Appendix F
Comparative Fire Power of the U.S. and German 1944-type Infantry Divisions
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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 |
--- |
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 |
--- |
57-mm. AT guns |
57 |
--- |
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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