Bolt Action RN landing party list.
-under construction!

Compulsory units:
2 Sections
1 Sub-Lieutenant

	Inexperienced	Regular	Veteran
Sub-Lieutenant	60 points	75 points	90 points
1939-1940
NCO with 4 men and rifles.	35 points	50 points	65 points
Up to 5 extra men with rifles	7 points each	10 points each	13 points each
Use 2 men as a Lewis team	20 points	20 points	20 points
Give NCO SMG	2 points	2 points	2 points
Give all men A/T grenades	2 points each	2 points each	2 points each
1941-1945
NCO with 4 men and rifles.	35 points	50 points	65 points
Up to 5 extra men with rifles	7 points each	10 points each	13 points each
Use 2 men as a Lewis team	20 points	20 points	20 points
Give NCO and up to 3 men SMGs	2 points each	2 points each	2 points each
Give all men A/T grenades	2 points each	2 points each	2 points each
0-1 from:
Lieutenant	60 points	75 points	90 points
Lieutenant-Commander	95 points	110 points	125 points
Commander	135 points	150 points	185 points
Sniper team		50 points	65 points	0-1
Twin Lewis gun	21 points	30 points	39 points	0-1
From May 1940:
Boys A/T rifle team	21 points	30 points	39 points	0-1
From 1942:
20mm Oerlikon team	30 points	50 points	60 points	0-1
Add 1 barrel	30 points	30 points	30 points	0-1

Other sections:
0-4 Naval sections.
0-2 Commandos.
0-1 Paras (think Bruneval).
0-4 British infantry.
0-1 Gurkhas.
0-1 Chindits

Since writing this list I have come across a fair amount of photograpic evidence that RN landing parties had two Lewis guns per ten-man section.

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