Army or Royal Marine Commando Troop, June 1944

Numbers in parenthesis indicate number of personnel assigned to role, number of unallocated weapons or number of sub-units in detachment.

Notes

Subaltern may have been 1st or 2nd Lieutenant

Troop Headquarters  

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       
Troop Commander Captain Pistol  
Section Commander (2) Subaltern Rifle  
Troop Sergeant-major Warrant Officer II Rifle  
Orderly  Private Rifle  
Nursing Orderly (RAMC) Private Pistol  

Notes

Troop Weapons (issued at direction of CO);

Projector, Infantry, Anti-tank 

Section (2), each

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       

Support Sub-Section

     
       
Sub-Section Commander Corporal SMG  
Mortar Commander Lance Corporal Rifle  
Mortar Number 1 Private Pistol, 2-inch mortar  
Mortar Number 2 Private Rifle  
Sniper Private Rifle  
       
Assault Sub-Section (2) each      
       
Sub-Section Commander Sergeant SMG  
Rifle Group Commander Corporal SMG  
Rifleman (5) Private Rifle   
Gun Group Commander Corporal Rifle  
Bren Number 1 Private Bren  
Bren Number 2 Private Rifle  
Bren Number 3 Private Rifle  

Notes

SMG could be Thompson or Sten

The No.2 Sub-Section could carry up to 18 kg of high explosives for demolition work

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