Slovak Army 1939

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jony663
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Slovak Army 1939

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Post by jony663 » 25 Sep 2016, 05:08

Was the Slovak Army used in the 1939 Case White organized at the platoon level using Czech or German organization. Interested in platoon and company support.

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Re: Slovak Army 1939

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Post by Leo Niehorster » 25 Sep 2016, 10:52

I only have the Czechoslovakian mountain infantry organization of 1938.
Probably very similar, as the number of weapons in the rifle companies (12×LMG & 12×HMG) is the same.
Slovakia was under continued pressure in the time between the 1938 autonomy and 1939, and would have had no time for a major reorganization of the army, or even of small unit organization, which would have resulted in a completely new (re-)training schedule to conform to the German doctrine and organization.

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Mountain Infantry Battalion
     · HQ (Command, Service Section)
     · Support Platoon (HQ, Admin Section)

     3 x Rifle Companies
         · HQ 12 (Command, Admin Section)
         · 4 x Rifle Platoons (43  men)
                ∞ HQ (leader, assistant, observer w/ flare pistol, messenger)
                ∞ 3 x Rifle Squads (13 men), each: leader, assistant, LMG Section with 1 LMG, 3 riflemen, 5 skirmishers, 2 grenadiers)

     1 x  Machine Gun Company
          · HQ
          · 3 x MG Platoons (34 men)
                ∞ Leader
                ∞ Assistant
                ∞ 2  soldiers
                ∞ 2 x MG Squads (15 men), each
                     — leader
                     — 2 x MG Sections (7 men), each: 1 HMG,  leader, gunner, loader, porter, 3 ammo carriers
Hope this helps
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Re: Slovak Army 1939

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Post by jony663 » 03 Oct 2016, 04:40

Thank you Leo, this is a start.

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