In a US infantry battalion in WWII there were four "line" or "letter" companies, and a HQ company.
Every US regiment, Army and Marine, had three battalions. First battalion was always rifle companies A, B and C, and "Heavy Weapons" company D. Second battalion was always rifle companies E, F and G plus weapons company H. Third battalion was always rifle companies I, K and L and weapons company M. "J" was not used because it sounded too much like "K".
It depends upon what military you are talking about and what type of tank the battalion utilizes or is it diverse? For a light tank battalion the numbers will be greater than a Main Battle Tank battalion.
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No, battalion is a noun.
There were many units involved in the landing. Even an infantry division is composed of many small units such as signal corps companies etc. Infantry and armored Landing forces: 116th Regimental Combat Team(RCT) of the 29th Infantry Division 743rd Tank Battalion 16th RCT of the 1st Infantry Division 741st Tank Battalion Three companies of the 2nd Ranger Battalion were to take a fortified battery at Pointe du Hoc, followed by 5th Ranger Battalion. At H+195 minutes two further Regimental Combat Teams, the 115th RCT of the 29th Infantry Division and the 18th RCT of the 1st Infantry Division were to land, along with the 26th RCT of the 1st Infantry Division. These infantry units were supported by engineers and naval beach units.
It is done differently in different armies, but there are usually three or four companies in a battalion.
A standard CLONE battalion consists of around 720 soldiers, organized into four companies. Each company usually has around 160-200 troopers.
Typically a battalion is composed of several companies, batteries, or troops.
Israeli tank battalion consists of 3-4 companies. Each company had 3 platoons of 3 tanks each. Company HQ had 2 MBTs. So, there was depending on number of companies in the bn. 33 or 44 tanks.
several soldiers form a squad. several squads form a platoon. Several platoons form a company and several companies form a battalion.
The 100th Battalion(Seperate) was organized with Japanese-Americans during early part of WW2. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, there was a backlash against all Japanese living in US. In repsonse, a battalion of Nisei volunteers (second generation Japanese-Americans) was organized from units of the Hawaiian National Guard and designated the 100th Battalion (Seperate). This unit was sent to Camp Shelby, MS for training in 1942. There were many skeptics that did not think the Nisei would be remain loyal to America. All the officers were haole (Hawaiian for white). The 100th Battalion(Seperate) was merged with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team as the 1st Battalion. Organization of 442nd REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM 1st Battalion (100th Infantry Battalion) - Companies A, B, C, D 2nd Battalion - Companies E, F, G, H 3rd Battalion - Companies I, K, L, M 522 Field Artillery Battalion - 16 Mar 1945, reassigned to 7th Army 232 Combat Engineering Company Anti- Tank Company Cannon Company Service Company 206 Army Band
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While the size of units varies from service to service, country to county and the era, currently a typical Battalion consists of somewhere between 300 and 1500 men. It will usually contain 3 to 7 companies or batteries and be led by a Lt. Colonel.
The Mormon Battalion brought a few women along as laundresses and cooks. Many of these women were the wives of men in the battalion.
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It depends. There are 4 people in a team, 13 in a squad, about 42 in a platoon, 3 rifle platoons plus 1 weapons platoon plus HQ and support makes about 160-180 in a company. 3 rifle companies plus 1 weapons co. plus 1 HQ Co. make a battalion so 750-900 in a battalion. Sometimes less, sometimes more.
It depends upon what military you are talking about and what type of tank the battalion utilizes or is it diverse? For a light tank battalion the numbers will be greater than a Main Battle Tank battalion.