Detailed organization of the Japanese army (infantry squad to division)

1.

class:

There are 13 people in each squad of the Japanese army, including the squad leader, 4 machine gun shooters and 8 riflesmen. There is a light machine gun, with four people (commander, shooter, and two ammunition-carrying deputy shooters). These four people are equipped with self-defense pistols and sometimes carry rifles in battle (except machine gun shooters); the remaining eight riflesmen each have a single-shot rifle. Among the specially strengthened troops, the strengthened squad will be equipped with an additional 50mm grenade launcher carried by two people.

2.

Squad:

A Japanese squad had three squads arranged above and a grenade squad equipped with three grenade trolleys, a total of 54 people.

3.

Squadron:

A standard 180-man infantry squadron of the Japanese army includes: a 19-man squadron unit: squadron leader, executive officer, 3 sergeants, 4 sanitation officers, officer orders, 8 telecommunications officers), and 3 squads of the aforementioned 54-man squad.

4.

Brigade:

A standard brigade of 1,100 people in the Japanese army consists of: a 30-person brigade, a 110-person transport squadron (carts and mules and horses). Some brigades merged their transport squadrons into the wing.

Four aforementioned infantry squadrons (some only have 3);

A 174-person machine gun squadron (14-person company, 3 machine gun platoons, 1 ammunition platoon), with 4 heavy machine guns per platoon, with a total of 12 (some companies only 8);

A 55-person gun platoon (1 10-person platoon, 1 15-person ammunition squad, and two 15-person gun squad each equipped with a 70mm Type 92 infantry cannon), and a very small army is equipped with a 122-person gun company (including a 27-person ammunition squad, and two 31-person gun platoons are equipped with 2 infantry cannons). Among these small number of gun companies, some of them are lucky enough to be assigned to 20mm anti-tank guns, and can be organized into 4 24-person platoons equipped with 2 anti-tank guns. In this case, the ammunition platoon must be expanded to 39 people.

5.

United:

A standard 3,800-man wing of the Japanese army included a 54-man command; a 121-man transport team (carts and mules and horses), carrying one-day supplies for the regiment headquarters and direct companies, as well as a field kitchen that may be equipped with divisions; an 81-man ammunition platoon carried one-day ammunition.

Three infantry brigades;

A 122-person artillery squadron, including a 25-person company, an observation squad, a 31-person ammunition squad, and three 31-person artillery platoons (each with 2 15-person artillery squad, equipped with 1 70mm 92 infantry artillery). A very small number of corps have a 364-person artillery brigade, two 170-person squadrons, and four guns each.

The anti-tank squadron of the wing has 122 people: a company with 20 people, an ammunition platoon of 21 people, and a 33-man gun platoon (each has two 37mm anti-tank guns).

The communications squadron has a telephone platoon (4 to 6 telephone shifts, 3 telephones per shift, one switch), and a radio platoon (5 to 8 radio stations). During the battle, the telephone and radio station are assigned to each brigade and each direct team.

The wing's health system is very weak. The wing has only 2 doctors and 2 health officers, the brigade has 3 doctors and four health officers, and the squadron has four health officers.

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division:
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