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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