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Armored Reconnaissance Regiment, Motorized Infantry Division
10 May 1940
 
Groupe de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire, Division d’Infanterie Motorisée
 
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Reconnaissance Regiments of the Motorized Infantry Division
Motorized
Infantry
Division
Reconnaissance Regiment
(battalion recon vehicle)
      1     7
       • Ist Battalion (AMD)
       • IInd Battalion (12×AMR)
      3     6
       • Ist Battalion (AMD)
       • IInd Battalion (13×AMR)
      5     1
       • Ist Battalion (AMD)
       • IInd Battalion (8×AMR)
      9     2
       • Ist Battalion (H39)
       • IInd Battalion (H39)
    12     3
       • Ist Battalion (AMD)
       • IInd Battalion (12×AMR)
    15     4
       • Ist Battalion (AMD)
       • IInd Battalion (9×AMR)
    25     5
       • Ist Battalion (H35)
       • IInd Battalion (H35)
Where the data is available, numbers indicate vehicles on hand in each battalion.
AMD — Panhard modèle 1935 (also: Panhard-Schneider 178 or P178) armored car (4×4)
                {Automitrailleuse de Découverte ("Machine Gun Scout Car")}
AMR — Citroën-Kégresse Modèle 1929 (also Panhard-Schneider P16 or AMC Schneider P 16) armored halftrack
                {Automitrailleuse de Reconnaissance ("Machine Gun Reconnaissance Car")}
                {Automitrailleuse de Combat ("Machine Gun Combat Car")}
H35 — Hotchkiss H35 (Char léger Mle 1935 H) light tank
H39 — Hotchkiss H39 (Char léger Mle 1935 H modifié 39) light tank
The companies equipped with the Hotchkiss light tanks had fewer men, as these tanks only had a crew of two. Whereas the AMD had 4 men and AMR had 3 men.
 
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Ist (Mechanized Reconnaissance) Battalion IInd (Mechanized Reconnaissance) Battalion Heavy Company Regiment Headquarters Company