FM 30-102 ( Handbook on Aggressor Military Forces ) 1959

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40. Mechanized Rifle Regiment
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Figure 20. Mechanized rifle regiment, mechanized rifle division.
The principal, units of the mechanized rifle regiment are-
a. Headquarters Company. The company has a chemical squad.
b. Three Mechanized Rifle Battalions (par. 41).
c. Medium Tank Battalion. This battalion consists of a headquarters
and service company, two medium tank companies, and
a self-propelled gun company. Each tank company has 3 tank platoons
with 5 medium tanks in each platoon and 1 medium tank in
the company headquarters. The battalion headquarters has two
medium tanks. The self-propelled gun company has two platoons
with five 120-mm self-propelled guns in each platoon and one in
company headquarters.
d. Regimental Artillery. Regimental artillery consists of a
headquarters battery, a SPAT battery with six 80-mm guns, a
mortar battery with six 120-mm mortars, and an antiaircraft artillery
battalion consisting of a headquarters platoon, one battery
of six 55-mm guns and one 15-mm dual machinegun and another
battery of six 15-mm (quad) machineguns.
e. The Signal Company. This company provides the communications
facilities for the regiment.
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