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Orbat Web Magazine Historical Military Organization     Message from the Publisher We had planned to resume History Magazine in July 2007. This proved impossible due to a lack of contributions. We were then faced with the choice of shutting down the Magazine, or continuing it in its sixth year in a different format. Considering all the hard work so many have put into the Magazine, shutting down did not seem right. Accordingly, Volume 6, which should have started in July 2007, now begins without issue numbers. Articles will be put up as received, the same system as we use for the Center for Indian Military History. Luftwaffe April 1, 1934 Edward Hooten 03/30/2008 Indian Army Airborne and SF Formations & Units Richard A. Rinaldi 03/20/2008  (12 pages)   CIMH    US Continental Ship Alfred T.D. Shiflett 03/06/2008 (16 pages) The Indian Army On The Eve  Of The 1962 War Mandeep Singh Bajwa & Ravi Rikhye 02/29/2008 CIMH Khilji Force Composition, Mission and Planning 1965 War Mandeep Singh Bajwa 10/14/2007 CPMH Pakistan 6 Armored Division Before the 1965 War Usama Ahmad Malik 10/14/2007 CPMH Flags of the Pakistan Army Mandeep Singh Bajwa 10/14/2007 CPMH Pakistan 6 Armored Division During The 1965 War Mandeep Singh Bajwa 10/14/2007 CPMH Indian 3rd (Lahore) Division at 2nd Ypres 1915 Mandeep Singh Bajwa 9/29/2007 CIMH Indian Infantry WW1 - 1st Brahmans through 30th Punjabis Paul Watson 9/23/2007 Falklands 1982: Royal & Argentine Navy Orbats Anonymous 9/23/2007 Indian Army1st January 1917:  Medical Units Paul Watson 9/22/2007 Australian Army War/Tracker Dog Section: Vietnam War Mandeep Singh Bajwa 9/18/2007 PLA 1st and 2nd Field Armies 1949 Mandeep Singh Bajwa 9/06/2007   March 17, 2007 We have missed 15 issues in Volume 5 due mainly to the illness of a member of the editor's family. Additionally, the editor did not pass an exam as hoped, missing by 0.5%. So he has to keep studying till end April, and we may miss more issues. Volume 5 Issues to be made up Issue 48, June 20, 2007 Issue 47, June 13, 2007 Issue 46, June 6, 2007 Issue 45, May 30, 2007 Issue 44, May 23, 2007 Issue 43, May 16, 2007 Issue 42, May 9, 2007 Issue 41, May 2, 2007 Issue 40, April 25, 2007 Issue 39, April 18, 2007 Issue 38, April 11, 2007 Issue 37, April 4, 2007 Issue 36, March 21, 2007 Issue 35, March 14, 2007 Issue 34, March 7, 2007 Issue 33 February 28, 2007 Issue 32 February 21, 2007 Issue 31, February 14, 2007 Issue 27 January 17, 2007 Issue 26 January 10, 2007 Issue 25 January 3, 2007 Issue 24 December 27, 2006 Issue 23 December 20, 2006 Issue 22 December 13, 2006 Issue 21 December 6, 2006 Issue 16 November 1, 2006 Issue 15 October 25, 2006 Issue 14 October18, 2006 Issue 13 October 11, 2006 Issue 9, September 13, 2006 Volume: 5 Issue 34 March 7, 2007 Sweden UN Units To Congo (version 2.0) Ola Spang Chinese Civil War: 2nd Northern Expedition Part II  An Xiang German army Group A Part 39: 52nd Infantry Division Bill Russ US Army Divisions 1939-95   Trafalgar 1805: HMS Dreadnought Ravi Rikhye Volume: 5 Issue 30 February 7, 2007 Chinese Civil War: 2nd Northern Expedition 1928 Part I An Xiang Croatia Army 2000 Richard M. Bennett Indian Army 1917: Nepalese Contingent Paul Watson German Army Group A Part 36: 32nd Infantry Division  Bill Russ   Volume: 5 Issue 29 January 31, 2007 US Constabulary in Germany [Revision 2] Richard A. Rinaldi Swedish Army UN Units 1950 to Present [v.2.0 Expanded] Ola Spang Indian Army Brigades First World War Paul Watson German Army Group A Part 35: 34th Infantry Division Bill Russ Volume: 5 Issue 28 January 24, 2007 [Under production] Pakistan Navy Exercises 1949-1972 Usama Ahmed Malik Indian Army Divisions: First World War  Paul Watson German Army Group A Part 34: 76th Infantry Division Bill Russ     Volume: 5 Issue 20 November 29, 2006   An unfortunately brief issue: the editor continues to be out of town for an entire day each week for personal reasons. Only the note on RN TF 57 was specifically written for this issue. Croatia Army 2000 is from previously closed Contemporary Orbats files; the Israeli and US Iraq orbats appeared in our America Goes To War issues. Croatia Army 2000 Richard M. Bennett Note on Israeli Army Orbat in Lebanon August 13, 2006 Tom Cooper & Ravi Rikhye Note on Royal Navy's TF 57 Okinawa 1945 Mandeep S. Bajwa US Ground Deployments Iraq January 15, 2004 Ravi Rikhye Volume: 5 Issue 19 November 22, 2006 Italian Air Force in East Africa 1919-37 Part I Alexis Mehtidis Swedish Army Division Organization 1937  Ola Spang German Army Group A Part 33: 72nd Infantry Division Bill Russ Svenska Flygvapnet August 1974 Ravi Rikhye Indian Army 1917 Mountain Artillery Batteries  Paul Watson   Volume: 5 Issue 18 November 15, 2006 The Original BAOR  Richard A. Rinaldi The Indian Army 1st January 1917: Sappers & Miners; Divisional Signal Coys Paul Watson German Army Group A Part 32: 23rd Army Corps  Bill Russ Note: This is the 3rd orbat for the corps and is from a different date which we have not been able to determine. Volume: 5 Issue 17 November 8, 2006 British Empire Forces Committed To Operation Olympic 1945-46 Ravi Rikhye German AGA 17th Division  Bill Russ Volume: 5 Issue 12 October 4, 2006 Indian Army Cavalry Regiments January 1, 1917  Paul Watson Swedish Air Force Units On International Duty 1960-Present Ola Spang US 18th Airborne Corps: Desert Storm 1991 Joseph Stefula Arab-Israeli War 1948: Maps  Lt. Col. Robert Lynn's Map Page Minor British Commando Operations 1939-42  Ravi Rikhye Volume: 5 Issue 11 September 27, 2006 Swedish Coast Artillery1939-45  Ola Spang German Army Group A Part 27: 68th Infantry Division  Bill Russ US Navy 1941 Part III: CINPAC War Diary December 10, 1941  Craig Crofoot British-Indian Army: Imperial Service Troops  Paul Watson The Planned Invasion of Kyushu, Japan: Operation Olympic November 1, 1945 Ravi Rikhye Volume: 5 Issue 10 September 20, 2006 US Navy 1941 Part II: CINPAC War Diary December 9-10  Craig Crofoot German Army Group Part 26: 26th Infantry Division  Bill Russ US Civil War 1861-65: Department of Kansas May 10th 1862  Paul Watson Volume: 5 Issue 9 September 13, 2006 Missed Issue Volume: 5 Issue 8 September 6, 2006 US Navy 1941 Part I:CINPAC War Diary Craig Crofoot Indian Air Force 1965 Kills B. Harry Indian Air Force 1971_Kills_Revision 1 B. Harry German Army Group A Part 25: HQ 7th Corps Bill Russ US Civil War 1861-65: Department of New Mexico September 1862 Paul Watson Please note that the German Army Group A orbat for 7th Corps is from a period later than the first orbat we carried. The orbats do not have dates and unfortunately we have been unable to contact Mr. Bill Russ for clarification. Volume: 5 Issue 7 August 30, 2006 The Red Army's 81st Rifle Division Michael Avanazi & Craig Crofoot Xenophon's 10,000 Ravi Rikhye German Army Group A Part 24: HQ 16th Army Bill Russ US Civil War 1861-1865: Union Department Gulf March 1862 Paul Watson   Volume: 5 Issue 6  August 23, 2006 Red Army's 80th Rifle Division Michael Avanazi & Craig Crofoot US Civil War 1861-65: Department of New Mexico May 10th 1863  Paul Watson German Army Group A Part 23: 5th Infantry Division  Bill Russ Pakistan Navy Warships 1947-2004: Part 6E Larkana Patrol Boat   Usama Ahmed Malik   Volume: 5 Issue 5 August 16, 2006 The Red Army's 79th Rifle Division  Michael Avanazi & Craig Crofoot Shivaji's Army Ravi Rikhye Swedish Army's Armored Brigade TO 1939-45 Ola Spang German Army Group A_Part 22: 3rd Mountain  Division Bill Russ US Civil War 1861-65: Union Department of Northeastern Virginia July 8th 1861 Paul Watson Volume: 5 Issue 4 August 9, 2006 Incomplete, articles still being put up. Indian Air Force Kills In The 1971 War CIMH B. Harry Please contact with additions/corrections. Kharda 1795: Order of Battle for Maratha Confederacy CIMH Ravi Rikhye German Army Group A Part 21: 2nd Mountain Division Bill Russ US Civil War 1861-65: Union Department of Annapolis June 19th 1861 Paul Watson Volume: 5 Issue 3 August 2, 2006 Delayed Volume: 5 Issue 2 July 26, 2006 Delayed Volume: 5 Issue 1 July 19, 2006 US Civil War 1861-65: Confederate Department of the Peninsula Jan 31st 1862 Paul Watson Anxiang's China's Wars: Zhou Dynasty Part VI An Xiang German Army Group A Part 18: 1st Mountain Division Bill Russ German 48th Corps in World War II: Summary Orbats Ravi Rikhye HMS Achille at Trafalgar 1805 Volume: 4 Issue 48 July 5, 2006 Indian Army Deployments Against China 1959-1999  Ravi Rikhye German Army Group A Part 17: HQ 18th Corps  Bill Russ US Civil War 1861-65: Confederate Department Indian Territory May 1862  Paul Watson Warships of the Pakistan Navy 1947-2004: Part 6D Minor Combatants: Hainan Large Patrol Craft  Usama Ahmed Malik & Ravi Rikhye Anxiang's China's Wars: Zhou Dynasty Part V  An Xiang Volume: 4 Issue 47 June 28, 2006 Indian Contingent to UNSOM 1992-94 Mandeep Singh Bajwa Swedish Army Regiments WW2: Part 6 Ola Spang German Army Group A Part 16: 24th Infantry Division Bill Russ US Civil War Department of the Pacific June 30th, 1861 Paul Watson Belgian Army Aviation 1999-2000 Larry J. Smith & Tom Brinckman Volume: 4 Issue 46 June 21, 2006 RAF Thor Missile Units 1959-63  Ravi Rikhye Swedish Army Regiments WW 2: Part 5 Ola Spang Ola Spang German Army Group A Part 15: 16th Infantry Division   Bill Russ US Civil War Department of Washington April 30th 1861 Paul Watson UK Defensive Deployment Against Operation Sea Lion July 1940  Ravi Rikhye Volume: 4 Issue 45 June 14, 2006 Army of the Potomac - May 31st 1863 Part 2  Paul Watson German Army Group A Part 14: HQ 6 Corps  Bill Russ Pakistan Navy warships 1947-2004: Part 6C Minor Combatants Huangfeng M-FAC Usama Ahmed Malik Swedish Army Regiments World War II: Part 4 Ola Spang An Xiang's China's Wars: The Zhou Dynasty Part IV An Xiang Volume: 4 Issue 44 June 7, 2006 Swedish Army Regiments World War II: Part 3 Ola Spang US Civil War: Union Forces Army of the Potomac - May 31st 1863 Part 1 Paul Watson German Army Group A Part 13: 21st Infantry Division Bill Russ Soviet Armored Division Late 1960s Ravi Rikhye An Xiang's China's Wars: The Zhou Dynasty Part III An Xiang Volume: 4 Issue 43 May 31, 2006 Swedish Regiments of World War II: Part 2 Ola Spang Pakistan Navy Warships 1947-2004: Part 6B Minor Combatants Hegu FAC Usama Ahmed Malik German Army Group A Part 12: 23rd Infantry Division Bill Russ US Civil War Army of the Potomac Sent to the Peninsula April 1st 1862 Paul Watson An Xiang's China's Wars: The Zhou Dynasty Part II An Xiang Volume: 4 Issue 42 May 24, 2006 An Xiang's China's Wars: The Zhou Dynasty Part I An Xiang* Swedish Regiments of World War I: Part 1 Ola Spang Pakistan Navy warships 1947-2004: Part 6A Minor Combatants Shanghai Patrol Boats Usama Ahmed Malik German Army Group A Part 11: 3rd Infantry Division Bill Russ US Civil War: Army of the Potomac October 15th 1861 Paul Watson *An Xiang's China's Wars is a collaboration between the author and Orbat.com. There are no orders of battle as such for ancient China; nonetheless, An Xiang's history is a good place to start your study of China's past. Please visit the page: click CHINA on this page, above. The Zhou Dynasty will be put up when complete, there are 3-4 parts yet to come. Volume: 4 Issue 41 May 17, 2006 German A Group A Part 10: Summary of HQ 3rd Corps  Bill Russ & Ravi Rikhye 1st Division Western Department January 1862    Paul Watson Pakistan Navy Warships 1947-2004: Part 5B Eridian Minehunters Usama Ahmed Malik The B-47 Bomber: Part II  Ravi Rikhye Red Army's 78th Rifle Division Michael Avanzini & Craig Crofoot Volume: 4 Issue 40 May 10, 2006   The B-47 Bomber: Part I Ravi Rikhye US Civil War: Union Army Expeditionary Corps - Port Royal Expedition - Oct. 28th 1861 and February 24, 1862 Paul Watson German Army Group A Part 9: Summary of 12th Corps Bill Russ Pakistan Navy Warships 1947-2004 Part 5A Adjutant Minesweepers Usama Ahmed Malik Red Army's 77th Rifle Division Michael Avanzini & Craig Crofoot   Volume: 4 Issue 39 May 3, 2006 US Army 81st Brigade Combat Team Joseph Stefula & Ravi Rikhye Red Army's 76th Rifle Division Michael Avanzini & Craig Crofoot US Civil War: Distribution of US Army Jan 1st 1861 Paul Watson German Army Group A Part 8: 10th Panzer Division Bill Russ Pakistan Navy Warships 1947-2004 Part 4B Daphne Submarines Usama Ahmed Malik & Ravi Rikhye   Volume: 4 Issue 38 April 26, 2006 Red Army's 75th Infantry Division v.2.0 Michael Avanzini & Craig Crofoot US Civil War: Central Army of Kentucky Jan 31st 1862  Paul Watson Swedish Army: UN Operations in the Congo  Ola Spang OLA SPANG'S SWEDISH ARMY PAGE Pakistan Navy Warships 1947-2004 Part 4A: Tench Submarine  Usama Ahmed Malik & Ravi Rikhye German Army Group A Part 7: 2nd Motorized Division  Bill Russ Volume: 4 Issue 37 April 19, 2006 Pakistan Navy Warships 1947-2004 Part 3E: Amazon Frigates Usama Ahmad Malik US Civil War: Confederate Army of the West May 26th 1862   Paul Watson Red Army's 74th Rifle Division v.2.0  Michael Avanzini & Craig Crofoot German Army Group A Part 6: 2nd Panzer Division  Bill Russ Swedish Army Mobilization April 17, 1940 JÄMTLANDSGRUPPEN Ola Spang OLA SPANG'S SWEDISH ARMY PAGE Volume: 4 Issue 36 April 5, 2006 Note on East Bengal Regiment in the 1971 Crisis Mandeep Bajwa & Ravi Rikhye US Civil War: Department Alabama and West Florida February 1862 Paul Watson German Army Group A Part 5: HQ XIX Army Corps Bill Russ Swedish Army Local Defense Regiments Part III: Regiments 13-21 and Remaining Ola Spang OLA SPANG'S SWEDISH ARMY PAGE Pakistan Navy Warships 1947-2004 Part 3D: Garcia Frigates Usama Ahmad Malik Volume: 4 Issue 35 March 29, 2006 US Civil War: Confederate Department of East Tennessee Paul Watson Swedish Army Local Defense Regiments Part II: Regiments 7-12 Ola Spang OLA SPANG'S SWEDISH ARMY PAGE Germany Army Group A Orbats - 4: 33rd Infantry Division Bill Russ Dien Bien Phu 1954 v.2 Vince Colwell & Ravi Rikhye Indian 10th Division Orbat Chaamb 1971 v.2 CIMH Dien Bien Phu v. 2.0 contains battalion level orbats for the Viet Minh forces plus corrections/refinements of French orbats. Indian 10th Division at Chaamb v. 2.0 contains several battalions that were missing from v.1.0. Volume: 4 Issue 34 March 22, 2006 Swedish army Local defense Regiments 1939-43 Part 1: 1-6 Ola Spang OLA SPANG'S SWEDISH ARMY PAGE The Danish Army 1813 Neils Wester US Civil War: Confederate Regiments September 1861 Part II Paul Watson German Army Group A Orbats - 3: 9th Infantry Division Bill Russ 14 India Historical War Maps [Kargil 1999 (3) Gill Atlas; 1971 (8) and 1965 (3) Unpublished Official Histories] MAPS Volume: 4 Issue 33 March 15, 2006 The Royal Tank Regiment In the post-world War II Period Richard A. Rinaldi Swedish Army Infantry Division TO 1941-45 Ola Spang OLA SPANG'S SWEDISH ARMY PAGE Danish Army 1801  Neils Wester US Civil War: Confederate Regiments September 1861 Part I Paul Watson Germany Army Group A Orbats - 2 Bill Russ Volume: 4 Issue 32 March 8, 2006 Indian Army: Kargil War 1999 v.2.0 Mandeep S. Bajwa & Ravi Rikhye* Swedish Infantry Division TOE World WW2  Ola Spang OLA SPANG'S SWEDISH ARMY PAGE Warships of the Pakistan Navy Part 3C: Leander Frigates Usama Ahmed Malik Sindhudurg: A Maritime Fort of Shivjai Ravi Rikhye German Army Group A: Orbats - 1 Bill Russ** * A much expanded orbat compared to Version 1.0, based on Indian Army sources. **These orbats are photo-reproductions of original German Army archives obtained by Bill Russ. We have a whole series for AGA and will keep publishing them. Volume: 4 Issue 31 March 1, 2006 Soviet Black Sea Fleet Orbat 22 June 1941 Alexis Mehtidis Red Army's 81st Rifle Division Michael Avanzini & Craig Crofoot Operation Peace for Galilee 1982: Part II - PLO Forces Mandeep S. Bajwa Warships of the Pakistan Navy Part 3B: River Frigates Usama Ahmed Malik Volume: 4 Issue 30 February 22, 2006 Operation Peace for Galilee 1982  Mandep S. Bajwa & Ravi Rikhye Battle for Grozny (Chechnya) December 31, 1994  Ravi Rikhye Warships of the Pakistan Navy Part 3A: Bittern Frigates Usama Ahmed Malik Swedish 3rd Army Corps 1942 Ola Spang OLA SPANG'S SWEDISH ARMY PAGE   Volume: 4 Issue 29 February 15, 2005 Swedish 2nd Army Corps 1940-1942 Ola Spang OLA SPANG'S SWEDISH ARMY PAGE Red Army's 73rd Rifle Division v.2.0 Michael Avanzini & Craig Crofoot  A Brief History of Indian 8th Division Ravi Rikhye CIMH Note 73rd Rifle Division article is a version 2.0, based on new data obtained by the authors since their book Part 3 of the Soviet Army's Rifle Divisions was published by Tiger Lily Books last year. 73rd, 74th, and 75th Rifle Divisions, all v.2.0, will be published in the History magazine and also as an appendix in their Part 4, Rifle Divisions 76-100. No publication date for the new volume has been set. _________________________________________________________________ Volume 4 BACK ISSUES TO BE MADE UP Issue 28 February 8, 2006 Issue 27 February 1, 2006 Index Issue January 25, 2006 Issue 26 January 18, 2006 Issue 25 January 11, 2006 Issue 24, January 4, 2006 Issue 23, December 28, 2005 Issue 22, December 21, 2005 Issue 21, December 14, 2005 Issue 20, December 7, 2005 Issue 19, November 30, 2005 Issue 18, November 23, 2005 Issue 17, November 16, 2005 Issue 16, November 9, 2005 Issue 15, November 2, 2005 Issue 14, October 26, 2005 Issue 13, October 19, 2005 Index Issue, October 12, 2005 Issue 12, October 5, 2005 WRITING FOR HISTORY AT ORBAT.COM Should you wish to contribute to History at Orbat.com, kindly read the following. Articles should be e-mailed to the editor. We welcome unsolicited articles. No payment is made at this time, and your articles will be posted free for anyone to read. 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