United States Tactical Notes : Troops & Units :
Keys Tactical
Notes: American units continued using close order formations until the
middle of September, 1918. After that time they switched to more dispersed
formations, which was somewhat limited by their lower level of training and
experience.
Troops and Units: The orders
of battle shown below offer a list of average unit values in order to give 1916
players an idea of how historical formations should be represented for game
play. Real life units varied in type, strength and quality, depending on their
location and readiness level. Overall, there were a huge variety of units
created during the war, from forestry battalions to assault companies. This
prevents us from trying to list them all, and players are encouraged to use
these lists as guidelines for creating other units they would like to use on
the battlefield. Note: Some American Army units will have better than poor
training, especially from such formations as the 1st Army Division, etc.
- Army Infantry Battalion 1918
- Units:8 | Bases:6 | Morale:Steady | Training:Poor | Machine Guns:5 heavy, 8 light
- Marine Corps Infantry Battalion 1918
- Units:6 | Bases:6 | Morale:Brave | Training:Great | Machine Guns:4 heavy, 6 light
- Infantry Regiment 1918
- Battalions:3 infantry | Machine Guns:9 heavy | Trench Mortars:1 medium
- Infantry Brigade 1918
- Regiments:2 infantry
- Infantry Division 1918
- Brigades:2 infantry
- Troop and Unit Key:
- Formation Type - Year
- Units:number of subunits in the formation ¹ |
Bases:number of bases per subunit |
Morale:approximate formation morale
| Training:approximate training level of the
units | Machine Guns:average number
of machine guns which the formation may possess |
Mortars:average number of trench mortars which the
formation may possess | Towed Cannon:average number of towed cannon which the formation may
possess. | Special:special weapons
or conditions, such as flamethrowers, etc.
¹ Note
that higher level formations will be composed of companies, battalions or
regiments instead of bases and units.
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