List A1A AMERICAN ‘LIGHT’ 1944-1945

ARMOURED DIVISION Europe

CT3
1. Teeth Arm

Armoured Battalion
Bttn HQ: 3x Tanks, 1x M3 H/T, 4x Jeeps, 2 rifle squads

3 Armoured Companies@ CHQ: 2x Tanks, 1x M4105mm or M4A3/105mm

3 platoons@ 5x Tanks

1 Armoured Company: CHQ: 2x M5A1 Stuart or M24 Chaffee

3 platoons@ 5x M5A1 Stuart or M24 Chaffee

1 Recce Platoon: 1x M3 H/T, 5x Jeep/.50"

1 Mortar battery: 3x M4 or M21 81mm mortar carrier H/T, 1x M3 H/T
1 Maintenance platoon: 3x T31 or M32B1 ARV, 3x wreckers, 3 Jeeps
1 Gun platoon: 3x M4A3/105mm or M8 HMC Stuart, 2x M3 H/T
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Armoured Infantry Battalion
Bttn HQ: 2x M3 H/T, 2x Rifle squads, 2x 2.36" bazooka, 2x Jeeps
3 Companies@ CHQ: 2x M3 H/T, 2x rifle squads, 2 bazooka
3 platoons@ 3x M3 H/T, 3(12 man) rifle squads, 2 BAR, 3 bazooka
1x M3 H/T, 1x 60mm mortar, 3 crew, 1x bazooka
1x M3 H/T, 2 MMG, 1x .50" HMG teams, 1x bazooka
1 platoon: 3x 57mm M1 A/T guns, 3x M3 H/T, 1x Jeep, 1x bazooka
OR 3 rifle squads, 3x M3 H/T, 0-3x LMG or BAR, 1x bazooka
1 Support Company: CHQ: 1x M3 H/T, 1 rifle squad, 1x Jeep
1 battery: 3x M21 81mm mortar halftrack, 1x M3 H/T
1 platoon: 3x M3 H/T, 3x .50" HMG, 6x MMG teams
1 platoon: 3x 105mm M7 Priest or 75mm M8 HMC Stuart, 2x M3 H/T
1 Recce platoon: 1x M3 H/T, 5x Jeep/.50"
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Divisional Recce Squadron (Bttn)
SHQ (Bttn HQ): 4x M8 Greyhound, 3x M3 H/T, 3 rifle squads, 2x Jeeps
4 Troops@ THQ (CHQ): 3x M8 Greyhound, 3x Jeep/.50"
3 platoons@ 3x M8 Greyhound, 6x Jeep/.50", 1x Carbine squad,
3x 60mm mortars (typically 12-24 rounds each HE)
1 Troop: THQ: 2x M5A1 Stuart
3 platoons@ 5x M5A1 Stuart
1 Support Troop: THQ: 1x M3 H/T, 1x Jeep
4 platoons@ 2x M8 HMC Stuart, 1x M3 H/T
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2. Brigade Support
Combat Command HQ: 3x M3 H/T, 1x lorry, 3 Carbine squads, 3x Jeeps,
3x M5A1 Stuart, Air Liaison team
3. Divisional Support
Up to:
4 AA Batteries@ BHQ: 3x M3 H/T
2 platoons@ 4x M16, 4x M15 or M19

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 3 Armoured Engineer Companies@
CHQ: 1x M3 H/T, 1 rifle squad, 3 Jeeps, 1 bulldozer, 1 truck, 2x 2.36”
2 platoons@ PHQ: 1 rifle/engineer squad, 1 Jeep, 1 truck,
3 rifle/engineer squads, 4x 2.36”, 2 BAR, 3 dump trucks
1 platoon: PHQ: 1 rifle/engineer squad, 1 Jeep, 1 truck,
3 rifle/engineer squads, 4x 2.36”, 2 BAR, 3x M3 halftrack
1 Support Company: CHQ: 2 Jeeps, 2 trucks
1 Recce Platoon: 4x Jeep/.50”
1 Transport Platoon: 72’ treadway bridge on 3 lorries
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3 Artillery Battalions@
BHQ: 2x M3 H/T, 2x Carbine sqds, 6 OP teams in Jeeps or 2x M4A3 OP
3 Batteries@ 6x 105mm M7 Priest, 7x M3 H/T, 7x 2.36” bazooka

3 Tank Destroyer Companies@

CHQ: 2x M20 or M3 H/T or M39, 1x M32B1 ARV, 2x Jeep/.50",
2(8 man) rifle squads, 2x 2.36” bazooka
3 platoons@ 4x M10 or M18 or M36, 2x M20, 1x Carbine sqd, 2 bazooka

1 Tank Destroyer Recce Company:

CHQ: 2x M3 H/T or M20 or M39, 2x Jeeps, 2 bazooka
3 platoons@ 2x M8 Greyhounds, 5x Jeep/.50", 2(8 man) Carbine squads,
2x 60mm mortars, 2x 2.36” bazooka
4. Notes
a) Radios are in all squads and AFVs.
b) Tanks are: June 1944: M4 or M4A1, 08% chance of being M4A3E2 Jumbo
Sept 1944: M4, M4A1, M4A3, with up to 6x M4A1(76mm) per Battalion
Dec 1944: M4, M4A3, with up to 17x M4A1(76mm, M4A3(76mm), M4A3E8(76mm)
per Battalion (9th Division is all 76mm armed variants)
Jan-Feb 1945: M4, M4A3, with up to 17x 76mm armed variants
March-May 1945: M4A3, with up to 30x 76mm armed variants, and/or 10x M26
c) Infantry have M9A1 rifle A/T grenades. 60mm mortars in the armoured infantry
platoons have unlimited HE and from early 1945, smoke and WP.
d) 37mm M6, 75mm M3 and M6 have APCBC as standard. 37mm can have one load
of canister. 76mm and 90mm can have HVAP from Oct 1944. 105mm howitzers
have one load of HEAT.
e) Up to 2 CHQ Shermans per Battalion can be fitted with dozer blade if not Jumbo
variant. Any CHQ Sherman in Italy can be fitted with Mobile Assault Bridge from
October 1944.
f) In Italy cannot use Jumbos, Pershings or Chaffees.
g) In Italy and Normandy, any engineer platoon can have 1flamethrower added.
h) The division has 3 Armoured Battalions and 3 Armoured Infantry battalions shared
between 3 Combat Command HQs.
i) Note in service dates: M24 Chaffee (March 1945); M4A3(76mm) (Sept 1944);
M4A3E2 Jumbo (Jun 1944); M4A3E2(76mm) Jan 1945, M4A3E8(76mm) Dec 1944,
M36 (Oct 1944); M19 (Jan 1945);
j) In 1944 in NW Europe the Tank Destroyer Companies can have M36s mixed in
with M10s or M18s from October 1944.
k) In NW Europe Armoured Infantry Companies often converted the 57mm A/T
platoons to small infantry platoons, with scrounged BAR or LMGs.
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