U.S. INFANTRY DIVISION, circa 15 July 1943

TOTAL AUTHORIZED STRENGTH, 14,253 officers
and men
DIVISION INFANTRY (3 Regiments), 9,354 officers and men
INFANTRY REGIMENT: One HEADQUARTERS COMPANY (108 officers and
men), three INFANTRY BATTALIONS (871 officers and men each), plus one SERVICE
COMPANY (114), CANNON COMPANY (118 officers and men, plus six 105mm towed
howitzers), and one ANTITANK COMPANY (165 officers and men, plus twelve
57mm antitank guns mine-laying equipment) make an INFANTRY REGIMENT.
INFANTRY BATTALION: One BATTALION HEADQUARTERS and HEADQUARTERS
COMPANY (126 officers and men, including an AMMUNITION AND PIONEER PLATOON,
one ANTITANK PLATOON with three 57mm antitank guns, and a COMMUNICATIONS
PLATOON), three RIFLE COMPANIES (193 officers and men each), one HEAVY
WEAPONS COMPANY (166 officers and men divided into a MORTAR PLATOON and
two MACHINE GUN PLATOONS), BATTALION TRAINS, and one BATTALION MEDICAL
SECTION make an INFANTRY BATTALION..
INFANTRY COMPANY: Three RIFLE PLATOONS, one WEAPONS PLATOON (consisting
of a MORTAR SECTION containing three 60mm mortars and a LIGHT MACHINE GUN
SECTION containing two .30-caliber machine guns), and three COMPANY AID
MEN make an INFANTRY COMPANY.
INFANTRY PLATOON: Three INFANTRY SQUADS make an INFANTRY PLATOON.
INFANTRY SQUAD: Ten RIFLEMEN (armed with M1 Garand rifles), one
BAR MAN, and one SNIPER (armed with a Model 1903 Springfield rifle) make
an INFANTRY SQUAD.
DIVISION ARTILLERY (2,160 officers and men
in one MEDIUM ARTILLERY BATTALION and three LIGHT ARTILLERY BATTALIONS)
MEDIUM ARTILLERY BATTALION: 519 officers and men in a HEADQUARTERS
AND HEADQUARTERS BATTERY (115 officers and men), one SERVICE BATTERY (77
officers and men), and three FIRING BATTERIES (four 155mm towed howitzers
and 109 officers and men each) make a MEDIUM ARTILLERY BATTALION.
LIGHT ARTILLERY BATTALION: 509 officers and men in a HEADQUARTERS
AND HEADQUARTERS BATTERY (132 officers and men), one SERVICE BATTERY (77
officers and men), and three FIRING BATTERIES (four 105mm towed howitzers
and 100 officers and men each) make a LIGHT ARTILLERY BATTALION.
OTHER DIVISION ELEMENTS: One MEDICAL BATTALION
(465 officers and men), one ENGINEER BATTALION (647 officers and men),
one SIGNAL COMPANY (236 officers and men), one RECONNAISSANCE TROOP (155
officers and men), one ORDNANCE MAINTENANCE COMPANY (147 officers and men),
one QUARTERMASTER COMPANY (193 officers and men, plus 48 2 ½ ton
trucks), the DIVISION BAND (58 officers and men), and one MILITARY POLICE
PLATOON (73 officers and men).
PRINCIPAL DIVISION EQUIPMENT
Rifles, .30-caliber -- 6,518
Automatic Rifles, .30-caliber -- 243
Machine Guns, .30-caliber -- 157
Machine Guns, .50-caliber -- 236
Mortars 60mm -- 90
Mortars 81mm -- 54
Bazookas -- 557
Antitank Guns 57mm -- 57
Howitzers 105mm -- 54
Howitzers 155mm -- 12
Vehicles All Types -- 2,012