Army Organization, 1950
Squad - Infantry, 12 men: 10 riflemen and a 2-man BAR team
Platoon - made up of four squads: 48 men plus a platoon sergeant and a platoon leader, a second or first lieutenant
Company - Made up of three rifle platoons, and one weapons platoon. The weapons platoon was armed with three 60mm mortars and three light .30 caliber machine guns.
The company headquarters consisted of a company commander, captain, an executive officer, a first lieutenant, a first sergeant, a company clerk, a mess sergeant and 3 cooks, a supply sergeant and a corporal supply clerk. There is a motor sergeant and six driver/mechanics. All toger, 17 men.
Total men in a company table of organization: 217 men. As the Korean war progressed, the cooks, drivers and clerks became riflemen.
Battalion - The battalion consisted of three rifle companies, one weapons company, and a headquarters company.
The weapons company was commanded by a Captain. It was armed with 81mm mortars, .30 caliber heavy maching guns (water-cooled) and two 57mm recoilless rifles. The headquarters company was commanded by a captain with a first lieutenant executive officer.
Within the headquarters company the signal section, the I&R (intelligence and recognizance) Platoon, a motor section, and mess sergeant and cooks. The battalion was commanded by a lieutenant colonel, the executive officer was a major, the S-1 personnel, S-2, intelligence, S-3 operations, and S-4 logistics. All were majors.
Regiment - the regiment consisted of three battalions. The regiment is the oldest numbered unit in the army. Many date back to the REvolutionary WAr and the 27th, the Wolfhounds, is one of the oldest. It gained its name during its participation in the Allied intervention in the Russian civil war in 1919.
The regiment is the maneuver element of the division. The normal employment would be two regiments on line and one in reserve.
Division - Commanded by a major general. The division consisted of thre regiments.
Attachments - Within the Army were tanks and engineer outfits. Also, signal, quartermaster, ordinance, transportation, aviation MP and JAG units were in the division.
Corps - A corps is put together by the army. It can be as few as two divisions or as many as the army commander likes. Usually three to four divisions.
Army - An army consisted of several corps. (For example, the Eighth Army.)
Bibliography
The Battle for Pusan by Addison Terry
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