Modern
Cuban Revolutionary Army

1959-61

List LA15M

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 1 AR/rifle/SMG sqd
    3 Companies@ CHQ: 1 rifle/AR/SMG sqd
      3 platoons@ 3 rifle or AR or SMG sqds, 2 LMG
      1 platoon: 1x 3.5" M20 bazooka, 2 MMG, 0-1x 60mm M2 mortar, 1x 75mm M20
    1 Mortar Battery: 4x 82mm M37 or 81mm M1 mortars, Obsolete FC

2. Brigade Support

    Infantry Brigade HQ: 4 AR/SMG/rifle sqds, 6 trucks with up to:
      1 MG Unit: 4x .50" M2 HMG teams
      1 A/T Battery: 4x 57mm M1943 or 76mm M1942 A/T guns, 4 trucks
      1 Recce/Infantry Company:
        CHQ: 1x BTR-152, 1 AR/SMG sqd, 1x 3.5" M20 bazooka
        3 platoons@ 2x BTR-152, 3 AR/SMG sqds, 3 LMG

3. Divisional Support

Up to:

    1 Artillery Battalion:
      BHQ: 4 rifle/SMG sqds, 6 trucks, Assigned FC
      3 batteries@ 4x 122mm M38 howitzers or 85mm D44 field guns or 105mm M56 pack howitzers, 4 trucks, radio van

    1 AA Battery: 6x 37mm M39 or 14.5mm ZPU-1 or ZPU-2 or ZPU-4, 6 trucks

    1 Armoured Company:

      CHQ: 3x Comet or 2x M4 Sherman or 1x T-54 or 1x Su-100 or 1x T-34/85 or 2x M3A1 Stuart
      3 platoons@ 3x T-34/85 or 3x Su-100 (33% and 22% respectively) or 1 platoon: 3x T-54 and 2 platoons@ 3x T-34/85 (11%) or 1 platoon: 5x M4 Sherman or 3 platoons@ 4x M3A1 Stuart (11%) or 4 platoons@ 3x Comet (11%)

Air Force

    1 Bomber Squadron: 9x B-26 Invader (glass nose)
    1 Fighter Squadron: 2x P-47D Thunderbolt
    1 Fighter Squadron: 2x P-51D Mustang
    1 Fighter Squadron: 8x FB11 Sea Fury
    1 Attack Trainer Squadron: 4x T-33A (rocket armed), 2x T20 Sea Fury
    1 Maritime Recce Squadron: 1?x PBY-5A Catalina, #x JRF-5
    1 Transport Squadron: 1x C-46, #x C-45, C-47
    1 Utility/Training Squadron: 8x Bell 47 helicopters

    Additional unserviceable planes placed as decoys: 9x B26, 10x P-47D, 7x Sea Fury, 3x T-33A

4. Notes

    a) Radios are in all Bttn HQ and all AFV.
    b) Infantry have no known A/T grenades.
    c) The Cuban army of Castro has 9 Light Infantry Divisions each of 2 Brigades each of 2 Battalions.
    d) Details are provisional.
    e) Small arms are FN FAL, Beretta SMG, R2 and Lee Enfield rifles, and Browning .30" and Soviet LMG.
    f) Divisional artillery is: D10: 1: 105mm M56, 2-3: 85mm D44, 4-7: 122mm M38, 8-10: none.
    g) Infantry and Militia Battalions were reputedly 900 men strong.


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