Sorry this is off-topic (its still tanky):
General Wavell, C-in-C India, is on record as saying at the start of the Japanese War there was not a single modern tank in India that could have helped Malaya. Separately it is well known that an attempt to get some Vickers Light Tanks from Mid East Command was stopped.
So Malaya Command was doomed to fall before a Japanese Tank Blitzkrieg, because among other things, it had no shell-firing tanks and Mid-East Command would not give any out of its 800+; Nor would Churchill send any from the Home Command.
General Wavell was either misled or lied: I found the following regarding India Command when I was writing my Civ-2 Game Malaya 1941:
Tank Stocks Held BY INDIA COMMAND as of 1st November 1941 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1st/251st (IA) Armd Bde
3x? Handful of Grants Apr 41
Probyn's Horse 3x Stuarts Oct 41
Royal Deccan Horse 3x Stuarts Oct 41
2nd/252nd (IA) Armd Bde
Hodson’s Horse 3x Stuarts Oct 41
Scinde Horse 3x Stuarts Oct 41
50th (IA) Tank Bde
146th Armd Regt RAC 3x Valentines Nov 1941
In October 1942 had been equipped with Valentines:
- Armoured Car Tp - Indian Pattern Carriers.
- 6x Universal Carriers were added as part of the mortar troop
- (Early 1943 - Part of ‘B’ Squadron trained with DD Valentines)
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Suggested ORBAT of Grant Force - Possible Ad-hoc Armoured Reinforcement
from India Command to Malaya Command 1941
Grant-Force is formed around 251st (IA) Armd Bde.
- Heavy Tank Sqn (Grants & Valentines)
- Light Armd Sqn (Stuart)
- Light Armd Sqn (Indian pattern tanks)
- Armd Car Sqn (Indian pattern armd cars)
- Carrier Platoon (Indian pattern Carriers)
- Inf Bn MT (146 Armd Regt (RAC) - fomerly 9th Bn Duke of Wellington's Regt)
- 3" TM Troop (Indian pattern Carriers)
There two possible approaches to introducing Grant Force into the game.
Have them shipped over in November, deploy the bulk at Jitra to support the MATADOR offensive and a troop of Stuarts to support LEDGE.
Have them shipped over with Convoy-1 (BM 9A [Bombay - Malaya 9A]) - In January 3 1942, and deploy to the Slim River Posn. Have them destroy the Japanese filleting attack and stabilise the Command posn until the AIF and 7th Armd Bde arrive.
Regards
Stafford1069