was not developed until after the D-day landings. The Canal Defence Light ('CDL') was a powerful carbon-arc searchlight mounted on a tank which could be deployed to dazzle and confuse enemy troops. The Churchill Crocodile was a Churchill VII tank in which the hull machine gun was replaced with a flamethrower; fuel was carried behind the tank in an armoured wheeled trailer. Order of battle 14 August 1942 The 79th Armoured Division was first raised as a conventional armoured division, with one Armoured Brigade, one Infantry Brigade and supporting arms. 27th Armoured Brigade - Attached to the 79th Armoured Division from 8 September 1942 until 20 October 1943. 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own). 1st East Riding Yeomanry 185th Infantry Brigade - Transferred out to 3rd Infantry Division on 9 April 1943. 2nd Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Bn Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn King's Shropshire Light Infantry HQ Royal Artillery – converted into 9th Army Group Royal Artillery on 1 May 1943 142nd (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA 150th (South Notts Hussars Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA 55th (Suffolk & Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, RA 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA 1943 30th Armoured Brigade - Transferred to the division on 17 October 1943. 22nd Dragoons 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) 1st Lothians and Border Horse 1st Assault Brigade and Assault Park Squadron RE - Formed on 1 November 1943 5th Assault Regiment RE 6th Assault Regiment RE 42nd Assault Regiment RE Operation Overlord (Normandy landings) The division was under direct command of the 21st Army Group, portions being placed in support of the Second Army for Operation Overlord. 1st Assault Brigade and Assault Park Squadron RE (AVRE) 149 Assault Park Squadron, RE 5th Assault Regiment RE 77 Assault Squadron, RE 79 Assault Squadron, RE 80 Assault Squadron, RE 26 Assault Squadron, RE 6th Assault Regiment RE 81 Assault Squadron, RE 82 Assault Squadron, RE 87 Assault Squadron, RE 284 Assault Squadron, RE 42nd Assault Regiment RE 16 Assault Squadron, RE 617 Assault Squadron, RE 222 Assault Squadron, RE 557 Assault Squadron, RE – remained in England as training unit 30th Armoured Brigade (Sherman Crab) 22nd Dragoons 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) 1st Lothians and Border Horse September 1944 This is the order of battle on 17 September 1944, at the beginning of Operation Market Garden. The division was not involved in