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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier
Probably no accident that the Berlin brigades don't appear in the T2K orders of battle.
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The British Berlin Brigade is briefly covered in the Survivor's Guide to the United Kingdom.
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A pre war unit based in Berlin as part of the 1945 treay arrangements, the Brigade took heavy losses in the battle for Berlin and has been used as a reserve force since that time.
Subordination: BAOR
Current location: Braunschweig, Germany
Manpower: 400
Tanks: 1 Scimitar, 1 Fox
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There's a brief passage in General Sir Richard Dannatt's biography about his service with the Berlin Brigade in the late 70's. He mentions that his Battalion (1 Green Howards) were located at Montgomery Barracks in the suburb of Kladow, and were right up against the border with East Germany. Dannatt suggests that if Warsaw Pact forces ever came over the border the Kladow Battalion probably wouldn't be able to hold out for long, but he states "the rest [of the Berlin Brigade] had a rather more robust defensive plan." (full passage can be found on pages 72 - 73 of "Leading from the Front".)