TABLE OF ORGANIZATION:

The 756th Tank Battalion was organized under the U.S. Army’s T/O & E (Table of Organization and Equipment) 17-25.  The last wartime update for this table was November 18th, 1944.  The following list reflects this table.  One should note that a T/O & E was a guide. During the war, the 756th Tank Battalion usually fought with less personnel, less tanks, and some variations in equipment to what was required by the T/O & E.

T/O & E 17-25	Headquarters Company	Medium Tank Compnay “A”	Medium Tank Company “B”	Medium Tank Company “C”	Light Tank Company “D”	Service Company	Medical Detachment	Battalion TOTALS
Personnel:
Officers	13	5	5	5	5	4	2	39
Enlisted Men	127	112	112	112	89	108	18	678
Tanks:
M4 Medium Tank (75mm gun or 76 mm gun)	2	17	17	17	—	—	—	53
M4 Medium Tank (105 mm gun)	3	1	1	1	—	—	—	6
M5A1 Light Tank (37 mm gun)	—	—	—	—	17	—	—	17
Other Motorized Vehicles:
1/4 ton Jeep	11	2	2	2	2	3	4	26
3/4 ton Truck	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3
3/4 ton Ambulance	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
2-1/2 ton Truck	1	1	1	1	1	34	—	39
Half-track Truck	8	1	1	1	1	1	—	13
M21 81 mm Mortar Half-track Truck	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
M32 Tank Recovery Vehicle	—	1	1	1	—	2	—	5
Light Tank Recovery Vehicle	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Heavy Wrecking Truck	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	2
Trailers:
M10 Ammo Trailer	4	—	—	—	—	13	—	17
1 ton Trailer	2	1	1	1	1	20	—	26
1/4 ton Trailer	11	2	2	2	2	3	4	26
Small Arms:
.45-caliber Pistol	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
.45-caliber Submachine Gun	47	92	92	92	70	44	—	437
.30-caliber Carbine Rifle	70	25	25	25	24	71	—	240
.30-caliber M1 Rifle	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	20
Heavy Arms:
.50-caliber M2 Heavy Machine Gun	5	1	1	1	2	10	—	20
2.36 inch Bazooka	12	3	3	3	2	12	—	25