3 Division Légère Mécanisée - part 1 - Overview

This is another of my (many) French divisions organised for Megablitz games and is posted here at the special request of Al.  The DLM was as close as the French got to a Panzer Division, as it contained not only tanks but also motorised infantry, armoured cavalry and artillery.  Further posts will look more closely at the toys I used to build this division.

The Megablitz orbat is as follows:

HQ	Car	1
39/82 Radio Cie	Van	1
5 Brigade Mechanique
1/1 Regiment de Cuirassiers	S35 Cavalry tank	4
2/1 Regiment de Cuirassiers	H39 Light tank	3
1/2  Regiment de Cuirassiers	S35 Cavalry tank	4
2/2 Regiment de Cuirassiers	H39 Light tank	3
6 Brigade Mechanique
11 Regiment de Dragons Portes	Infantry with Chenilette L38	3
15 Regiment de Dragons Portes	Infantry with Laffly carrier	3
76 Regt d’Artillerie Divisionnaire	75mm Gun	3		10km range spotted for by DHQ or Recce Rgt
	Limber (Halftrack)		2 LOG
AA Btl	SP 13.2mm AAMG	1	2 AA
12 Regiment de Cuirassiers (recce)	AMR 35 Light tank	1R		Light armoured recce
	AMR 35 Light tank	1R		Light armoured recce
	Panhard P178 Armoured car	1R		Light armoured recce
	Panhard P178 Armoured car	1R		Light armoured recce
39 Pontooneer Btl	Somua armoured bridgelayer	1	2 EP
329 (mot) Train Cie	Lorry		3 LOG
229 (mot) Train Cie	Tanker		2 POL