Battle of Alam el Halfa order of battle

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This is the order of battle for the Battle of Alam el Halfa, a World War II battle between the British Commonwealth and the European Axis Powers Germany and Italy in North Africa between August 30 and September 5, 1942.^[1]

Contents 1 Allied forces 2 Axis forces 3 Information on the tank in use by both sides 4 References 5 Notes

[edit] Allied forces

• Eighth Army: Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery
  • XIII Corps - Lieutenant-General Horrocks
    • 2nd New Zealand Division - Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg
      • 4th New Zealand Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Inglis
      • 5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Kippenberger
      • 6th New Zealand Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Clifton
      • British 132nd Infantry Brigade (attached from 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division) - Brigadier Robertson
    • 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division - Major-General Hughes
      • British 131st Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Frith
      • British 133rd Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Whistler
    • 7th Armoured Division - Major-General Renton
      • 4th Light Armoured Brigade - Brigadier Carr
      • 7th Motor Brigade - Brigadier Bosville
    • 10th Armoured Division - Major-General Gatehouse
      • 22nd Armoured Brigade^{[citation needed]} - Brigadier George Roberts
      • 8th Armoured Brigade - Brigadier Custance
      • 23rd Armoured Brigade - Brigadier Richards

[edit] Axis forces

• Panzer Armee Afrika - General Erwin Rommel
  • Deutsches Afrika Korps - Walther Nehring (until 30 August), Fritz Bayerlein (after 30 August)
    • 15th Panzer Division - Gustav von Vaerst
    • 21st Panzer Division - von Bismarck
    • 90th Light Division - Kleeman
  • XX Armoured Corps - De Stefanis
    • 132nd Armoured Division "Ariete" -
    • 133rd Armoured Division "Littorio" -
    • 101st Motorised Division "Trieste" -
  • X Motorised Corps - Gioda
    • 17th Infantry Division "Brescia" -
    • 27th Infantry Division "Pavia" -
    • 185th Parachute Division "Folgore" -

[edit] Information on the tank in use by both sides

Panzer Armee Afrika had 34 light and 193 medium tanks, of these 27 tanks were the new Panzer IV F2 with the long-barreled gun 75mm gun. This longer barrelled gun gave the Mark IV superior range than the Allied tanks. The Italian armoured divisions were made up of 243 tanks but these were mostly the obsolete M13/40s^[2].

The Allies had 500 that would see action during this battle. 170 of these were M3 Grant's, the best tank the allies had access to at this time. The remaining tanks were made up of M3 Stuart's, Crusader MK II's and Valentine Infantry tanks.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

• Buffetaut, Yves (1995). Operation Supercharge-La seconde bataille d'El Alamein (in French). Histoire Et Collections. 

[edit] Notes