Re: OB15 Autralia and New Zealand - comment
Armoured cars.
Possibly a pedantic point and may not be really necessary on the implementation stage. So possibly treat it as comment/query/historical point more than a must have request change
In the OOB the Rolls Royce AC is listed as from Jan 1930 to Mar 1942. The only units that I know of that were using this vehicle to any great extent were the RAF units.
This vehicle was not used by the Aust Div Cav Units, or the NZ Div Cav Unit. These were the only armoured units from Aust and NZ in North Africa and Middle East.
The Rolls Royce AC was not part of AS or NZ home defence either.
I realise the vehicle can be considered as being “British manned” for scenario use.
The initial Aust Div Cav Regt, 6 Div only had Bren gun carriers and at best some 8/15 cwt Morris vehicles and several 4x2 general vehicles. Also the number of carriers was only sufficient initially for one Sqn.
The NZ Cav Regt was a bit better and had carriers and MK IIIs
Before going to Greece the NZ Div Cav were reissued carriers, (that worked fully), and new Marmom-Harrington ACs.
When the NZ Div Ca returned to Egypt after Greece and Crete they were issued carriers and Mk VI’s tanks.
Simple question, would it be possible to include the Marmom-Harrington ACs in the ANZAC OOB to cover this period?
These would be either the Marmom-Harrington II or III ACs.
Part ref:
“Divisional Cavalry “, Loughnan, R. J. M.; Historical Publications Branch, 1963, Wellington : Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945
“To The Green Fields Beyond - The story of the 6 Division Cavalry Commandos”, S O’leary, 1975
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