Table of Organization and Equipment Japanese Infantry Rifle Company Type "A" (without heavy weapons platoon) 1. General: The company consisted of a company commander, usually a captain, a company headquarters, and three rifle platoons. Total strength was 205 officers and enlisted men. 2. Organization: Co. HQ (19 men) 1st Rifle Platoon HQ Section (2 men) Rifle LMG Section (15 men) Rifle LMG Section (15 men) Rifle LMG Section (15 men) Grenade Discharge Section (15 men) 2n Rifle Platoon HQ Section (2 men) Rifle LMG Section (15 men) Rifle LMG Section (15 men) Rifle LMG Section (15 men) Grenade Discharge Section (15 men) 3rd Rifle Platoon HQ Section (2 men) Rifle LMG Section (15 men) Rifle LMG Section (15 men) Rifle LMG Section (15 men) Grenade Discharge Section (15 men) 3. Strength Analysis: Company Headquarters 1 Company Commander-Captain or First Lieutenant 1 Warrant Officer 3 NCOs 10 Runners and Orderlies 4 Medical Orderlies Rifle Platoons 1 Headquarters section 1 Platoon Commander 1 Liaison NCO 3 Rifle-LMG sections 1 NCO 14 EM 1 Grenade discharger section 1 NCO 14 EM 4. Equipment: 150 rifles, 9 LMGs, 12 grenade dischargers More Fight on the Tanapag Plain 6 July 1944 27th Division Introduction Background: The Attack on 5 July Morning of July 6: Attack on the Plain Change in Attack Plans Morning Attack at Harakiri Gulch Afternoon Attack at Harakiri Gulch Afternoon: Plans for a New Attack (105th Infantry) Japanese Rifle Company: TO&E Back to Table of Contents -- Combat Simulation Vol 1 No. 2 Back to Combat Simulation List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1994 by Mike Vogell and Phoenix Military Simulations. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com