Appendix F

Comparative Fire Power of the U.S. and German 1944-type Infantry Divisions

 
U.S.
German 1944
Strength (officers and enlisted men)
14,037
12,769
Rifles-carbines
11,507
9,069
Pistols
1,228
1,981
Submachine guns
295
1,503
Light MG's and automatic rifles
539
566
Heavy MG's
90
90
60-mm. mortars
90
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81-mm. mortars
54
48
120-mm. mortars
---
28
Bazookas
558*
108†
Flame throwers
---
20
U.S. .50-cal. MG's; German 20-mm. AA guns
237
12
37-mm. AT guns
13
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57-mm. AT guns
57
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75-mm. AT guns
---
35
75-mm. infantry howitzers
---
18
105-mm. howitzers
54‡
36
U.S. 155-mm. howitzers; German 150-mm. howitzers
12
18§

* Also had 2,131 rifle grenade launchers.
† Either bazookas or antitank rifles.
‡ Eighteen were found in the cannon companies of the infantry regiments.
§ Six were infantry howitzers, two in an infantry howitzer company assigned to each infantry regiment. Each howitzer company had, in addition, six 75-mm. howitzers.

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