777th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Bn.

[Jeremiah29]

Hello Gents,

I seek the composition of the 777th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Bn. in July, August, September 1944 and more especially the presence and the number of M16 Half-track vehicles.
I had found a link but this one is out-of-date.

Thanks in advance.
Lo

[Jeremiah29]

Ooooops, I was mistaken in column, I wanted to present my topic in the "Allied Armies" column.
If the administrator or a regulator could correct my error.
Regards.
Lo

[Takao]

Here is a link to a pdf TO&E for Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalions (Self-propelled) dated 17 November, 1944.

http://www.militaryresearch.org/44-77%2017Nov44.pdf

[Jeremiah29]

Hi Takao !
Many thanks for your link !..

Regards,
Lo

[wgkrueger]

My father was part of the 777 AAA Bn under Patton’s third army in Europe after D-Day. He described a mobile AAA vehicle that he was part of that sounds like the M16 (two Cadillac engines, twin guns, etc). Some of the literature I’ve read indicates the 777 was assigned to Patton’s headquarters, so having a new device like the M16 makes some sense.

[Richard Anderson]

My father was part of the 777 AAA Bn under Patton’s third army in Europe after D-Day. He described a mobile AAA vehicle that he was part of that sounds like the M16 (two Cadillac engines, twin guns, etc). Some of the literature I’ve read indicates the 777 was assigned to Patton’s headquarters, so having a new device like the M16 makes some sense.

The 777th was an Automatic Weapons Battalion, SP and was equipped with 32 of the M15 or M15A1 MGMC with twin water-cooled .50 caliber MG and a single 37mm gun and 32 of the M16 MGMC with quad air-cooled .50 caliber MG. Each of the four batteries had four of each.