WWII
1st American-Canadian
Special Service Force

mid 1943-Nov 1944, All Theaters

List A36

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Special Service Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2(12 man) rifle/SMG sqds
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2(7 man) rifle/SMG sqds
      3 platoons@ 2(12 man) rifle sqds, 4 LMG, 2x 60mm, 2x bazooka, 1 flamegun

    1 Recce Section: 1(5 man) SMG sqd, 1 LMG

2. Regiment Support

Infantry Regiment HQ: 2(12 man) rifle sqds

3. Brigade Support

Special Service Brigade

    HQ: 5 rifle/SMG sqds, Air Liaison Team with:
    1 Gun Company: 4x M3 GMC halftrack -(1944+) CT3
    1 A/T Platoon: 4x 57mm M1, 5 Jeeps
    1 AA Battery: 8x .50" AAHMG
    1 Attached Parachute Artillery Battalion:
      BHQ: 4 Carbine sqds, 6 OP teams, 1-20 Jeeps

    3 batteries@ 4x 75mm MW pack howitzers, 5 Jeeps
    1 Flight: 5x L-5 Scout planes

4. Notes

    a) Radios are in all squads.
    b) Infantry have M9A1 rifle A/T grenades.
    c) The Brigade has 3 Regiments each of 2 Battalions.
    d) The Brigade served in the Aleutian Islands in 1943 and in Italy in 1944 , then in S. France until Nov'44.
    e) Supply services include pack mules.
    f) 24% of the manpower is Canadian. All are commando, parachute, ski, mountain warfare and engineer trained.
    g) The LMG are .30" Johnson M1941 and Browning M1919A4.


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