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Heller: 1:72 US Infantry
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Already after the first combat experiences in North Africa at the turn of 1942-1943, the US Army changed the position of the American infantry division. From 1943 onwards, each infantry division had three full-time infantry regiments, in turn consisting of three infantry battalions. In addition, the infantry regiment included other units, for example: an anti-tank company, an artillery company or a staff company. In total, the US Army infantry regiment numbered about 3,100 soldiers. It should also be remembered that the division also included a powerful artillery component consisting of four artillery battalions - 3 light and 1 medium, most often armed with 105 and 155 mm howitzers. There were also, among others, an engineer battalion, a repair company, a reconnaissance unit and a Military Police platoon. In total, the US Infantry Division numbered around 14,200 men as of 1943. It clearly dominated the artillery against the German division and had much better and - above all - fully motorized transport, which made it an extremely agile tactical formation. It also had much richer "individual" anti-tank weapons in the form of a large number of bazooka launchers, of which there were over 500 in the entire division.