WWII
American Marine Corps Support

1943 Pacific

List A20

by Mark Bevis

1. Corps Support

Up to:

    4 Naval artillery batteries@ 3x 14" or 2x 16" guns OR 3 batteries@ 3x 16" guns
    3 Naval Artillery Batteries@ 3x 8" guns
    10 Naval Artillery Batteries@ 3x 6" guns
    12 Naval Artillery Batteries@ 4-5x 5" guns
    Landing craft: 200x LCVP or 50x LCI(L) or any combination in ratio 1:4, 50x LCM-3, 16x LCT-5, 4x LST, 4x LCI(G), 4x APD
    3 Tank Destroyer Companies@
      CHQ: 2x MW S/C, 3 Jeeps, 9 bazookas, 3 Carbine sqds
      3 platoons@
        PHQ: 1x M3 H/T, 5 Jeeps, 2 Carbine sqds
        2 sections@ 2x M3 GMC halftracks

    3 Tank Destroyer Companies@

      CHQ: 2x M3 H/T, 3 Jeeps, 9 bazookas, 3 Carbine sqds
      3 platoons@
        PHQ: 2x M3 H/T, 1 Carbine sqd, 2 bazookas
        2 sections@ 2x M10 Wolverine

    1 Mortar Battalion:

      BHQ: 4 Carbine sqds, 3 lorries
      3 batteries@ 4x 4.2" mortars, 4 trucks, 1 radio truck

    10 Coast Watcher teams@ 2(2 man) SMG sections, long range radio
    1 Coast Watcher Patrol: 1x 10t boat+ .50" HMG, 1 SMG sqd
    3 South Pacific Native Scout Companies@

      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 BAR?

    3 Soloman Islands Defence Force Companies@

      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, machetes

    3 Tongan Companies@

      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 BAR?

    2 Artillery Battalions@

      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 6 lorries
      3 batteries@ 4x 105mm M2A1, 4x M5 HST, radio truck

    4 Artillery Battalions@

      BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, 8 lorries
      3 batteries@ 4x 155mm M1918, 4x M5 HST, radio van

    6 Seebee Companies@

      CHQ: 2 Carbine sqds
      4 platoons@ 5 pioneer sqds, bulldozers, dump truck, rollers, graders

    10 Joint Service AOP teams@ Air Liaison/OP team, 1 Jeep (mid'43+)
    8 Flights@ 5x SB2C-1 Helldiver or SBD-5A Dauntless divebombers
    18 Flights@ 5x F6F-3 Hellcat fighters
    3 Flights@ 5x TBM-1c Avenger torpedo bombers
    18 Recce Sections@ 1x OY-1 Sentinel scout plane

    4 Coast Defence Battalions

      Bttn HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 6 trucks, 1 towed air search radar, searchlights
      1 AA Company:
        CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 4 lorries
        3-4 platoons@ 4x 90mm M1 AA, 4x M4 HST

      1 Artillery Group:
        BHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 lorries
        2-3 batteries@ 4x 155mm M2 Long Tom, 4x M4 HST, radio van

      1 AA Company:
        CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
        3 platoons@ 4x 40mm Bofors

      plus up to any 3 of the following:

        0-1 AA Company:
          CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
          3 platoons@ 3x 20mm Oerlikon, 3 trucks

        0-1 MG Company:
          CHQ: 2 rifle sqds
          3 platoons@ 6 MMG

        0-1 Tank Platoon: 5x MW Stuart
        0-1 AA Company:
          CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
          3 platoons@ 6x .50" AAHMG

        0-1 Battery: 6x 75mm MlAl pack howitzers, 7 trucks or mules
        0-1 Marine Company:
          CHQ: 2 Carbine sqds
          3 platoons@ 1(7 man) carbine PHQ sqd and 3(12 man) rifle/sniper sqds

    4 Marine Paratroop Battalions

      Bttn HQ: 2 rifle/SMG sqds, 1 bazooka
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 1 rifle/SMG sqd
        2 platoons@ 4 rifle/SMG sqds, 3 LMG or BAR, 1 bazooka
        1 Platoon: 4 rifle/engineer sqds, 2 BAR, 1 bazooka

    4 Marine Raider Battalions

      Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 bazooka
      4 Companies@
        CHQ: 2 Carbine sqds, 1 bazooka, dingies
        3 platoons@ 4(12 man) rifle sqds, 6-9 BAR, 1 bazooka, 1 pump-action shotgun, dingies
        1 platoon: 3x 60mm mortars, dingies

      1 Support Company:

        CHQ: 2 Carbine sqds, 1 bazooka, dingies
        1 battery: 6x 60mm mortars
        2 platoons@ 3 MMG
        1 platoon: 4 rifle/engineer sqds, 1 flamegun, chainsaws, molotovs, demo charges

    1 Marine Armoured Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 1x MW Sherman, 2 Jeeps
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 2x M4A1, 1x M4A1/dozer
          3 platoons@ 4x M4A1, 1x M4A1/dozer

        1 Recce Company:
          CHQ: 2x MW White S/C, 1 Carbine sqd
          3 platoons@ 4 sections@ 2x Jeep/.50" or MMG, 1 Carbine sqd

2. Notes

    a) Radios are in all AFV and PHQs. Infantry have M9A1 rifle A/T grenades. No HEAT or APCR available.
    b) All naval fire support is pre-planned only, unless AOP team used.
    c) The Joint Service AOP teams can call air and artillery support from all Army, Navy and USMC sources.


Back to MicroMark WWII American List of TO&Es
Back to MicroMark WWII National List of TO&Es
Back to MicroMark Period List of TO&Es
Back to Master Magazine List
© Copyright 1996-2001 by Mark Bevis and MicroMark.
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