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BobM
  Posted: April 12, 2009 09:06 am
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Could anyone please help me with the following:

How were the companies numbered in an infantry regiment? ie how were the companies designated?

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Victor
Posted: April 15, 2009 02:02 pm
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Hello,

The companies were numbered consecutively starting from the first company of the 1st Battalion and going until the last company of the last battalion.
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BobM
Posted: April 15, 2009 03:21 pm
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QUOTE (Victor @ April 15, 2009 02:02 pm)
Hello,

The companies were numbered consecutively starting from the first company of the 1st Battalion and going until the last company of the last battalion.

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Can you confirm that the heavy/weapons companies were part of the sequence?

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Posted: April 16, 2009 06:48 pm
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Good question. I will see what I can find.

From memory, the mountain troops battalion heavy weapons company wasn't numbered and neither was the cavalry's heavy weapons squadron.
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Posted: April 17, 2009 10:38 pm
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QUOTE (Victor @ April 16, 2009 06:48 pm)
Good question. I will see what I can find.

From memory, the mountain troops battalion heavy weapons company wasn't numbered and neither was the cavalry's heavy weapons squadron.

Thanks Victor - that's interesting but if you could find a definitive answer about the infantry regiments I'd be grateful

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Posted: May 11, 2009 08:45 pm
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IF, and its very probable, the Romanian Army used the french style of numbering, then the rifle companies in an Infantry Regiment would be 1,2, 3 for the 1st Battalion, 4, 5 and 6 afor 2nd and 7, 8, 9 for the 3rd, the Heavy Weapons Companies being numberd differently as 1st, 2nd and 3rd for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions respectively

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QUOTE (Matasso @ May 11, 2009 08:45 pm)
IF, and its very probable, the Romanian Army used the french style of numbering, then the rifle companies in an Infantry Regiment would be 1,2, 3 for the 1st Battalion, 4, 5 and 6 afor 2nd and 7, 8, 9 for the 3rd, the Heavy Weapons Companies being numberd differently as 1st, 2nd and 3rd for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions respectively

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I'd agree its likely - be nice to find a Romanian source that confirmed it though
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Posted: May 16, 2009 05:20 pm
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So far I haven't many reference to a heavy weapons company and a number. Usually it was referred to as the heavy weapons company of the battalion X or regiment Y.

What I found so far was that in 1941, the 3/4th Motorized Vanatori Regiment of the 1st Armored Division had the 4th and 8th companies designated as machine-gun companies.
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Posted: May 17, 2009 08:09 am
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In this thread I listed the complete OoB of the Rumanian 7th Corps during combat operations in Budapest city, in early 1945 (in Hungarian): http://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/index.php?sh...indpost&p=34928
I hope it helps somewhat.

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