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45" Brigade Headquarters Defence Platoon Parachute Battalion HQ (x3) Headquarters Co (x3) Intelligence Section (x3) Signal Platoon (x3) Mortar Platoon (x6) Antitank and AntiAircraft Platoon (x3) Administrative Platoon (x3) Rifle Company Headquarters (x9) Rifle Platoon (x27) TOTALS: 11 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 189 268

Rifle, .303 27 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 81 540 834

Sten 16 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 738 0 162 938

British Parachute Brigade, 1944 Vickers Bren LMG MMG PIAT 2" Mortar 3" Mortar 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 108 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 30 27 0 0 60 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 24

Sniper Rifle 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 81 105

- The official tables for this unit did not specify the distribution of rifles or Sten submachine guns. - Each battalion had a pool of 300 submachine guns for distribution as required. The fields in yellow depict possible distributions of rifles and submachine guns as suggested by Gary Kennedy on "www.bayonetstrength.150m.com" and Trux on "www.ww2talk.com/forum/airborne-forces/". Note the battalion admin platoon also held a pool of .303" rifles for use by the headquarters company and the battalion headquarters.