Seeking advice on Desert formation

Hello there,

I'm currently working an assignment where I have to visually depict a desert battle scene.
Specifically Montgomerys' planned "Left hook" offensive at Tebaga gap in Tunisia. The scene would show 3 companies marching in desert formation in the open with no cover. ( Apparently they presented a line 8 miles wide)

I realise they would be as spread out as possible as they were walking into machine gun and artillery fire, but I was wondering if there was a rough rule of thumb for how far apart individual infantry men would stand in such an event?


I can make a reasonable guess of course but any Any info at all on this would be greatly appreciated

Cheers

Andy

 

welcome to the forum andy, here's a link to assist..

The North African Campaign Of World War II

 

Hey thanks very much,

looks like a great link,

thanks for the welcolm too

Cheers
Andrew

 

I might suggest you get a copy of Bryan Perrett's The Valentine in North Africa. There are several drawings of attacks at Alamein that might be useful in your endevor.