On the other hand AlaskanWarrior did. I hope he got some credit from somebody somewhere for his legitimate contribution to understanding the US Army's actual TOE, rather than whatever is being depicted in this game.
Here are some modifications for the US Infantry Divisions I would like to submit:
WWII Infantry Divisions and Regimental Combat Teams:
Several things need to be included in the US Army formations. First, several new unit types need to be added (*). Second, there were no 75 or 76 mm ATG organic to the division. Third, the 4.2 inch mortar was not organic to the Division. Create separate Chemical Mortar BN’s instead. Make another entry for the 57mm with no upgrade path. Looking at the TOE in game terms for the platoon level up as follows:
Platoon:
3 x USA Rifle Squads
Company:
3 x Platoons
2 x Weapons Squads*
3x 60mm Mortars*
Battalion:
3 x Companies
1 AT Platoon
3 x 37mm ATG (1941)
3 x 57mm ATG (November 1942)
6 x 81mm Mortars
1 USA Engineer Squad
Regiment:
3 Battalions
1 Cannon Co
6 x 75mm How (1941)
6 x 105 How (7/42)
1 AT Company
12 x 37mm ATG
12 x 57mm ATG
Division:
Self Defense Platoon
3 x USA Rifle Squad
3 x Regiments
1 x Engineer BN
27x USA Engineer
6 x Engineer Vehicle
1 x Recon Troop
9 x M8 Armored Car
3 x USA Rifle Squad
1 x 81mm Mortar
3 x 105 How Battalions
12 x 105 How
1 x 155 How BN
12 x 155mm How
Div Totals:
249 USA Rifle Squads – Upgrade path okay
54 USA Weapons Squads – No upgrade path
36 USA Engineer Squads – Upgrade path okay
72 0.50 Browning AAMG
90 60mm Mortars
55 81mm Mortars
63 ATG (37mm then upgrade to 57mm - although Forty mentions that the 37mm was in service in for much of the war in the Pacific)
18 75mm GMC Halftrack (until early 1943)
36 + 18 105mm Howitzer (July 1942 add 18 regimental pieces)
12 155mm Howitzer
9 M8 Armored Cars
650 Support
Regimental Combat Team:
82 USA Rifle Squads
18 USA Weapons Squads
12 USA Engineer Squads
24 0.050 Browning AAMG
27 60mm Mortars
18 81mm Mortars
21 37mm ATG – Upgrades to 57mm ATG
6 75mm GMC Halftrack – Upgrades to 105mm Howitzer
12 105mm howitzer
3 M8
200 Support
* No 155mm Howitzers
** No 4.2 inch Mortars
Unit Specs:
Name: 60mm Mortar USA Weapon Squad M8 Armored Car
Type: 19-Army Weapon 23-Squad 22-AFV
Range: 2 0 1
Accuracy: 8 0 9
Effect: 3 0 2
Ceiling: 0 0 0
Armor 0 0 20
Penetration: 5 0 70
Dud Rate: 0 0 0
Anti-Armor: 10 25 78
Anti-Soft: 10 40 28
Load Cost: 2 9 10
Available: 4112 4112 4112
Upgrade: Same Same Same
Build rate: 20 25 30
. 50 cal Browning - The Division had over 236 of these weapons authorized, many of them mounted on AA rings on trucks.
The 60mm mortar is a crucial firepower unit of the Company.
The USA Weapon Squad represents the organic 0.50 M2 MG and the 0.30 M1919 MG found in the weapons platoon of the company.
The M8 was the standard US armored car.
Sources include:
Forty, George
1996 US Army Handbook 1939-1940.
US Army
1944 Catalogue of Standard Ordinance Items, Vols. I-III. US Army Ordinance Technical Division
Wilson, John B.
1998 Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades, Army Lineage Series
Arguments about naming conventions and OOB seem way more important here than accurate depictions of land weapons and TOE.
I kind of wonder how the land combat model would behave if TOE's and land weapons were actually accurately edited in. When the Japanese had their early dustup with the Soviets at Nomonhan they learned that Soviet artillery could throw as much lead in a day as they could throw in a week.
TOAW doesn't seem popular on this board, but you would think there are enough Steel Panthers types around to help out.
