Appendix F
Comparative Fire Power of the U.S. and German 1944-type Infantry Divisions
U.S. |
German 1944 |
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| Strength (officers and enlisted men) | 14,037 |
12,769 |
| Rifles-carbines | 11,507 |
9,069 |
| Pistols | 1,228 |
1,981 |
| Submachine guns | 295 |
1,503 |
| Light MG's and automatic rifles | 539 |
566 |
| Heavy MG's | 90 |
90 |
| 60-mm. mortars | 90 |
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| 81-mm. mortars | 54 |
48 |
| 120-mm. mortars | --- |
28 |
| Bazookas | 558* |
108† |
| Flame throwers | --- |
20 |
| U.S. .50-cal. MG's; German 20-mm. AA guns | 237 |
12 |
| 37-mm. AT guns | 13 |
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| 57-mm. AT guns | 57 |
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| 75-mm. AT guns | --- |
35 |
| 75-mm. infantry howitzers | --- |
18 |
| 105-mm. howitzers | 54‡ |
36 |
| U.S. 155-mm. howitzers; German 150-mm. howitzers | 12 |
18§ |
* Also had 2,131 rifle grenade launchers.
† Either bazookas or antitank rifles.
‡ Eighteen were found in the cannon companies of the infantry regiments.
§ Six were infantry howitzers, two in an infantry howitzer company assigned to each infantry regiment. Each howitzer company had, in addition, six 75-mm. howitzers.
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Last updated 2 March 2006 |