[2] During the war the following Units were under the Brigade: Following the Chinese offensive on 20 October 1962, the 48 Infantry Brigade was rushed from the plains to reinforce 4 Infantry Division (Dirang Dzong), defenses in Kameng.
The following units served under the brigade during the war: 1st Battalion the Madras Regiment, 1 Sikh LI, 5 Guards, and troop 7 Cavalry (light tanks), 377 Field Company(engineers).
On 19 November, just when the battle of Bomdila was unraveling, 3 Jammu & Kashmir Rifles (Lieutenant Colonel Gurdial Singh) and 22 Mountain Regiment, 6/8 Gorkha Rifles and 67 Brigade joined the brigade.
The Brigade reached Bomdila without its full complement of weapons, equipment and men.
The Brigade lacked supporting weapons, including according to its commander, "3" mortars, digging tools, barbed wire, mines, or even machetes to clear the jungle".