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This article details the organization of the Imperial Japanese Army. ==Army== * ''See article List of Armies of the Japanese Army'' In the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), the term ''Gun'', literally meaning "army", was used in a different way to the military forces of other countries. A ''So-Gun'', meaning "General Army", was the term used in the IJA for an army group. Of a similar but slightly lower status was a ''Haken Gun'', or "Expeditionary Army". A ''Homen Gun'' ("Area Army" or "Theatre Army") was equivalent to the field armies of other nations and a ''Gun'' ("Army") was equivalent to a corps in other armies. *Imperial Army (~230,000-250,000 men) - Headed by Marshal HIH Prince Kan-in-Kotohito *General Army (総軍 Sō-gun equivalent to the Army Group) - Headed by a Marshal or General *Area Army (方面軍 Hōmen-gun 1942-1945 equivalent to the Field Army) - Headed by a General or Lieutenant-General *Army (equivalent to the Corps)- Headed by a Lieutenant-General *Division (~10,000 men) - Consisted of 2 infantry brigades, 1 cavalry regiment, 1 artillery regiment, 1 engineering battalion and 1 army service corps. Headed by a Lieutenant-General. *Brigade (~3600 men) - Consisted of 2 regiments, each of 1800 men. Headed by a Major-General. *Regiment (~1800 men) - Consisted of 3 battalions, each of 600 men. Headed by a Colonel. *Battalion (~600 men) - Consisted of 3 companies, each of 150 men, and a machine-gun section of about 50 men. Headed by a Lieutenant-Colonel. *Company (~150 men) - Consisted of 3 sections, each of 50 men. Headed by a Captain. *Section (~50 men) - Headed by a Lieutenant. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Organization of the Imperial Japanese Army」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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