BELGIAN FUSILIER COMPANY

1940
Company HQ
• Company Commander
HQ (Pistol)
• Senior NCO (Rifle)
Supply and Services
Squad
Platoon HQ
• 30x Men (Rifle) with an
• Platoon Leader (Rifle)
unspecified number of
HQ • 2x Messenger (Rifle)
wagons, trucks, trailers,
etc. Infantry Squad
Machinegun Platoon • Squad Leader (Rifle)
• Platoon Leader (Rifle) • 2x Corporals (Rifle)
• 2x Messengers (Rifle) • Light machine gunner (Fusil-
Mitrailleur 1930 (Basically a
BAR) and pistol)
Machinegun Section
• Light machinegun loader
• Section Leader
(Pistol)
(Rifle)
• 3x Ammo carriers (Carbine)
• Gunner (MG 221 or
• 5x Riflemen (Rifle)
Mitrailleuse &
• Rifle grenadier (Rifle with
Hotchkiss)
grenade launcher)
• 6x Assistants and
ammo bearers (Rifle) Mortar Section
•  Reportedly 1 in 6 ba1alions was issued with a Boys AT Rifle, but sources disagree on whether • Squad Leader (Rifle)
the Belgians used them. • 3x Mortar men (50mm mortar)
•  Ba1alions had an an?-tank company composed of 6x 47mm guns pulled by Vickers Armstrong • 6x Assistants
U?lity vehicles. Otherwise, Belgian an?-tank capabili?es were quite limited.
 BELGIAN FUSILIER PLATOON
1940 1x Platoon HQ as One Team

Platoon Messenger Messenger

Leader

Platoon HQ
• Platoon Leader (Rifle)
3x Rifle Squad Divided into Squad Leader and Two Teams

HQ • 2x Messenger (Rifle)

Squad
Leader
Infantry Squad*
• Squad Leader (Rifle)
• 2x Corporals (Rifle) Team Light Loader Ammo. Ammo. Ammo.
• Light machine gunner Leader Machine Bearer Bearer Bearer
(Fusil-Mitrailleur 1930 Gunner
(Basically a BAR) and
pistol)
• Light machinegun
loader (Pistol) Team Rifle Rifleman Rifleman Rifleman
• 3x Ammo carriers Leader Grenadier
(Carbine)
• 5x Riflemen (Rifle)
• Rifle grenadier (Rifle Rifleman Rifleman
with grenade launcher)

* Reports vary widely, from 10 to 15 men in a squad. Some report to corporals as team leaders,
while others do not. I have chosen this organiza?on for Combat Patrol™.