World War II Infantry Fire Support Tactics by Gordon L. Rottman

Author:Gordon L. Rottman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472815484
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

There was no company weapons platoon; supporting weapons were concentrated at first in the HQ company, and from May 1943 in a newly introduced battalion support company. The support company possessed a mortar platoon of three sections, each with 2x 3in (actually 3.2in/81mm) Mk II mortars transported at first in 15-cwt (¾-ton) light trucks and later in Universal carriers. Each section also possessed a Boys AT rifle for close defense. A mortar section was typically attached to three of the four rifle companies depending on mission priorities; the main attack company might have two mortar sections in support. The AT platoon had three sections each with 2x 6-pdr Mk II AT guns towed by tracked Loyd carriers; each section also had a Bren LMG and a 2in mortar. Prior to the introduction of the 6-pdr from late 1941 the platoon was armed with 2-pdr Mk IX AT guns introduced in 1938; it was late 1942 before the 2-pdrs were fully replaced. The support company also possessed a pioneer platoon for demolition and light construction work, plus a versatile carrier platoon with 13 full-tracked Universal (“Bren gun”) carriers; their armament included 13x Brens, 4x 2in mortars, and 4x PIATs.

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