1st Infantry Division (Nationalist Army) (Six raised)
The core of this division was members of the former PDF 2nd and 3rd Reinforced Regiments augmented with conscripts, members of the Local Defense Force and former members of the Avenging Lions militia. This unit during the conflict would prove to be of dubious quality and loyalty. At the beginning of the conflict the soldiers would fight like lions but by the final offensives the members assigned to the unit would desert or surrender en masse. This could be explained somewhat by the lack of experienced NCO’s and officers, complicated even more by the Nationalist Winter Offensive that decimated both ranks in the divisions.
From the very beginning, the Nationalist faction military was plagued by a lack of equipment and weapons, especially heavy weapons. Artillery battalions had, for example, only 2 batteries, instead of the usual 3-4 batteries. As such the division was organized with three infantry regiment of three battalions each, an artillery regiment of four battalions, a heavy weapons/AA battalion and supporting units. While all the six infantry divisions raised by the Nationalist were following this model in reality the heavy weapons battalion was missing in some of the later raised divisions and artillery wasn’t uniform; with different calibers abound and units having to do with was at hand.
• 16,000 x men
• 16 x 100mm towed howitzers (1)
• 8 x 130mm towed cannons (2)
• 40 x 25mm antitank/antiaircraft guns (3)
• 27 x 81mm Mortars
• 128 x 60mm Mortars
• 460 x Machineguns
• 80 x motor vehicles (4)
• 1,400 x Wagons
(1) Different calibers abound and not uniform from division to division.
(2) Same as above.
(3) Missing altogether or replaced by other calibers or weapons. For example, the 1st used old 75mm antiaircraft guns as antitank guns during the final offensives with good results. Of course in the majority of the cases divisions were forced to do without any AA/AT protection.
(4) This is being optimist at best. Majority of vehicles were confiscated civilian vehicles used for towing artillery.
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