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Old 05-10-2012, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by RN7 View Post
Not all of these units are fully deployed in the Persian Gulf

The real life FAR was composed of the following units.

4th Division Aeromobile: Nancy
6th Division Legere Blindee: Nimes
9th Division Marine: Nantes
11th Division Parachutiste: Toulouse
27th Division Alpine: Grenoble
Brigade logistique de la FAR: Maisons Lafittes
19th Brigade d’artillerie: Maisons Lafittes
Per NATO Vehicle Guide (V2 - French units aren't listed in V1) units not deployed to the Gulf were assigned as follows

4th Airmobile Division
Location: Nancy, France
Subordination: I Corps
Strength: 3,800 men

6th Light Armoured Division
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Subordination: III Corps
Strength: 4,400 men
Tanks: 36 AMX10RC

27th Alpine Division
Location: Grenoble, France
Subordination: I Corps
Strength: 4,400 men

Looks like some pretty substantial shortfalls in manpower compared to the figures in RN7's post - e.g. 27th Alpine is at almost half strength.
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