There are a couple of lines on Hyperwar; HyprWar: "Condition Red: Marine Defense Battalions in World War II" "8th Defense Battalion (April...
I recalled my sister has a copy of Lee's later autobiography "Tall, dark and gruesome", which includes the briefest of references to his time in...
HQ & HQ is shorthand for something such as 'Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company'. I think it might be shown these days as HHC (HQ &...
There were around ten different iterations of Shtat (table of organisation) for a Red Army Rifle Regiment issued between 1939 and 1945. The Red...
British and Canadian paratroops used an item called a Valise to carry weapons. There were types for rifles, Bren guns and Stens. It used the...
If you search for the "Catalog of Standard Ordnance Items, Volume 3" you can find the details for the M66 shell described above. "This projectile...
No it's a standalone document, available at multiple sites as a download, this being just one; German squad in combat, Special Series, no. 9. ::...
An Adjutant was normally an assistant to a Commanding officer. An Executive Officer in the US model was normally the second-in-command. The...
There some figures from the German view I've seen recently. They give the usual rounds per weapon figure then assign a 'rounds per minute' to...
I did include the details of the footnote from the table in FM 101-10 that detail the split of 40+96+96 across personnel and trains. I take your...
If you search for the PDF of US Army FM 7-10 (Rifle Company, Infantry Regiment), the March 1944 issue explains in detail the ammunition supply...
You have to bear in mind that ammunition wasn't held by just the fighting units. There was what was carried on men and vehicles, then Regimental...
Ammunition loads and allowances are something I've been trying to get to grips with of late, though information isn't terribly easy to come by. I...
I've been reminded recently of an old query I never got an answer to, so thought I'd ask in case anyone has a clue. About 20 years ago, I sent a...
Thanks Rich, good to see a number for it. I swapped a couple of emails with the tankdestroyer.net owner and he has a nice set of pics up there...
A question was posed on another forum re Towed TD units and how much ammunition was carried at Platoon level. Under the May43 T/O the Towed TD...
It was a trailer unit, see page 5 of the below linked manual; Materiel reference data for loading and stowing : United States. Marine Corps :...
I'd also recommend the Combined Arms Research Library - Obsolete Military Manuals Click on the Field Manual link and it should pull up around...
A bit of thread necromancy on my part, but I'm always intrigued by the different approach to medical provision at small unit level by various...
Outline organisation for T/O 9-65 of 15Sep43 HQ & HQ Co; 19 Offrs, 3 WOs, 143 EM Three Cos, each; 7 Offrs, 1 WO, 191 EM Att Med; 2 Offs, 8 EM Bn...