WW2: ORGANIZATION OF ARMIES

Coast Artillery Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, Railway Battalion

7 October 1938

Table of Organization 4-46

 

1. Battalion Headquarters

2. Battery Headquarters Section

3. Battalion Headquarters Detail

4. Intelligence Detail

5. Plans and Training Detail

6. Communication Detail

7. Reconnaissance Detail

8. Railway and Munitions Detail

9. Maintenance Section

 

Total: 8 Officers, 131 Enlisted, 18 Pistols, 101 Rifles, 20 BAR, 2 HMG AA, 1 Motorcycle with sidecars, 1 Light Car Sedan, 4 Trucks 0,5-ton, 2 Trucks 1,5-ton cargo, 1 Locomotive, 11 Railway cars

 

Note:

 

1. 8 Officers = 1 Major + 2 Captains + 4 1^st Lieutenants + 1 2^nd Lieutenant;
2. 131 Enlisted = 3 Staff Sergeants + 1 First Sergeant + 11 Sergeants + 6 Corporals + 36 Privates First Class + 74 Privates;
3. 4 Truck 0,5-ton = 2 Reconnaissance + 2 Pick-up;
4. 11 Railway cars = 1x Fire control + 1 Baggage and kitchen + 1 Box (store) + 8 Ammunition;

 

 

 

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