United States Marine Corps, 1940-1945

F-100 Series Marine Division (5 May 1944)

Element   Strength
Division HQ   257
HQ Battalion   1,004
---HQ Company   483
---Signal Company   292
---Military Police Company   102
---Reconnaissance Company   127
---Assault Signal Company   465
Tank Battalion   630
---HQ and Service Company 1 M4 tank 123
---Tank Company (x3) 15 M4 tanks 169
Engineer Battalion   904
---HQ Company   307
---Engineer Company (x3)   199
Pioneer Battalion   745
---HQ Company   127
---Pioneer Company (x3)   206
Service Troops   1,889
---Service Battalion   751
------HQ Company   68
------Service and Supply Company   502
------Ordnance Company   178
---Motor Transport Battalion   539
------HQ and Service Company   194
------Transport Company (x3)   115
---Medical Battalion   599
------HQ and Service Company   89
------Medical Company (x5)   102
Artillery Regiment   2,639
HQ and Service Battery   229
105mm Howitzer Battalion (x2)   602
---HQ and Service Battery   161
---105mm Howitzer Battery (x3) 4 105mm howitzers 147
75mm Pack Howitzer Battalion (x3)   603
---HQ and Service Battery   159
---75mm Howitzer Battery (x3) 4 75mm howitzers 148
Infantry Regiment (x3)   3,218
---HQ and Service Company   261
---Weapons Company   203
------Company HQ   71
------75mm SP Gun Platoon 4 75mm SP AT 36
------37mm Gun Platoon (x3) 4 37mm AT 32
---Infantry Battalion (x3)   918
------HQ Company   213
---------Battalion HQ   138
---------Company HQ   17
---------81mm Mortar Platoon 4 81mm mortars 58
------Rifle Company (x3)   235
---------Company HQ 3 60mm mortars 58
---------Machine Gun Platoon 6 .30 LMG, 6 .30 HMG 43
---------Rifle Platoon (x3)   46
TOTAL   17,465

Weapons Recapitulation
Weapon Regiment # Division #
.45-cal M1911/M1911A1 pistol * 399
.45-cal M1A1 submachine gun   49
.30-cal M1 carbine 1,794 10,953
.30-cal M1 rifle 1,179 5,436
.30-cal M1918A2 automatic rifle (BAR) 243 853
.30-cal M1917A1 heavy machine gun (watercooled) 54 162
.30-cal M1919A4 light machine gun (aircooled) 65 302
.50-cal HB-M2 heavy machine gun (aircooled) 12 161
12-ga M97/M12 riot shotgun 100 306
37mm M3A1 antitank gun 12 36
75mm M3 self-propelled antitank gun (halftrack-mounted) 4 12
75mm M1A1 pack howitzer   24
105mm M2A1 howitzer   24
60mm M2 mortar 39 117
81mm M1 mortar 12 36
2.36-inch M1 antitank rocket launcher 43 172
M1A1/M2-2 portable flamethrower 81 243
E4-5 mechanized flamethrower kit
(retrofitted to M4 tank)
  24
M4A2/M4A3 medium tank   46
LVT support type amphibian tractor   71
M29C amphibian cargo carrier*   ?
 
The pistol was replaced by the carbine within infantry and artillery regiments.

*Special issue to the 3d, 4th, and 5th Marine Diviison for the Iwo Jima assault.


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