WW2: ORGANIZATION OF ARMIES

Machine Gun Battery, Special Weapons Group, Defense Battalion (including .30 caliber Platoons and .50 caliber Platoon)

27 February 1941

Table of Organization D-145 (including D-126 and D-128)

1. 1. Battery Headquarters

2. .50 caliber Platoon (see Table of Organization D-128 dated February 27, 1941)

Total Platoon: 1 Officer, 39 Enlisted, 8 Pistols, 32 Rifles, 8 HMG

3. 1^st .30 caliber Platoon (see Table of Organization D-126 dated February 27, 1941) (The original of this table is missing. Therefore, it is made according to my assumptions.)

Total Platoon: 1 Officer, 23 Enlisted, 4 Pistols, 20 Rifles, 8 LMG

4. 2^nd .30 caliber Platoon, as 1^st (see Table of Organization D-126 dated February 27, 1941) (The original of this table is missing. Therefore, it is made according to my assumptions.)

5. 3^rd .30 caliber Platoon, as 1^st (see Table of Organization D-126 dated February 27, 1941) (The original of this table is missing. Therefore, it is made according to my assumptions.)

Total Battery: 5 Officers, 122 Enlisted, 22 Pistols, 105 Rifles, 30 LMG, 16 HMG

Note:

1. 5 Officers = 1 Captain + 4 Lieutenants;
2. 122 Enlisted = 1 Technical Sergeant (Gunnery Sergeant) + 4 Staff Sergeants (Platoon Sergeants) + 6 Sergeants + 13 Corporals + 98 Privates First Class and Privates.

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