WWII
Finland Infantry Division

1939-40 Scandinavia

List FN1

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 4 rifle sqds
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 LMG
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG
    1 MG Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 3 MMG
    1 Support Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      1 platoon: 3 SMG sqds, 3 or 6x A/T rifles, 6lb demo charges, molotovs
      1 platoon: 2-3x 81mm M38 mortars, Obsolete FC
      1 platoon: 2x 3.7cm Bofors A/T guns, horse tows

Divisional Light Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 4 rifle or SMG sqds, cycles or skis
    3 Light Companies@
      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 LMG, cycles or skis
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, cycles or skis
    1 MG Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses
      3 platoons@ 3 MMG, horses

2. Regt Support

    Infantry Regiment HQ: 4 rifle sqds with up to:
    1 Battery: 4x76mmL16 M27, reindeer tows, Obsolete FC

3. Divisional Support

Up to:
    2 Engineer Companies@
      CHQ: 2 rifle/engineer sqds
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle/engineer sqds, molotovs, 0-1 flameguns
    2 Artillery Battalions@:
      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, horses, Obsolete FC
      3 batteries@ 4x 75mmL31 M22 Schneider, horses OR 3 batteries@ 4x 76mmL30 Putilov M02, horses
    1 Artillery Battalion:
      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, horses, Obsolete FC
      3 batteries@ 4x 105mm M37/10 or 155mm M1917 or 15cm Bofors M31, horse tows

3. Notes

    a) Radios are at RHQ and above, if at all.
    b) A/T rifle is wz35 or 20mm Lahti 39 or 20mm Solothorn.
    c) Ordinary infantry and Light infantry squads do not have A/T grenades or molotovs, only the specialist platoon in the battalion support company has these.
    d) One in three A/T platoons can replace 37mm Bofors with 25mm L73.
    e) Up to one in three LMGs can be replaced by BARs.
    f) The Light Infantry battalion can rearm all rifle sqds with SMG.
    g) Any horse tows can be replaced by reindeer tows!
    h) The division has 3 infantry regiments each of 2 battalions.


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