WWII
American Armored Division

Nov. 1942-Jul 1943, N. Africa, Sicily

List A9

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

    Medium Tank Battalion
      Bttn HQ: 2x Tanks, 1x M2 H/T, 4 Jeeps
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 2x Tanks
        3 platoons@ 5x Tanks

      1 Mortar Battery: 3x M4A1 H/T, 1x M2 H/T
      1 Gun Platoon: 3x T-30 GMC H/T, 1x M2 H/T
      1 Recce Platoon: 1x M3 H/T, 5x Jeep/.50", 1 Carbine sqd

      Tank is (D6): 1-3: M3 or M3A3 Lee, 4-5: M4A1 Sherman, 6 : M4A3 Sherman

    Light Tank Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 2x Stuart, 1x M2 H/T, 4 Jeeps
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 2x Stuart
        3 platoons@ 5x Stuart

      1 Mortar Battery: 3x M4A1 H/T, 1x M2 H/T
      1 Gun Platoon: 3x T-30 GMC, 1x M2 H/T
      1 Recce Platoon: 1x M3 H/T, 5x Jeep/.50", 1 Carbine sqd

      Stuart is (D6): 1-4: MW 5 : MW or M3A3 6 : M5A1

    Armoured Infantry Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 2x M2 H/T, 2 rifle sqds
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 2x M2 H/T, 2 rifle sqds, 1x 37mm M3A1, 2 Jeeps, 1x M6 GMC
        3 platoons@
          2x M2 H/T, 2 rifle sqds, 2 BAR, 2 bazookas
          1x M2 H/T, 1x 60mm mortar, 4 crew
          1x M2 H/T, 2 MMG, 6 crew with carbines
          1x M2 H/T, 1x 37mm M3A1, 1 rifle sqd as crew

      1 Recce Platoon: 1x M3 H/T, 5x Jeep/.50"
      1 Mortar Battery: 3x MW H/T, 1x M2 H/T
      1 MG Platoon: 3x M2 H/T, 6 MMG, 3x .50" teams

    Divisional Recce Squadron

      SHQ (Bttn HQ): 3x MW S/C, 3 Jeeps, 3 Carbine sqds
      3 Troops@
        THQ: 1x MW S/C, 3x M6 GMC
        3 platoons@
          1 section: 6x Jeep/.50"
          1 section: 3x MW S/C, 1x 37mm M3A1,
          3(6 man) rifle sqds, 2 bazookas

      1 Support Troop:

        THQ: 2x M2 H/T, 1 rifle sqd
        3 sections@ 3x T-30 GMC, 1x M2 H/T

2. Regiment Support

    Tank Regiment HQ: 3x Tanks, 3x Stuart
    Armoured Infantry Regiment HQ; 2x M3 H/T, 1 lorry, 3 rifle sqds

3. Divisional Support

    Up to:

    3 AA Companies@ (1943 only)

      CHQ: 2x M3 H/T, 1 rifle sqd
      4 platoons@ 4x M13 or M15 or M15 Special

    3 Tank Destroyer Companies@

      CHQ: 2x MW S/C, 3 Jeeps, 3 Carbine sqds, 9 bazookas
      3 platoons@
        PHQ: 1x MW S/C, 5 Jeeps, 1 truck, 2 Carbine sqds
        2 sections@ 2x 75mm M3 GMC or M10 Wolverine
        1 section: 2x M15 (1942 only)

    1 Tank Destroyer Battalion Recce Company:

      CHQ: 2x MW S/C, 2 Jeeps, 2 Carbine sqds, 21 bazookas
      3 platoons@ 2x MW S/C, 4 Jeeps/MMG, 2 Carbine sqds
      1 platoon;
        PHQ: 1x MW S/C, 1(6 man) rifle/engineer sqd
        2 sections@ 1(12 man) rifle/engineer sqd, 1x MW S/C, 1 truck

    3 Artillery Battalions@

      BHQ: 2x M3 H/T, 4 rifle sqds, 2 lorries, 3 OP teams
      3 batteries@ 6x T-19 GMC or M7 Priest, 1x M3 H/T

    3 Armoured Engineer Companies@

      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2x M2 H/T
      3 platoons@ 4x M2 H/T, 4 rifle/engineer sqds, 2 BAR, 1 bazooka

4. Notes

a) Radios are in all AFV and other PHQs.
b) Infantry have M9A1 rifle A/T grenades.
c) Artillery OP can be in Jeep, M3 Lee or L4 Scout plane.
d) 37mm has APCBC with 1 load of canister. Tank mounted 75mm guns fire AP with 1 load of APCBC. No APCR or HEAT rounds available.
e) The Division has 2 Tank Regiments each of 2 Medium and 1 Light Tank Battalions, and 1 Armoured Infantry Regiment of 3 battalions.
f) From June 1943 Stuart can be M3A3 variant.
g) In 1943 any M2 halftrack can be replaced by M3 variant.
h) Tank Destroyers can only be M10 on roll of 6 on D6 in a maximum of 3 platoons only. The CHQ bazookas are normally allocated out to the platoons.


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