dog of war Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 how many battalions in a division us ,british, german 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Salt Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Originally posted by dog of war: how many battalions in a division us ,british, german Half a dozen to a dozen or more. All the best, John. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Dog -- As John intimates briefly, the number of battalions in a division varies considerably, even within a single nationality's armed forces, depending on division type and date. There are entire books out there, cataloging the structure of divisions over the course of the war. Also be aware that not all forces within a division are organized into Battalions; you can have independent companies and the like within the division structure as well. Also, the answer depends partially an whether you mean just forward line rifle battalions (which is the type you mostly see in CM games, or all battalions within the division -- there are Artillery Battalions, Signals Battalions etc. as well. . . Here's one website, to get you started, with good, linked organizational tables for a more-or-less typical US WWII infantry division, the US Army 100th Division: US 100th Division Website There are some organizational tables for German and British Divisions out there on the web as well, but I don't have the links immediately handy; I'm sure some Googling will turn them up. Happy Grogging! Cheers, YD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMac Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 A brief discription of a normal Combat Field Infantry Division TO&E for most major nationalites are as follows. - 9 Inf battalions ( 3 Inf regiments ) - 1 Recon battalion - 1 Engineer battalion - 1 AT battalion - 1 AA battalion - 1 Artillery regiment Joe [ July 18, 2006, 08:29 PM: Message edited by: JoMc67 ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoat Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 A suffusion of yellow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 16!!!! No, wait... that's Popes in a Volkswagon. Sorry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Originally posted by JoMc67: Some Divisions if understrenght especially later war German would only have 6 combat Infantry battalions.Mr. Picky would like to point out that those divisions were not understrength, but on a different TO&E. All the best Andreas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 As well, the 6 battalion divisions could be organized into either 2 regiments of 3 battalions, or 3 regiments of 2 battalions. There are pros and cons to each arrangement. Regards, Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Canada - Infantry Division 9 Infantry Battalions (Rifle) 1 Infantry Battalion (Machine Gun) Armoured Division (NW Europe) 1 Armoured Reconaissance Regiment (equipped as Armoured Regiment) 3 Armoured Regiment 1 Infantry Battalion (Motor) 3 Infantry Battalion (Rifle) In Italy from summer 1944 to early 1945 1 Armoured Reconaissance Regiment (equipped as Armoured Regiment) 3 Armoured Regiment 6 Infantry Battalion (Rifle) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Michael Dorosh, OT, but since you're here, did you ever write an AAR for Fire on the Mountain for ROW II? If yes, please go to one of several ROW AAR threads on this board and tell us how we can read it. Also, did you ever get to see the Canadian military archive site I posted for you? Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Originally posted by JoMc67: A brief discription of a normal combat field Infantry Division TO&E for most major nationalites are as follows. - 9 Inf battalions ( 3 Inf regiments ) - 1 Engineer battalion - 1 AT battalion - 1 AA battalion - 1 Artillery regiment Joe Plus the divisional recon battallion. Cheers Dandelion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Plus the divisional replacement battalion. Minus one regiment if Jäger or Gebirgsjäger division. Minus one regiment, and each of the two remaining regiments (post 1939) minus one battalion if motorisierte Infanterie or Panzerdivision. Etc.pp. Minus most of the list if a British division at Waterloo. All the best Andreas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Originally posted by John Kettler: Michael Dorosh, OT, but since you're here, did you ever write an AAR for Fire on the Mountain for ROW II? How many years ago was that? I'm sure I wrote some top quality term papers in University, too, but I'm ****ed if I have any idea how anyone would find them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: I'm ****ed if I have any idea how anyone would find them. That's probably you best chance this year! Quick, find them! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCHRD Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Mot Inf/PzGren divs had 3 battalions in each of two regiments, not two. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Quite right. All the best Andreas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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