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According to "Osprey Publishing UK - Men-at-Arms 362 - 2002 - The Japanese Army, 1931-1942, Part 1 - ISBN 1841763535 - 48s"
"The Japanese Imperial Army's infantry divisions fell into three basic categories designated Types A, B and C. of which Type A was 'strengthened'. Type B was the 'standard' and Type C was 'special'.
The Type B division, adopted as the norm, had three infantry regiments; one each engineer, field artillery, and transport regiments, and a battalion-sized reconnaissance unit; and smaller units of die support branches - signals, medical, ordnance, veterinary, water purification, chemical (anti-gas), etc. There were variations: some had a cavalry rather than a part-mounted, part-motorised reconnaissance unit; some, a tankette company attached to the infantry group in addition to or instead of a recce/cavalry unit; and some, a mountain rather than a field artillery regiment. The make-up of a division was not rigidly permanent, and could sometimes vary over time according to local circumstances.
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The Type A 'strengthened' division had a larger infantry group, an artillery group (taking the divisional number) with an extra medium regiment of heavy howitzers, and sometimes a battlion-sized divisional tank unit; some divisional elements were weakly motorised.
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The Type C 'special' division was a weak formation composed of two infantry brigades with a total of eight independent infantry battalions, no artillery, and minimal supporting units. This type ol division - apparently numbered 58th-70th. minus the 61st and 64th -was used mainly for anti-guerrilla warfare in China.
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The basic strengths given below are. of course, the official establishments rather than the actual battlefield strengths on campaign. which varied widely depending upon circumstances:
1940 Type B Standard Infantry Division
Total: 20,000 men. 7,500 horses*, including:
3 infantry regis each 3.845 men
1 field artillery regt. 2,480 men
(or mountain arty regt 3,400 men. 1.400 horses) 1 reconnaissance regt 730 men
(orcavalry ragl 950 men. 1.100 horses)
1 engineer regt 900 men
1 transport regl 2.480 men
(infantry tankette unit** 100 men)
Weapons: 9,000x rides, 382x light & 112x heavy machine guns. 340x 50mm grenade dischargers; 22x 37mm anti-tank guns, 18x 70mm battalion guns. 12x 75mm regimental guns, 36x 75mm field/mtn guns: 7x armoured cars or tankettes (**plus 10-17 tankettes). *The infantry regiments had 710 draught/pack horses each, the field artillcrv regiment 2.000. and the divisional transport regiment 1.300.
Type A Strengthened Infantry Division
Total 29.408 men. 9.906 horses*. 502 motor vehicles*, including:
3 infantry regis each 5,687 men
1 field artillery regt 2.379 men
( or mountain arty regt 3.400 men. 1.400 horses) 1 medium artillery regt 951 men
1 reconnaissance regt 730 men
(or cavalry regt 950 men, 1,100 horses)
1 tank unit 717 men
1 engineer regt 1,012 men
1 transport regt 2,729 men
Weapons: 10,000x rifles. 405x LMGs, 112x HMGs, 72x AT rifles, 457x grenade dischargers; 40x 37mm AT guns, 86x 70mm battalion guns, 24x 75mm regimental guns, 24x 105mm & 12x 150mm howitzers; 13x armoured cars or tankettes. 20x light tanks, 48x medium tanks. The infantry regiments had 1,083 horses each but no motor vehicles; the field artillery regiment 2.463 horses & 49 m/vs; the medium artillery regiment 769 horses but no m/vs; the recce regiment 188 horses & 61 m/vs; the medical unit 1,468 horses but no m/vs; the transport regiment 1.222 horses & 176 m/vs.
Type C Special Infantry Division
Total: 13,000 men, 2,600 horses*, including:
2 infantry brigades each 4.750 men
1 engineer unit 600 men
1 transport unit 1.K00 men
Weapons; 6.950x rifles, 110x LMGs. 32x HMGs, 112x grenade
dischargers, 16x light mortars, 8x 70mm battalion guns.
*Each infantry brigade had 500 horses, and thee transport unit 1,290"
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