TO&E drawing, Japanese intermediate organization of infantry company in 1939

 

This IJA TO&E drawing based on the document, provided by IJA TO&Es researcher Leland Ness: US 1940 report of 1939 Chinese intelligence report. I can see few errors in the document, but otherwise it's very good and detailed, especially on squads' equipment. It’s showing intermediate organization of infantry company between 15-men squads, originally planned in 1936, and 13-men squads as established as standard in 1940.

Very interesting to see, how data from other TO&Es I've researched suddenly "fits" in place here like a piece of puzzle.

For example, actual number of men, rifles and pistols as counted corresponds closely with the numbers in the 1936 infantry company TO&E (you can see it in my blog here: https://vijsko.blogspot.com/2025/09/to-drawing-of-infantry-company-of-type.html).

Apparently the IJA wanted to keep old TO&E strength and armament of the company and only added more LMGs and grenade dischargers to match new "12-squad" company organization.

And new, increased company strength of 205 men, also mentioned in this document, is the same as company strength in the Soviet intelligence publication, showing 1936 draft of the new IJA infantry organization (you can see it in my blog here: https://vijsko.blogspot.com/2025/09/to-drawing-of-draft-of-new-organization.html).