Organization and armament of the IJA type "A" infantry regiment for the Mobilization plan for 1937 (1936)

 Organization of Type "A" infantry regiment of 1936 was the forerunner of the IJA standard infantry regiment of the 2nd Sino-Japanese and Pacific wars.

For comparison, Type "B" infantry regiment of 1936 (to be formed for reserve divisions) retained old organization and armament. It had neither battalion gun platoons nor anti-tank company, its battalion machine-gun companies had only 4 machine-guns, while regimental gun company had only 4 obsolete mortars and 2 37-mm infantry guns. Thus its amount of heavy weapons extremely small.