AGF Study, NO. 8: Reorganization of Ground Troops for Combat

Annex I

THE INFANTRY DIVISION

Organic Composition
Aggregate Strengths
Principle Equipment
 
I.
Approved for Field
Test by Secretary
of War
13 August 1936

II.
Recommended by
Proposed Infantry
Division after
Field Test, March
1938

III.
T/O 70 and allied
tables as changed
to 1 June 1941
IV.
T/O 7 and allied
tables, 1 August
1942

V.
Proposed by Army
Ground Forces in
revised tables.
1 March 1943

VI.
T/O 7 and allied
tables, 15 July
1943
VII.
T/O 7 and allied
tables, 24 January
1945

Entire Division

13,552

10,275

15,245

15,514

13,412

14,253

14,037

Division Headquarters

61

66

102

169

133

158

166

Infantry

7,416

6,987

10,020

9,999

8,919

9,354

9,204

    Regiment (three)

2,472

2,329

3,340

3,333

2,973

3,118

3,068

        Hq.&Hq. Company

 

167

178

132

194

108

104

        Service Company

 

 

152

132

112

114

111

        Antitank Company

 

89

185

169

117

165

159

        Cannon Company

 

 

 

123

 

118

114

        Battalion (three)

 

691

932

916

850

871

860

            Hq.&Hq. Company

 

68

52

139

112

126

121

            Heavy Weapons Company

 

104

211

183

162

166

160

            Rifle Company (three)

 

173

223

198

192

193

193

Field Artillery

2,529

1,818

2,685

2,479

1,949

2,160

2,111

    Hq.&Hq.Battery, Division

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        Artillery

 

128

119

116

111

114

114

    Light Artillery Battalion (three)

 

404

584

576

460

509

497

        Headquarters Battery

 

122

142

165

181

132

126

        Service Battery

 

 

82

85

 

77

74

        Firing Battery (three)

 

94

120

111

93

100

99

    Medium Artillery Battalion

 

478

785

607

458

519

506

        Headquarters Battery

 

127

142

158

164

115

112

        Service Battery

 

 

95

89

 

77

76

        Firing Battery (three)

 

117

134

120

98

109

106

        Antitank Battery

 

 

146

 

 

 

 

Auxiliary Units

3,149

1,109

2,004

2,340

1,993

2,074

2,046

    Reconnaissance Troop

210

 

147

201

153

155

149

    Engineer Battalion

518

175

634

745

647

647

620

    Medical Battalion

525

420

520

504

468

465

443

    Quartermaster Company

244

197

312

344

152

193

186

    Ordnance Company

105

 

 

 

147

147

141

    Signal Company

203

160

261

322

226

226

239

    Military Police Platoon

 

103

67

80

73

73

106

    Division Headquarters Company

210

54

63

144

69

110

104

    Band

29

 

 

 

58

58

58

    Miscellaneous

1,105

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attached Medical

388

285

423

515

406

494

497

    Infantry Regiment (three)

 

 

106

136

112

135

136

    Division Artillery

 

 

83

76

53

57

57

    Engineer Battalion

 

 

14

23

17

17

17

    Quartermaster

 

 

8

8

 

 

 

    Special Troops

 

 

 

 

 

15

15

Attached Chaplain

9

10

11

12

12

13

13

Principle Armament

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Rifles, cal. 30

6,284

4,509

6,942

6,233

6,465

6,518

6,349

    Automatic rifles, cal. 30

314

 

375

567

243

243

405

    Machine guns, cal. 30

486

423

179

147

189

157

211

    Machine guns, cal. 50

56

 

113

133

224

236

237

    Mortars, 60-mm.

36

81

81

81

90

90

90

    Mortars, 81-mm.

36

18

36

57

54

54

54

    Antitank rocket launchers

 

 

 

 

504

557

558

    Antitank guns, 37-mm.

 

24

60

109

63

 

 

    Antitank guns, 57-mm.

 

 

 

 

 

57

57

    Guns, 75-mm.

 

36

8

 

 

 

 

    Howitzers, 75-mm.

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Howitzers, 75-mm., self-propelled

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

    Howitzers, 105-mm.

12

 

36

36

54

54

54

    Howitzers, 105-mm., self-propelled

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

    Howitzers, 155-mm.

 

12

12

12

12

12

12

Vehicles, all types (except boats
    and aircraft)

1,868

1,249

1,834

2,149

1,640

2,012

2,114

Sources: Col. I.    "Tentative Tables of Organization Approved for Field Test by th scope="row"e Secretary of War," 13 August 1936. Copy No. 39 in McNair papers. Record Room, Army War College.
  Col. II.    Appendix C to"Report of th scope="row"e Field Service Test of th scope="row"e Proposed Infantry Division," 21 March 1938. Copy in McNair papers, Record Room, Army War College.
  Col. III.    "Tables of Organization of Infantry Units, with scope="row" all changes to 1 June 1941," published by th scope="row"e Infantry Journal, Washington, D. C.
  Col. IV.    Tables of Organization published by th scope="row"e War Department.
  Col. V.    Published tables of Organization for component units of th scope="row"e Division; unpublished consolidated table of organization for th scope="row"e Division, mimeographed copy in Organization Division, Requirements Section, Headquarters, Army Ground Forces.
  Col. VI and VII.    Tables of Organization published by th scope="row"e War Department.
Historical Section
Headquarters
Army Ground Forces

 

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