WWII
Marine Division

1944 Pacific

List A15

by Mark Bevis

1. Tenth Arm

Marine Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 6 Jeeps
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2(13 man) Carbine sqds
      3 platoons@
        1(7 man) rifle PHQ sqd
        2(13 man) rifle sqds, 3 BAR
        1(13 man) rifle sqd, 1 bazooka, 2 BAR,
        2 flameguns, demo charges

      1 platoon: 4x .50", 3 MMG, 3x 60mm mortars
      1 Battery: 6x 81mm mortars, 6 bazookas

Divisional Marine Armoured Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 1x M4A2 or M4A3 Sherman, 2 Jeeps, 1x M32B2 ARV
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2x MW or M4A2 or M4A3, 1x Sherman Tankdozer
      3 platoons@ 4x Sherman, 1x Sherman Tankdozer
      0-1 platoon: 4x Sherman+turret flamethrower (mid'44+)

    1 Company:
      CHQ: 3x M3A1 Stuart
      3 platoons@ 5x M3A1 Satan

2. Regiment Support

    Marine Regiment HQ: 8 rifle sqds, 2 BAR with:
    1 Weapons Company:
      CHQ: 1 Carbine sqd, 2 Jeeps
      1 platoon: 4x 75mm M3 GMC halftrack
      3 platoons@ 4x 37mm MW A/T guns, 4 trucks or M3 H/T

3. Divisional Support

Up to:

    1 Scout Company:
      CHQ: 2 Carbine sqds, 5 Jeeps
      3 platoons@ 2x Jeep/MMG, 2x Jeep/.50", 2 Carbine sqds

    15 Transport Platoons@ 5 lorries

    3 Pioneer Companies@

      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle/pioneer sqds

    3 Engineer Companies@

      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds
      3 platoons@ 3(12 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 1 flamegun, 2 BAR, 1 bazooka
      1 platoon: 3 bulldozers

    2 Artillery Battalions@

      BHQ: 4 Carbine sqds, 6 OP teams, Jeeps
      3 batteries@ 4x 75mm M1A1, 5 Jeeps or trucks

    1 Artillery Battalion:

      BHQ: 6 Carbine sqds, 6 OP teams, 4 lorries
      3 batteries@ 4x 105mm M2A1, 4 trucks or M5 HST, radio truck

    1 AmTank Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 3x LVT-2
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 3x LVT(A)-l
        3 platoons@ 5x LVT(A)-l

    OR

    1 AmTank Battalion (from March 1944)

      Bttn HQ: 3x LVT(A)-2, 4x LVT-2
      4 Companies@
        CHQ: 3x LVT(A)-4, 2x LVT-2
        3 platoons@ 5x LVT(A)-l or LVT(A)-4

    3 AmTrac Battalions@

      Bttn HQ: 17x LVT-4
      2 Companies@ 51x LVT-4

4. Notes

    a) Radios are in all AFV and PHQs, possibly in all squads.
    b) Infantry have M9A1 rifle A/T grenades.
    c) The Division has 3 Regiments each of 3 battalions.
    d) Can use Corps support from List A21.
    e) Artillery OP can be in Corps level scout plane if successfully diced for.


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