2 ANTI-TANK REGIMENT, SAA - TANK AND ANTI-TANK IN THE WESTERN DESERT, 1940-1942, (PART III)

dc.creator	Richard Cornwell
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:28Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:28Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/6-1-867
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/4078271604e546c08d43bd812ac1ce71
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9015
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/4078271604e546c08d43bd812ac1ce71
dc.description	<p><strong>Recruitment and Training</strong></p>The outbreak of war in September 1939 caught the UDF in a state of unpreparedness and it was not until March 1940 that the decision was taken to expand South Africa's Field Army Artillery to a proper war strength. The plan was to retain one battery of each type of gun at Potchefstroom and to send the remaining equipment to various centres where new ACF units could be established. Three batteries would be formed and trained on each type of equipment and would consist of 100 full-time volunteers per brigade, acting as a core, while the remainder of the personnel would be part-time volunteers.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/867
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	September 1939
dc.subject	Union Defence Force, UDF
dc.subject	South Africa's Field Army Artillery
dc.subject	17 April 1940
dc.subject	25 Field Battery SAA
dc.subject	Auchinleck
dc.subject	Panzergruppe Afrika
dc.subject	Rommel
dc.subject	''CRUSADER"
dc.subject	'The Matruh Stakes'
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.title	2 ANTI-TANK REGIMENT, SAA - TANK AND ANTI-TANK IN THE WESTERN DESERT, 1940-1942, (PART III)
dc.type	Article