Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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COMPARISON OF U.S. 7T ROCID INFANTRY DIVISION (1956) AND
ARVN STANDARD DIVISION (1959) (U)
| U.S. 7T ROCID Inf Div 1956 | ARVN 1959 Inf Div | |||||
| Have | Have | |||||
| Iten or Unit | Yes | No | Strength | Yes | No | Strength |
| Division Total Strength |
13,748 | 11,076 | ||||
| Div Hq & Hq Co | x | 292 | x | 186 | ||
| Tank Bn | x | 763 | x | |||
| Arm'd Car Bn | x | 669 | x | |||
| Engineer Combat Bn | x | 791 | x | 446 | ||
| Signal | x | Bn 525 | Co 164 | |||
| Division Arty | x | 1,763 | x | 976 | ||
| 105 mm How Bn | x | 897 | x | 420 | ||
| 4.2" Mortar Bn |
. | x | - | x | 551 | |
| Infantry Regiment | x | 7,135 | x | 7,353 | ||
| Hq & Hq Spt Co | x | 1,550 | x | [a] | ||
| Rifle Co | x | 4,860 | x | [a] | ||
| Heavy Mort 81 mm |
x | 725 | x | - | [a] | |
| Hq & Hq Det & Band | x | 70 | x | |||
| Quartermaster Company | x | 194 | x | 65 | ||
| Medical | x | Bn-302 | x | Co 151 | ||
| Ordnance | x | Bn-327 | x | Co 114 | ||
| Combat Aviation Co | x | 223 | x | |||
| Administrative Service Co | x | 162 | x | |||
| Transportation | x | Bn 532 | x | Co 105/1100 civ | ||
[Source: Infantry Reference Data, 1958 (U); Weekly Intelligence Digest, PACOM, 3-28-58, p. 15 (S)]
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