The Evolution of British/Commonwealth Armoured Divisions and Tank Brigades

The following are pages that include charts with explanatory notes illustrating the evolution of the basic organization of the British armoured division, armoured brigade and army tank brigade during WWII. As Canadian army formations were closely intertwined with their British counterparts, they adopted virtually the same organizational stucture. The reader will undoubtedly identify areas of conflict between theoretical Establishments and those actually put in practise.

The Evolution of the Army Tank Brigade

• October 1939
• April 1941
• August 1942
• November 1943

• January 1945

The Evolution of the Armoured Division

• May 1939
• April 1940
• October 1940
• February 1942
• May 1942
• August 1942
• April 1943
• March 1944
• May 1945

The Evolution of the Armoured Brigade

• September 1939 (Light Armoured Brigade)
• September 1939 (Heavy Armoured Brigade)
• May 1940
• October 1940
• February 1942 (Middle East)
• August 1942 (Middle East)
• August 1942 (United Kingdom)
• November 1943

• May 1945

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