The purpose of this thread is to answer questions raised in the thread "Marines Green Side Out Lotsa photos" without hijacking Tim's (pangaloss) thread. I know this sounds stupid, but I don't know/haven't tried to post photos on the forum. Any photos I've posted in the past were links to photo sharing sites I am a member of. I will endeavor to read the tutorials and get some pictures up here on this thread.
I said I had close to an Infantry Company. I have three platoons, a Head Quarters Section, Machine Gun and Mortar sections from weapons platoon and a number of attached troops. I have the figures to complete the company but lack certain hard to find parts to finish it out. I'll give a short historical overview, what I have and what I need to complete. Hopefully, I can figure out the picture posting thing and will post some pics to illustrate. Here goes.
The initial series "D" TO&E Infantry Company was similar to the Army's organization but the Marine Corps changed it several times during the war to make it more effective. I'm not that knowledgeable about U.S. Army WWII Company level organizational structure but I am very familiar with the Army's squad and platoon structure. (perhaps some of our duty experts here can step in and help us out here)
The series "D" TO&E had a company strength of 6 officers and 177 men. This is the structure the 1st and 2d MarDivs used during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
The Marine Corps decided, based on their combat experience, that the current unit structure did not allow for adequate command and control, and needed to be optimized for more flexability and firepower, to meet the requirements of jungle combat and forceable landings. They authorized and reorganized to the series "E" TO&E in April of 1943. This is the structure for Bougainville, Tarawa, New Georgia and some of the units in the Marshalls.
My first platoon is built to this structure with 12 man rifle squads. I'll try and get a picture up before I go further so I can illustrate what I'm writing.
carentan88 wrote: Whoa! A full company of Marines in 1/6th? Holy Toledo that must be something to see. Are they all WWII era? My compliments to you, sir!
Glidah Drivah wrote: A whole company!! Weren't USMC companies larger than those of the Army at the time, something around the order of 200-240 men!!!
I said I had close to an Infantry Company. I have three platoons, a Head Quarters Section, Machine Gun and Mortar sections from weapons platoon and a number of attached troops. I have the figures to complete the company but lack certain hard to find parts to finish it out. I'll give a short historical overview, what I have and what I need to complete. Hopefully, I can figure out the picture posting thing and will post some pics to illustrate. Here goes.
The initial series "D" TO&E Infantry Company was similar to the Army's organization but the Marine Corps changed it several times during the war to make it more effective. I'm not that knowledgeable about U.S. Army WWII Company level organizational structure but I am very familiar with the Army's squad and platoon structure. (perhaps some of our duty experts here can step in and help us out here)
The series "D" TO&E had a company strength of 6 officers and 177 men. This is the structure the 1st and 2d MarDivs used during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
The Marine Corps decided, based on their combat experience, that the current unit structure did not allow for adequate command and control, and needed to be optimized for more flexability and firepower, to meet the requirements of jungle combat and forceable landings. They authorized and reorganized to the series "E" TO&E in April of 1943. This is the structure for Bougainville, Tarawa, New Georgia and some of the units in the Marshalls.
My first platoon is built to this structure with 12 man rifle squads. I'll try and get a picture up before I go further so I can illustrate what I'm writing.