9 Gun shield.

Mountain Gun 4 5 Gun shield.

INFANTRY WEAPONS

WEAPON FIREPOWER CLOSE EFFECTIVE NOTES

Bolt Action Rifle 1 0-18 18+ Re-rolls any 1s.

Outdated Rifle 1 0-16 16+

Magazine LMG 5 0-18 18+ Lose 2 Firepower if crew of 1.

Tripod mount MMG 10 0-24 24+ Lose 3 Firepower if crew of 1.

Pistol 1 0-9 -

Sniper Rifle 1 unlimited See sniper Special Rules in 9.5.

Grenade 2 in open

3 in closed

4-11 - Rolls for hit as if target in the open.

Rifle Grenade 2 - 18-60 Rolls for hit as if target in the open.

60mm mortar 3 con LOS sin LOS Reduce cover by one level unless

target has overhead cover.

VEHICLE WEAPONS

WEAPON FIREPOWER CLOSE EFFECTIVE NOTES

Internal Vehicle MG 6 0-18 18+

Top mounted MMG 10 0-24 24+ Reduce cover by one level.

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