WWII Romainian
Corps and Army Support

1939-1944 East Europe

List RM3A

by Mark Bevis

Corps Support

Up to:

2 MG Companies@

    CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses (not 1944)
    4 platoons@ 4 MMG, horses

1 MG Company:

    CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses (not 1944)
    4 platoons@ 3 LMG, horses

1 AA Company:

    CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses (not 1944)
    3 platoons@ 4 AAMG, pack horses

1 Artillery Battalion:

    BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, 6 lorries, Obsolete FC
    3 batteries@ 4x 150mm Skoda M15, 4 lorries

1 Artillery Battalion:

    BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, 6 lorries, Obsolete FC
    3 batteries@ 4x 105mm Schneider or 105mm M39 Skoda, 4 lorries or Praga T-VI tractors

3 Assault Pioneer Companies@

    CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 lorry
    3 platoons@ 4 rifle/engineer sqds, 2 LMG, 2 flameguns, 2 lorries

2 Recce Troops@

    THQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses (not 1944)
    3 platoons@ 3 rifle sqds, 6 LMG, horses

    0-1 Recce Platoon: 3x OA vz30 armoured cars (1939-1940 only)

1 Recce-Bomber Squadron: 9?x IAR-39 planes (1943+)

2 Recce Troops@

    THQ: 2x Sdkfz 250, 2 M/C, 1 rifle sqd (October 1943+)
    2 platoons@ 3x Sdkfz 250, 3 LMG, 1 rifle/SMG sqd

1 AA Platoon: 8 AAMG, 4 trucks

2. Army Support

Up to:

2+ Artillery Battalions@

    BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, horses, Obsolete FC
    3 batteries@ 4x 149mmL27 Skoda M33 or 145mmL51 St Chamond guns, horses

1 Artillery Battalion:

    BHQ: 10 rifle sqds, horses
    3 batteries@ 4x 220mm howitzers or 149mmL46 M28 Skoda guns, static, pre-planned fire only

    0-1 Artillery Battery: 4x 340mm mortars, static, pre-planned fire only

3 A/T Batteries@ 6x 47/32 M35, 6x Renault UE or field cars (1939-1943)

6 A/T Batteries@ 6x 75mm PAk40 or 75mm Resita M43, 6x Steyr RSO/01 tractors (1944+)

1 Paratroop Battalion (1942-1944)

    Bttn HQ: 2 SMG sqds
    2 Companies@
      CHQ: 1 SMG sqd
      3 platoons@ 3 rifle/SMG sqds
      1 platoon: 4x ZB53 MMG teams
      1 platoon: 2?x 60mm M35 mortars
      1 platoon: 3 rifle/SMG/engineer sqds, 3 flameguns, 3 LMG

    1 Support Company:

      CHQ: 1 SMG/rifle sqd
      1 platoon: 4x 47/32 M35 A/T guns
      1 battery: 4x 81mm Brandt mortars, Assigned FC

    1 Recce Platoon: 4 rifle/SMG sqds, motorycles

25th and 26th Indepedent Ski Battalions

    Bttn HQ: 4 rifle/SMG sqds, skis
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2 rifle/SMG sqds, skis
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqd, 4 LMG, skis
      1 platoon: 2x 60mm M35 mortars, skis

    1 Support Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, skis
      3 platoons@ 4 MMG, pack mules

2 Transport Squadrons@ #x Ju-52 (1942-1945)
2 Transport Squadrons@ 13+x DFS-230 gliders, IAR-39 tows

6 AA Batteries@ 4 or 6x 75mm Vickers or 76.5mm vz33, horses
12 AA Batteries@ 4 or 6x 37mm Flak36, horses
18 AA Batteries@ 6x 8.8cm Flak18, static home defence (1941+)
36 AA Batteries@ 6x 2cm Flak30, static home defence (1941+)

3. Notes

    a) Few radios available.
    b) Infantry have any German A/T grenade in 1943, Panzerfaust 30 in 1944.
    c) There is also a Marine Regiment of 3 Marine Battalions, 4 Mobile Coastal Artillery Batteries, and a patrol boat section.


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