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:        
Officers1355554239
Enlisted Men1271121121128910818678
Tanks:        
M4 Medium Tank
(75mm gun or 76 mm
gun)
217171753
M4 Medium Tank (105
mm gun)
31116
M5A1 Light Tank (37
mm gun)
1717
Other Motorized
Vehicles:
        
1/4 ton Jeep1122223426
3/4 ton Truck213
3/4 ton Ambulance11
2-1/2 ton Truck111113439
Half-track Truck81111113
M21 81 mm Mortar
Half-track Truck
33
M32 Tank Recovery
Vehicle
11125
Light Tank Recovery
Vehicle
11
Heavy Wrecking Truck22
Trailers:        
M10 Ammo Trailer41317
1 ton Trailer211112026
1/4 ton Trailer1122223426
Small Arms:        
.45-caliber Pistol33
.45-caliber
Submachine Gun
479292927044437
.30-caliber Carbine
Rifle
702525252471240
.30-caliber M1 Rifle2020
Heavy Arms:        
.50-caliber M2 Heavy
Machine Gun
511121020
2.36 inch Bazooka1233321225