Organisation of Quartermaster Transport Battalions.


The Quartermaster Transport battalion comprises three Quartermaster Transport companies and a Headquarters company. These battalions are part of Army Command brigades under the direct control of Army Command battalions and are used to provide additional supply capability to Brigades as determined by the tactical situation.

Quartermaster Transport companies consist of two platoons each of 4 GS wagons and 4 heavy GS trailers with 16 privates and 2 Sergeants with  a Lieutenant in command. The Company is commanded by a Captain assisted by a Sergeant Major. Each company has a total strength of 40.  The purpose of Transport companies is to move supplies from railhead to supported battalions.

The Headquarters company comprises a Staff platoon of 12 Staff men with 2 Staff Sergeants commanded by a Staff Lieutenant, a Signals platoon of 10 Signallers with a Signals Lieutenant in command supported by a Signals Sergeant, a Medical platoon of 4 Medics commanded by a Surgeon Lieutenant assisted by a Medic Sergeant. The Quartermaster platoon has 14 QM privates with a Sergeant and a Lieutenant in command. The command platoon has a  Lieutenant Colonel as Battalion Commander with a Major as Adjutant and second in command with a battalion Sergeant Major and two standard bearers, one with the national flag and one with the battalion flag. Total strength of the Headquarters company is 54 giving a total battalion strength of 174.

The other vehicles and equipments of the battalion include 3 GS wagons towing a field kitchen, water tank trailer and a medical trailer with 2 House headquarters wagons, a heavy House headquarters trailer and a heavy House signals trailer.

This photo shows the Transport companies at the rear and left front and the Headquarters company on the right front. My armies have a total of 3 Quartermaster Transport battalions on the basis of one for each Army. The arm of service colour for all Quartermaster formations is brown.

As readers may have noticed I have now published the post on organisation of Heavy Weapons battalions. For my update I can report that despite spending substantial time working in the garden, the Infantry battalion has been completed and shelved. In fact I have even made a very early start on the final Infantry battalion, which will give a total strength of 60 such battalions. The Cavalry Command battalion is progressing well. The batch of GS wagons are almost completed. The next batch of vehicles to be built will be the 24 forge wagons for use in Quartermaster battalions. Construction of these vehicles will be the subject of a separate post, which I think will be the last of the "how to make" postings, which I hope are of interest.

Organisation of Heavy Weapons Battalions.

The Heavy Weapons battalion consists of 4 combat companies and a headquarters company.

The Heavy Weapons company comprises two platoons each of 12 privates under the command of a Lieutenant assisted by a Sergeant. The  company is commanded by a Captain assisted by a company Sergeant Major. Each company also has 6 Quartermaster privates with a Sergeant in command . The company is equipped with two heavy machine guns, two caissons, two limbers and an ammunition wagon. The total strength of a company is 37.

The headquarters company comprises a Staff platoon of 4 privates and a Sergeant, a Medical platoon of 10 medics, two medic Sergeants, a surgeon Lieutenant with a surgeon Captain in command. The Quartermaster platoon has 8 privates and a Sergeant with a Lieutenant in command. The whole of the Battalion's Quartermaster contingent is commanded by a Captain assisted by 2 Lieutenants and a Sergeant Major. The Signals platoon has 10 signallers with a Sergeant and Lieutenant in command. The command platoon has a Lieutenant Colonel as battalion commander with a Major as Adjutant and second in command, a battalion Sergeant major and two standard bearers, one with the national flag and one with the battalion flag. The total strength of the headquarters company is 50 giving a total battalion strength of 198..

The vehicles and equipment of the battalion comprises 4 GS wagons towing a field kitchen trailer, a water tank trailer, a signals trailer and  a medical trailer.

The photo shows the Heavy Weapons companies on the left with the headquarters company on the right in front of the battalion vehicles. There is one Heavy Weapons battalion for each Army which forms part of the Army Command Brigade. There are a total of 3 such battalions in my army. The arm of service colour for Heavy Weapons is light blue.