Purchase Proposals

## APPROVED - **Late September 1955: "Armor, Airpower, and Assaulters" (Bac)**

*Note: Great Lakes (50% off Great Lakes Suppliers) + HQ Discounts (25% off all purchases) can be applied to all equipment on this list.*

### **RESULTING TO&E**

#### **Cavalry Group**

* Group HQ - 1x M3 Halftrack
* Cavalry Group Support & Supply Platoon - 1x Willys MB, 3x GMC CCKW
* 1st Tank Destroyer Platoon - 4x M18 Tank Destoyers
* 1st Scout Platoon - 2x M8 Greyhounds, 2x Willys MB Jeeps
* 1st Anti-Aircraft Section - 2x M13 GMC

#### **Armored Infantry Company**

* Company HQ - 1x M3 Halftrack
* Armored Infantry Support & Supply Platoon - 1x Willys MB, 3x GMC CCKW
* 1st Armored Infantry Platoon - 5x M3 Halftracks
* 2nd Armored Infantry Platoon - 5x M3 Halftracks
* 3e Peloton de Fusiliers Marin Mobil - 4x DUKW
* Combat Engineer Team - 1x M3 Scout Car

#### **Special Forces**

* Group d'Assault/Assault Squad
* Underwater Demolition Team (UDT)

#### **Goon Air Force (GAF)**

* 1x F7F Tigercat (modified)
* 4x P-51D Mustang
* 1st AeroScout Platoon - 2x YR-5A/H-4, 4x Bell 47/OH-13

### **Cavalry Group**

**Recon Jeep Refit**

* +1 Great Lakes Factory Worker (with 1 Colt M1892) ($100 hiring cost)
* +3 M2 Carbine ($3000 total)
* +1 M1919A4 ($2000) mounted on jeep
* +3 M1 Helmets ($300)
* Total: $5,400
* Personnel: $100
* Equipment: $5,300

**Captured Jeep Refit**

* +2 Expatriate Soldiers (with 2 MAS 36) ($3000 total)
* +1 Great Lakes Factory Worker (with 1 Colt M1892) ($100 hiring cost)
* +3 M2 Carbine ($3000 total)
* +1 M2HB ($9000) mounted on jeep on pintle mount
* +1 M1919A4 ($2000) mounted on jeep
* +3 M1 Helmets ($300)
* Total: $17,400
* Personnel: $3,100
* Equipment: $14,300

**Self-Propelled AA Section**

* +6 Great Lakes Tank Drivers (with 6 M3A1) ($4800 total)
* +4 Great Lakes Factory Workers (with 4 Colt M1892) ($400 total)
* +2 M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage ($100,000 total)
* +4 M2 Carbines ($4000 total)
* +10 M1 Helmets ($1000 total)
* Total: $110,200
* Personnel: $5,200
* Equipment: $105,000

**Armored Field Artillery Section**

* +6 Great Lakes Tank Drivers (with 6 M3A1) ($4800 total)
* +4 Great Lakes Factory Workers (with 4 Colt M1892) ($400 total)
* +2 M3 Gun Motor Carriage ($130,000 total)
* +4 M2 Carbines ($4000 total)
* +10 M1 Helmets ($1000 total)
* Total: $140,200
* Personnel: $5,200
* Equipment: $135,000

**Cavalry Group HQ**

* +4 Great Lakes Soldiers (with 4 Thompson Light Rifles) ($2,800)
* +3 Great Lakes Factory Workers (with 3 Colt M1892) ($300 total)
* + 1 MEDIC???
* +1 M3A1 Halftrack (with M2HB) ($15,000)
* +4 M2 Carbines ($4,000 total)
* +8 M1 Helmets ($800)
* Total: $22,900 + MEDIC
* Personnel: $3100 + MEDIC
* Equipment: $19,800

**Cavalry Group Supply & Support Platoon**

* +2 Great Lakes Soldiers (with 2 Thompson Light Rifles) ($1400 total)
* +8 Great Lakes Factory Workers (with 8 Colt M1892) ($800 total)
* +4 COOKS???
* +1 CLERKS???
* +1 Willys MB ($8000)
* +3 GMC CCKW ($30,000 total)
* +3 Browning M1917 (.30-06) ($4,500 total)
* +13 M2 Carbines ($13,000 total)
* +15 M1 Helmets ($1500)
* Total: $41,700 + COOKS + CLERKS
* Personnel: $9,400 + COOKS + CLERKS
* Equipment: $49,800

### **Armored Infantry Company**

**Armored Infantry Company HQ**

* +4 Great Lakes Soldiers (with 4 Thompson Light Rifles) ($2,800)
* +3 Great Lakes Factory Workers (with 3 Colt M1892) ($300 total)
* + 1 MEDIC???
* +1 M3A1 Halftrack (with M2HB) ($15,000)
* +4 M2 Carbines ($4,000 total)
* +8 M1 Helmets ($800)
* Total: $22,900 + MEDIC
* Personnel: $3100 + MEDIC
* Equipment: $19,800

**Infantry Company Supply & Support Platoon**

* +2 Great Lakes Soldiers (with 2 Thompson Light Rifles) ($1400 total)
* +8 Great Lakes Factory Workers (with 8 Colt M1892) ($800 total)
* +4 COOKS???
* +1 CLERKS???
* +1 Willys MB ($8000)
* +3 GMC CCKW ($30,000 total)
* +3 Browning M1917 (.30-06) ($4,500 total)
* +13 M2 Carbines ($13,000 total)
* +15 M1 Helmets ($1500)
* Total: $41,700 + COOKS + CLERKS
* Personnel: $9,400 + COOKS + CLERKS
* Equipment: $49,800

**Armored Rifle Platoon Revisions (equipment divided evenly among two platoons)**

* +6 T52E3 ($15,000 total)
* +6 M79 ($7200 total)
* +6 FAL Sporter with scope and bipod ($9000 rifle total + $1500 mods total)
* +12 T48 ($19,200 total)
* +24 Browning Hi-Power ($10,800 total)
* +150 Mk II fragmentation grenades ($10,500 total)
* +30 M18 smoke grenades ($1,200 total)
* +73 M12 Flak Jackets ($14,800 total)
* +73 M1 Helmets ($7,300 total)
* Total: $96,300
* Equipment: $96,300

**Medics (one per Armored Infantry Platoon)**

* +2 MEDICS???
* +2 M2 Helmets ($200 total)
* +2 M12 Flak Jackets ($200 total)
* +2 M2 Carbines ($2000 total)
* Total: $2400 + MEDICS???
* Personnel: MEDICS???
* Equipment: $2400

**2x Machine Gun Squads (one squad for each Armored Infantry Platoon)**

* +10 Great Lakes Soldiers (with 10 Thompson Light Rifles) ($7,000 total)
* +2 Great Lakes Factory Workers (with 2 Colt M1892) ($200 total)
* +12 Dockworkers ($9,600 total)
* +2 M3A1 Halftrack (with M2HB) ($30,000 total)
* +4 T52E3 ($10,000 total)
* +10 M2 Carbine ($10,000 total)
* +6 Browning Hi-Power ($2,700 total)
* +24 M1 Helmet ($2,400 total)
* +24 M12 Flak Jacket ($4,800 total)
* Total: $76,700
* Personnel: $16,800
* Equipment: $59,900

**2x Mortar Squads (One squad for each Armored Infantry Platoon)**

* +8 Great Lakes Soldiers (with 8 Thompson Light Rifles) ($5600 total)
* +2 Great Lakes Factory Workers (with 2 Colt M1892) ($200 total)
* +8 Dockworkers ($4,800 total)
* +2 M3A1 Halftrack (with M2HB) ($30,000 total)
* +2 M2 60mm Mortars ($3000 total)
* +10 M2 Carbine ($10,000 total)
* +4 Browning Hi-Power ($1800 total)
* +18 M1 Helmet ($1800 total)
* +18 M12 Flak Jacket ($3600 total)
* Total: $58,400
* Personnel: $12,200
* Equipment: $50,200

**3e Peloton de Fusiliers Marin Mobil**

* +45 Expatriate Soldiers (with 45 MAS 36) ($67,500 total)
* +5 Great Lakes Factory Workers (with 5 Colt M1892) ($500 total)
* +9 Dockworkers ($7,200 total)
* +1 MEDIC???
* +3 DUKW [uses one of the existing DUKWs, so platoon uses 4 DUKW total, leaving DUKW #5 free for use] ($90,000 total)
* +3 M2HB ($27,000 total) mount to newly-purchased DUKWs
* +18 T48 ($28,800 total)
* +42 M2 Carbines ($42,000 total)
* +1 M2 60mm Mortar ($3000)
* +8 T52E3 ($20,000 total)
* +6 M79 ($7,200 total)
* +3 M9A1 Bazooka ($2100 total)
* +20 Browning Hi-Power ($9,000 total)
* +75 Mk II fragmentation grenades ($5250 total)
* +15 M18 smoke grenades ($600 total)
* +60 M1 Helmet ($6000 total)
* +60 M12 Flak Jackets ($12,000 total)
* Total: $328,150 + MEDIC
* Personnel: $75,200 + MEDIC
* Equipment: $252,950

**Combat Engineer Team**

* +6 M1 Helmet ($600 total)
* +6 M12 Flak Jackets ($1,200 total)
* Total: $1,800
* Equipment: $1,800

**DUKW Refit**

* On DUKW #2 remove 57mm recoilless rifle and replace with M2HB
* +1 M2HB ($9000)
* Total: $9000
* Equipment: $9000

**Portahospital**

* +1 Tractor Trailer
* +1 Containerized Hospital
* Equipment: $55,000
* Total: $55,000

### **Special Forces**

**Groupe d’Assaut Revised**

* +10 M12 Flak Jackets ($2000 total)
* +10 M1 Helmets ($1000 total)
* +20 Mk II fragmentation grenades ($1400 total)
* Total: $4400
* Equipment: $4400

**Underwater Demolition Team (UDT)**

* +10 U.S. Navy Combat Divers (with 10 HDM .22 and 10 V-42 stiletto) ($19,000 total)
* +7 M2 Carbines ($7,000 total)
* +2 M3A1 with baffle suppressors ($1400 total gun price and ??? modification price)
* +1 T52E3 ($2500)
* +1 M79 ($1200)
* +30 Mk II fragmentation grenades ($2100 total)
* +8 Browning Hi-Power with baffle suppressors ($3600 total and ??? modifications total)
* Total: $36,800 total + modifications
* Personnel: $19,000
* Equipment: $17,800 + modifications

### **Air Forces**

**AeroScout Platoon Expansion**

* +4 Appalachian Helicopter Pilot (with 4 Smith & Wesson M&P) ($6,800 total)
* +2 Great Lakes Soldiers ($1,400 total)
* +1 Sikorsky YR-5A ($250,0000)
* +3 Bell 47: ($420,000 total)
* +2 M10 Rocket Launchers ($3000 total)
* +2 Browning AN/M2 (.30 Caliber) ($4000 total)
* +2 T52E3 ($5,000 total)
* +6 M2 PDW ($5400 total)
* +20 Mk II fragmentation grenades ($1400 total)
* +20 ($800 total)
* Total: $697,800
* Personnel: $8,200
* Equipment: $689,600

**Fighters**

* +2 Veteran World War II pilots (with 2 Colt Commando) ($3400 total)
* +2 P-51D Mustang ($1,080,000 total)
* Total: $1,083,400
* Personnel: $3,400
* Equipment: $1,080,000

### **Navy**

**PT Boat crew revisions**

* +5 U.S. Navy Sailors (with 5 Thompson M1928A1) ($6500)
* +5 M1 Helmets ($500)
* +2 M3A1 with baffle suppressors ($1400 total gun price and ??? modification price)
* Total: $8400 + ???
* Personnel: $6500
* Equipment: $1900 + modifications

**Total Personnel Cost:** $172,600 + (5 Medics, 8 Cooks, 2 Clerks)

**Total Equipment Cost (before all discounts):** $2,713,050 + 12 baffle suppressors (4 M3A1, 8 Hi-Power)