We often hear Japanese officers called "squadron captain", "battalion captain", "joint captain" or even "division captain" during the War of Resistance in film and television dramas. This is the same as the "battalion captain" and "regimental commander" we usually hear. The titles such as "chief" and "division commander" are different, so what was the organization of the Japanese army during World War II?
The Japanese Army’s organization is based on the old German Army, and ingeniously constructed the organization system of detachment, squadron, squadron, brigade, wing, brigade, division and regiment, from small to large:
class: 13 people per class, including the squad leader , 4 machine gunners and 8 riflemen. There is a light machine gun with four personnel. These four are equipped with pistols and sometimes carry rifles in battle; the remaining eight rifles each have a single-shot rifle.
team: A team has 54 people, including three squads and a grenadier squad equipped with three grenades. Z1z
Squadron: A standard infantry squadron has 180 men, with a 19-man squadron and 3 squadrons.
brigade: a standard brigade has about 1,000 people, including a 30-man brigade, a 110-man transportation squadron, 3 infantry squadrons, a 174-man machine gun squadron, a 55-man gun platoon, and very few troops are equipped with a 122 Human battery.
Wing: A standard Wing has about 3,800 personnel, including a 54-man command post; a 121-man transport team, an 81-man ammunition platoon, 3 infantry battalions, and a 122-man artillery squadron. A very small number of regiments have a 364-man artillery group
division: the basic tactical regiment of the Japanese army is the division, which is the highest-level fixed organization unit of the Japanese Army. The divisional units of the Japanese army mainly include: 3 infantry regiments, a field artillery regiment (with 2,322 men), a reconnaissance regiment (with 730 men), an engineer regiment (with 900-1,000 men), and a transportation regiment. In addition, the cavalry wing of the infantry division: 2 cavalry squadrons, each squadron has 123 horse rifles and 2 heavy machine guns.
