How were American Army used FT17 type tanks organized?
Was their organization the same from their first issue until 1932 when they were declared obsolete and placed in storage?
I suspect they had a platoon of four tanks, four platoons in a company for 16 and then three or four companies to make a battalion, and some unknown number of radio tanks and replacement vehicles?
What other vehicles did they have, trucks, motorcycles, etc.?
Mike:
Follow-up. I knew I had a typescript table of organization some where in my office...it took several days to realize where I had filed it.
Anyway, the undated document consists of several pages under the title, "TANK CORPS (Overseas)"
T-1 and T-202, Company, Light Branch has the typed initials, "S.D.R." [I presume, for Samuel D. Rockenbach]
For equipment for a company, it lists:
3 platoons of 5 tanks each
For what I expect is a HQ Company, it lists:
10 Tanks ("1 C.C., 1 Signal, 8 Reserve")
9 Trucks-5-ton with Trailers
1 Truck, 5-ton, L.C.
1 Trailer, Kitchen
1 Trailer, Water tank, 200 gal.
1 Automobile, -Ford
2 Motorcycles
T-201 Battalion Headquarters lists:
2 Tanks (1 Bn Cmdr., 1 Signal)
1 truck-5-ton with special trailer for carrying tank
1 truck-5-ton machine shop with tool trailer
1 truck-5-ton, L.C., water & spares trailer
1 automobile-Ford
2 motorcycles
