WWII
American Marine Brigade

1941, Pacific, Iceland

List A34

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Bttn HQ: 3 rifle sqds
3 Companies@

    CHQ: 2 rifle sqds
    3 platoons@ 1(7 man) rifle PHQ sqd 4(12 man) rifle sqds, 3 BAR
    1 platoon: 3 MMG, 3x 60mm mortars

1 Support Company:

    CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
    1 platoon: 4x 20mm Madsen AA, 4 trucks
    1 battery: 6x 81mm mortars
    3 platoons@ 4 MMG

2. Regiment Support

Marine Regiment

    HQ: 4 rifle sqds with:
    1 Weapons Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      1 platoon: 4x M3 GMC halftracks
      3 platoons@ 4x 20mm Madsen AA or 37mm M3A1 A/T guns, 4 trucks

3. Brigade Support

Brigade HQ: 8 rifle sqds, 6 lorries with:
1 Artillery Battalion:

    BHQ: 4 rifle sqds, 6 trucks, Assigned FC
    3 batteries@ 4x 75mm MlAl, 4 trucks, radio truck

1 Tank Company:

    CHQ: 2x M2A4
    3 platoons@ 5x M2A4

1 Engineer Company:

    CHQ: 2 rifle sqds
    2 platoons@ 4 rifle/engineer sqds, 2 BAR

1 Recce Platoon: 4x M3A1 White S/C, 2 rifle/SMG sqds
3 AA Batteries@ 6x 3"L21 fixed AA guns

1 AA Company:

    CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
    4 platoons@ 4x .50" AAHMG

1 MG Company:

    CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
    3 platoons@ 6 MMG

4. Notes

    a) Radios are in all AFV and CHQs.
    b) Infantry have no A/T grenades.
    c) The Brigade has 1 Marine Regiment of 3 Battalions.
    d) one such Brigade occupied Iceland in June 1941.


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