Sparrow Force - Equipment

Equipment

Primary Weaponry

  • 2 × 6 inch coastal artillery, taken from HMAS Sydney
  • 8 × Bofors 40 millimetre automatic anti-aircraft artillery
  • 4 × Ordnance QF 2 pounder anti-tank guns
  • 6 × 3 inch mortar
  • 16 × Mk 1 or 2 Bren Guns, came with British Bofors troops
  • 40 × Lewis guns, 16 came with British Bofors troops

Secondary Weaponry

  • No.1 Mk III* SMLE Lee-Enfield rifles
  • 21⁄2-in. Discharger cups,
  • 42 × Thompson submachine gun
  • No. 23 Mills bomb grenades
  • .455 Webley revolvers (used by officers)

Primary Transport

  • 8 × Chevrolet 5 tonne trucks/tractors
  • 20 × Chevrolet 3 tonne trucks
  • 10 × LP1 Universal Carriers plus 4 × Dutch armoured cars

Secondary Transport

  • 8 × Chevrolet 1.5 tonne utility trucks
  • 3 × Chevrolet sedans
  • 4 × motorcycles with sidecars
  • 6 × motorcycles

The 2/2nd Ind. Coy. on Portuguese East Timor were more heavily armed, with Bren guns, Thompson SMGs, &c.

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