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The M2 50 caliber machinegun - Printable Version +- Forums (https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards) +-- Forum: The Firing Line (https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards/forumdisplay.php?fid=1) +--- Forum: Tiller Operational Campaigns (https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards/forumdisplay.php?fid=11) +--- Thread: The M2 50 caliber machinegun (/showthread.php?tid=42698) Pages:
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RE: The M2 50 caliber machinegun - Al - 10-17-2007 Interesting topic that inspired me to see what numbers I could come up with. My sources were "US Army Infantry Divisions 1942-43" & it's companion volume "US Army Infantry Divisions 1944-45". Both are by John Sayen and are part of Osprey's excellent Battle orders series. 1941 division - 113 1942 division - 156 1943 division - 141 (March) 1943 division - 236 (July - basically the 'final' organization of the war) In the July '43 Division the vast majority of the M2 .50 cals were in the 3 infantry regiments which had 35 each and in the Divisional artillery which had 89 total! So, you can see that although the infantry division had a lot of these powerful weapons fully 37% were with the artillery & not with the 'front line' infantry regiments. Additionally, if one just counts the .50 cal's that were with the combat units (infantry, recon & engineer) & not with the various support units I come up with 120 .50 cal's or roughly 50% of the total contained within the division. Something to consider as to what the units on the map actually represent. |
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