I note on page 93 the US armored platoon, squads 1 and 2, each have a junior leader and a team of 11 men. I take it this can activate on a '2' as a squad but should the Leader be killed they count as a team and can only be activated thus?
1 x M3A1, Driver. 2 x LMG teams each Squad Leader, 4-men (carbines/M1),1x.30 cal M1919A4.? These have vehicle mount for 1 LMG on each side plus carry a tripod for use off of the half-track.
1xMortar squad:
1xM3 half-track, Driver. Mortar Squad 1xSL, Gunner, Loader, 6xAmmunition bearers (carbines), 1x60mm mortar (to be fired when out of the half-track)
AT Platoon
HQ:
1 x jeep, 1 x M3A1 Half-track, 1 x PLT HQ (carbines), 2 drivers
3 x GUN Sections
Each 1xM3A1 half-track, driver, Squad leader, Gunner, 2 loaders, 5 x ammunition handlers (carbines/M1), 1 x 57mm anti-tank gun.
NOTES:
1.? Half-track drivers are armed with a SMG (M3 or M3A1, or Thompson)
2.? Each half-track has a bazooka and five rockets.
4.? Infantry squads not issued BAR (but if one was laying around...)
5.? The above is full strength.? U.S. Army armored infantry suffered heavier casualties than leg infantry and were almost always short men.? Squads could be 4-6 men plus a vehicle driver (or less or more).? Several battalions "lost" their 57mm guns and converted the crews to infantry.
NOTE: deployment of the AT platoon could be as a unit or one gun could be attached to each infantry platoon.? 1943 TO&E.
On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 at 13:55, martyn simpson via groups.io
<martynsimpson@...> wrote:
I note on page 93 the US armored platoon, squads 1 and 2, each have a junior leader and a team of 11 men. I take it this can activate on a '2' as a squad but should the Leader be killed they count as a team and can only be activated thus?
Teams would be anything that is not in the TO&E that has been attached. For example the base German squad does not have any MG's where the US has BAR's and the British have Bren Guns.
martyn simpson
Michael Reese