Battle of Alam el Halfa order of battle

Eighth Army

Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery

XIII Corps

Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks

2nd New Zealand Division – Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg

4th New Zealand Infantry Brigade – Brigadier Lindsay Inglis

5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade – Brigadier Howard Kippenberger

6th New Zealand Infantry Brigade – Brigadier George Clifton (captured 4 September)

British 132nd Infantry Brigade (detached from 44th Division) – Brigadier C.B. Robertson (wounded)

44th (Home Counties) Division – Major-General Ivor Hughes

British 131st Infantry Brigade – Brigadier E.H.C. Frith

British 133rd Infantry Brigade – Brigadier Lashmer Whistler

7th Armoured Division – Major-General Callum Renton

4th Light Armoured Brigade – Brigadier Carr

7th Motor Brigade – Brigadier Bosville

10th Armoured Division – Major-General Alexander Gatehouse

22nd Armoured Brigade – Brigadier George Roberts

8th Armoured Brigade – Brigadier Custance

23rd Armoured Brigade – Brigadier Richards

Panzer Armee Afrika

Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel

Deutsches Afrika Korps

Generalleutnant Walther Nehring (wounded in an air attack on 31 August and replaced by Rommel's Chief-of-Staff Oberst Fritz Bayerlein)

15th Panzer Division – Generalmajor Gustav von Vaerst

21st Panzer Division – Generalmajor Georg von Bismarck

90th Light Division – Generalmajor Ulrich Kleemann

Italian XX Motorised Corps

Major General Giuseppe De Stefanis

132 Armoured Division Ariete – Major General Adolfo Infante

133 Armoured Division Littorio – Major General Gervasio Bitossi

101 Motorised Division Trieste – Major General Francesco La Ferla

Italian X Corps

Lieutenant general Edoardo Nebba

17 Motorised Division Pavia – Major General Nazzareno Scattaglia

27 Motorised Division Brescia – Major General Brunetto Brunetti

185 Airborne Division Folgore – Major General Enrico Frattini

Tanks in use by both sides

Deutsches Africa Korps had 34 light and 193 medium tanks, of these 27 tanks were the new Panzer IV F2 with the long-barreled gun 75mm gun. This longer barrelled gun gave the Mark IV superior range than the Allied tanks. The Italian armoured divisions were made up of 243 tanks but these were mostly the obsolete M13/40s.

The Allies had 500 that would see action during this battle. 170 of these were M3 Grants, the best tank the Allies had access to at this time. The remaining tanks were made up of M3 Stuarts light tanks, Crusader Mk II cruiser tanks and Valentine infantry tanks.