chinese groups

[paul wolf <paw1924@swbell.net>]

how many men in ccf infantry battailion walt ask

from the book  a historical perspective on light infantry by major scott
mcmichael is this information
a ccf army had a total strength about 30,000
an infantry ccf division  about 7000 to 8500
infantry division,  military staff,  political staff,  guard co,
engineer co,  infantry reg,  signal co,  trans co,  stretcher co,
artillery bn,  recon co,  hvy wpns batry,  gun batry,  at batry,  plain
cloths plt  uniformed plt

ccf infantry regiment  2,200 men
guard co,  trans co,  antitank co,  artillery btry,  supply co,
engineer co,  recon plt,  signal plt,  infantry bn  (600 men),  hvy mg
and motar plt,  infantry co,  171 men)
equipmenmt totals per regiment
submachine guns   168,  light machine guns  94,  heavy machine guns 27,
50-mm mortars 30,  60-mm mortars 28,  81- and 82- mm mortars 12,  anti
tank guns 6,  75mmguns 3,  bazookas  4,  trucks  20,
horses  405,  carts  40,  radios  5,

every level of chinese infantry  from battalion to army suffered from a
sever lack of combat support
motor transport in significant amounts did not exist.
lack of long range systems ensured that CCF atacks would be conducted
and decided at close range
aabsence of transport guaranteed that operations would proceed no faster
than the foot pace of the ccf soldiers

hope this helps you    paw