WW2: ORGANIZATION OF ARMIES

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Infantry Battalion

 

1 April 1942 with change 4 October 1942

 

Table of Organization 7-16

 

1. Battalion Headquarters

2. Company Headquarters

3. Battalion Headquarters Section

4. Communication Platoon

5. Ammunition and Pioneer Platoon

6. Antitank Platoon

 

Total: Total: 9 Officers, 130 Enlisted, 2 Pistols, 80 Carbines, 50 Rifles, 7 BAR, 4 37-mm antitank gun, 19 Trucks 0,25-ton, 1 Amphibian truck 0,25-ton, 1 Truck 0,75-ton weapons carrier, 5 Trailer 0,25-ton cargo, 9 Grenade launchers  M1, 7 Radios, 1 Switchboard BD-71

 

And Also:

 

22 Binoculars M3, 1 Pyrotechnic pistol M2, 1 Ground signal projector M4, 1 Observation telescope M1915 or M4

without scale

 

1. 9 Officers = 1 Lieutenant Colonel + 1 Major + 2 Captains + 2 1^st Lieutenants + 3 2^nd Lieutenants;
2. 130 Enlisted = 1 First Sergeant + 6 Staff Sergeants + 8 Sergeants + 11 Corporals + 4 Technical Grade 4 + 7 Technical Grade 5 + 41 Privates First Class + 52 Privates;
3. 50 Rifles = 41x M1 + 9x M1903;
4. 7 Radios = 1x SCR-284 + 6x SCR-536;
5.  

 

P.S. All pictures are executed in a scale 1:100, signal equipments - 1:20

 

 

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