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Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1941 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
12pp
Scope and content
Paper on 'Mobile troops (armoured)' for No. 3 war course, Staff College, Quetta, India consisting of a summary of the lectures on armoured formations with sections on historical survey, the principal roles of armoured formations, the organisation of armoured formations, the roles of the components of an armoured division. With appendices, organisation chart showing the organisation of the Armoured Division, UK (B); notes on characteristics of light and cruiser tanks and armoured tanks (C), the nomenclature of certain units of Indian Armoured Troops (D); notes on German mobile troops (E); notes on Italian mobile troops (F); chart showing Italian Corps mobile reconnaissance group (F1); notes on Russian mobile troops (G); operations of mobile troops in the 'breakthrough' battle (H); administrative notes with regard to an armoured division, UK (J). Printed 12pp