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Great job Chuck!!!

This is one of the actions. I was thinking too many half squads. The Platoon breaks down to 29 effectives. 12 in the M8 armored cars leaving 17 on the ground.

Please look at the website 14th Cavalry Group. Maps are laid out for the defensive actions on the first few days of the Bulge. So many support weapons to man per village defense.

The doctrine was they weren’t trained for infantry action. In a cavalry scouting action yes I can see that. I was thinking 546 deploy to two 236 which in turn can deploy to two 126 crews. The crews deployed is due to how many crew served support weapons they used in defensive positions.

So far I haven’t found a BAR in the squad. There a lot of MMGs along with one .50 cal HMG.

I was looking at the 14th Cavalry Group in the opening days of the bulge. First couple of days dismounted holding villages against high olds with pressure from the 3rd Fallschirmjager and 18th Volksgrenadier Divisions. A lot of MMGs dismounted from their jeeps.

The platoon was made up of 6 jeeps and 3 M8 armored cars. The half tracks were in Squadron HQ. 29 Soldiers in each platoon.

What do you think of dismounted being 5-4-6. Not issued a BAR so fire power is not on the level of regular infantry and no in-depth infantry training. The jeep crews could be half squads of the 5-4-6. Deploy and combine without a SMC due to training.

Do I have it wrong? Are you speaking about the scenario above? It’s from Burma.

When I was younger I never had a misfire on a Bangalore torpedo. The explosion went 2-3 feet deep in a V shape. The wire would open about 3 feet or so. If there were mines in the area I reasonably sure the would be removed in the very immediate area.

I would say the areas that the Australians tried to make a stand were more open village areas with vegetable gardens etc. I agree with the issue of mud and slopes for the logistics coming up the track from Port Moresby and the supplies coming up the north coast for the Japanese.

Heavy Jungle and hills. There are opportunities for a couple short HASLs. One of the nice things about the research is that Australians walk the trail and record it on YouTube. A Bastard of a Place has detailed hand drawn maps of where the battles took place with detailed explanations of the...

Keep the mud wet

That is a great subject. A really good book is A Bastard of a Place. The Australians have their archives online. There is a book from the Japanese perspective called The Path of Infinite Sorrow.

I would assume a lot of forehead smashing

Frontier battles of Barbarossa 1941. The largest tank battle The Battle of Brody.

Burma 1945 after the battles of Imphal and Kohima. The Commonwealth Forces are highly trained and mobile. It’s the reverse of 1942 where the Japanese held the advantage. Osprey Publishing has a nice reference book on it Meiktila 1945.

Really the battle of attu?

Possibly the British/Italians in East Africa?

I was thinking check The CARL for additional studies/papers. The Combined Arms Library at FT Leavenworth. The digital library