WWI
American Expeditionary Force
Infantry Division

1917-1918, Europe

List A43G

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 1(3 man) pistol-squad
    4 Companies@
      CHQ: 2(12 man) rifle sqds
      4 platoons@ 1(4 man) PHQ sqd, 6(9 man) rifle sqds, 6 BAR, 6 rifle-grenade launchers

2. Regiment Support

Infantry Regiment

    HQ: 1(5 man) pistol sqd, horses with:
    1 MG Company:
      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds
      4 platoons@ 4 MMG

3. Divisional Support

Up to:

    2 Infantry Brigade HQs@ 8 rifle sqds, telephones

    10 MG Companies@

      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds
      4 platoons@ 4 MMG

    4 Artillery Battalions@

      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, Obsolete FC
      3 batteries@ 4x 75mm M1897, horses

    3 Artillery Battalions@

      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, Obsolete FC
      2 batteries@ 4x 155mm howitzers

    1 Mortar Battery: 12x Trench Mortars
    1 Engineer Regiment - ?

4. Corps Support

Up to:

    2 Cavalry Squadrons@
      SHQ (Bttn HQ): 3 men, horses, pistols
      4 Troops@
        THQ: 2(7 man) rifle sqds, horses
        2 platoons@ 1(6 man) rifle PHQ sqd, 3(8-10 man) rifle sqds, horses, sabres, pistols
        1 platoon: 1(3 man) PHQ sqd, 2(7 man) rifle sqds, 4x Chaucat or Lewis LMG, horses

    0-1 Cavalry Regiment

      HQ: 16 rifle sqds, horses with:
      1 Sapper Unit: 6 men, horses, pistols, demo charges

    1 MG Troop:

      THQ: 2 pistol sqds, horses
      2 platoons@ 4x Vickers MMG, 65 men, pistols, pack horses

    3 Artillery Battalions@

      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 10 lorries
      2 batteries@ 4x 4.7" guns, 4 lorries, obsolete FC

    3 Artillery Battalions@

      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 10 lorries
      2 batteries@ 4x 155mm guns, 4 lorries, Obsolete FC

    4 Batteries@ 4? heavy trench mortars, Obsolete FC
    ? Engineer Companies

5. Army Support

Up to:

    36 Artillery Battalions@
      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 10 lorries
      2 batteries@ 4x 6" guns, 4 lorries, Obsolete FC

    10 Artillery Battalions@

      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, Obsolete FC
      3 batteries@ 4x 75mm M1897, horses

    2 Tank Battalions@ (September 1918+)

      Bttn HQ: 1x Renault TSF (radio FT-17), 25x FT-17
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 1x Renault TSF

        3 platoons@ 3x FT-17(37mm), 2x FT-17(MG)

6. Notes

    a) Radios are at DHQ and in TSF tanks.
    b) The Infantry Division has 2 Brigades each of 2 Regiments each of 3 Infantry Battalions.
    c) By 1918 each Infantry Regiment also had a Gun Platoon of 3x 37mm Hotchkiss Infantry Guns, a Pioneer Platoon of 55 men with rifles, and a Sapper Bomber Battery of 50 men with 6x 3" Stokes mortars and 30 rifle-grenade launchers.
    d) Two of the divisional MG Companies are motorised.


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