Modern
American Marine Division

1950-53 Asia

List A30M

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Marine Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 4 rifle/SMG sqds, 1 bazooka, Air Liaison/OP team
    2-3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2(13 man) Carbine sqds, 3x 2.36" bazookas
      3 platoons@
        1(7 man) rifle/SMG PHQ,sqd, 1 bazooka
        3(13 man) rifle sqds, 9 BAR

    1 platoon: 4x .50" HMG, 3 MMG teams
    1 platoon: 3x 60mm M19 mortars, 3x 75mm M20 recoilless rifles
    1 Battery: 6x 81mm M1 mortars, 3 bazookas
    1 Flame Platoon: 9(2 man) Carbine teams, 9 flameguns

Marine Armoured Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 3x M26 Pershing, 3x M32B2 ARV
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2x M26, 1x M4A3/105mm/Dozer
      3 platoons@ 5x M26 Pershing
      2 Platoons@ 4x M4A3/105mm+coax flamethrower

2. Regiment Support

Marine Regiment HQ: 8 rifle sqds, 4 Jeeps, 2 bazookas with:

    1 Battery: 6x 4.2" M2A1 mortars, 6 trucks, radio truck

3. Divisional Support

Up to:

    1 Rocket Battalion
      BHQ: 4 rifle sqds, 2 lorries, 2 Jeeps
      2 batteries@ 6x 24-barrel 4.5" launchers, 8 trucks

    3 Engineer Companies@

      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle/engineer sqds, 2 BAR, 1 bazooka, 1 flamegun, 1 bulldozer

    2 Artillery Battalions@

      BHQ: 6 Carbine sqds, 6 OP teams, 6 lorries
      3 batteries@ 4 or 6x 105mm M101, trucks, radio truck

    1 Artillery Battalion:

      BHQ: 8 Carbine sqds, 6 OP teams, 8 lorries
      3 batteries@ 4x 155mm M114, 4x M5 HST, radio van

    1 Recce Company:

      CHQ: 1 Carbine/SMG sqd, 2 Jeeps, 1 bazooka
      3 platoons@ 4x Jeep/MG, 2 Carbine/SMG sqds

    9 Fighter-Bomber Flights@ 6x NU-7 Corsairs
    12 Scout Sections@ 1x OY-2 Sentinel scout planes
    Landing craft: 8x LST, # LCM-6, # LCT-6

    1 Amtrac Battalion:

      Bttn HQ: 17x LVT-3
      1 AmTank Company:
        CHQ: 3x LVT(A)-5, 2x LVT-3
        3 platoons@ 5x LVT(A)-5

      3 AmTrac Companies@ 51x LVT-3 and LVT-3C

    3x LSM(R) @ 10 Batteries@ 1x 5" automatic rocket launcher
    5 Naval Batteries@ 6x 5" guns

4. Notes

    a) Radios are in all squads and AFV.
    b) Infantry have M9A1 rifle A/T grenades and demo charges.
    c) The Division has 3 Regiments each of 3 battalions, plus 1-2 Armoured Battalions at divisional level.
    d) Up to August 1950 the battalions have only 2 Companies and all batteries have 4 guns.
    e) The Provisional Marine Brigade used at Pusan has 1 Marine Regiment and an Armoured Battalion plus all divisional support except rockets, the AmTrac Battalion and LSM(R).
    f) Divisional artillery OP can be in Jeep or in divisional OY-2 if successfully diced for.
    g) All guns have 1 load of HEAT as appropriate. Bazooka is 2.36", can be 3.5" M20 from August 1950.
    h) 2.36" bazookas have 1 load of WP rockets.
    i) Can use Corps support from List A29M.


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