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WW2 Reenacting Table of Organization and Equipment

Below are some Tables of organization and Equipment that outline the personnel, equipment, and organization of various types of units. For reenacting purposes it’s doubtful you’ll ever have this all (and it’s doubtful in WW2 the units in question ever did) but it’s a general guideline on what to aim for.

Army Regulations AR 30-3000 Price List of Clothing and Equipage July 1943 – This is a price list of all the clothing available. Zip file.

The Oct 1944 version of AR-30-3000 is also available as a link to US WW2 Uniforms.

Army Regulations AR 615-40 Enlisted Men Clothing and Equipage Allowances April 1943 – Link to US WW2 Uniforms that lets you scroll through the regulation.

US Army Table of Equipment No 21 Dated 15 December 1943 – Link to US WW2 Uniforms that lets you scroll through the regulation.

Infantry

TO&E 7-16 Headquarters and Headquarters Company Infantry Battalion Feb 26 1944 – A table of organization and equipment for a Battalion. Outlines who has what equipment in what part of the battalion and how much. Looks to be a clean-up copy of original source material.

TO&E 7-17 Infantry Rifle Company Feb 26th 1944 – A table of organization and equipment for a rifle company. Outlines who has what equipment in what part of the battalion and how much. To download the original source use this link

Infantry Parachute

TO&E 7-37 Infantry Rifle Company Parachute – Aug 1st 1944. A Table of Organization and Equipment for what a rifle company should have in terms of manpower and items. This replaces the 7-37 from Feb 1942.

TO&E 7-37 Infantry Rifle Company Parachute -17 Feb 1942. A Table of Organization and Equipment for what a rifle company should have in terms of manpower and items. This is a cleaned-up copy of original source material.

Engineers

TO&E 5-15 Engineer Combat Battalion March 13th, 1944 | This is a cleaned-up copy of the equipment and personnel the battalion had.

Military Police

TO&E 19-55 MP Battalion 1945 – A Table of Organization and Equipment for what a Military Police Battalion should have in terms of manpower and items.

Signal Corps Units Table of Equipment and Organization

List of TOEs for Signal Corps Units – A list of all the TOE guides for signal corps units. Missing the following:

11-1027 Signal Detachment, Headquarters Ship
11-1050 Film Library Organization
11-1095 Army Signal Battalion, Special
11-1096 Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Army Signal Battalion, Special
11-1097 Wire Operation Company, Army Signal Battalion, Special
11-1098 Signal Construction Company, Army Signal Battalion, Special

TOE 11-147S Joint Assault Signal Company 12-30-1944 – For an after-action report of the 593rd Joint Assault Signal Company which landed at Leyte Island on Oct 20th 1944 as part of the 96th Infantry Division read: 593rd Joint Assault Signal Company. It goes into detail about the problems it faced as well as the nitty-gritty of how the company was supposed to operate.

TOE 11-557T Airborne Signal Company Dec 16th 1944 with changes

For the signal items related to an Airborne Division see: Principal Items of Signal Equipment, Airborne Division. This is just section 3 of the TO&E. I don’t have the full one.