Philippine Army BCT

   Filipino Battalion Combat Team was the basic independent operational unit of the Philippine army. With so many islands to garrision sometimes only a single company made  up a detachement. The BCT can be considered motorized.  A Filipino divisision consisted of three BCTs. While an organized nationalist military force can be traced back to Spanish colonial days a more modern date is December 21, 1935 when the commonwealth army was formed  During the time mentionend Filipinos served in the Congo 1963, Korea 50-55 , and Vietnam 66-70. The BCT was phased out in the 1970s
 
 

BCT(51 officers-812 men)

*Tank Company

* Recon Company

*105mm Artillery Battery

1x BHQ

1x HQ Company

3x Infantry Companies

1x Combat Support Company(9-147)

    4x 4.2 inches Mortars

    10x 81mm Mortars

    3x 106mm RR

    35x 3.5inch RL

    3x HMG

    22x MMG

    60x LMG

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Rifle Company

    HQ: 2 Officers, 17 Enlisted men

    HW Platoon: 1 Officer, 35 Elisted Men

        3x 81mm

        2x 75mm RR

        2x 3.5inch

    3 Rifles Platoons

        HQ: 1 Officer 2 Enlisted Men

        Heavy Weapons Squad: 9 Men

            2x MMG

            1x 3.5 inch RL

        Rifle Squads: 9 Enlisted Men

           2x BARS

           2x M1s with GLs

           5x M1 rifles

* Denotes a command that can be attached.

              
Notes: Filipino Rifle squads are the only South East Asian unit to have multiple

LMGs and thus have a significantly greater firepower. From 1946 to through the

Korean War the Filipino MBT is the Sherman. By the late 1960s they were upgraded to

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