Strength of the Allied forces (1/11/18)

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Western Front
	France¹	Britain	US	Belgium²	Portugal	Italy	Total
Infantry divisions	102	60	31	12	2	2	209
Infantry battalions	1,081	560	372	110	24	26	2,173

Cavalry divisions	6	3	-	1	-	-	10
Cavalry squadrons	144	81	-	24	-	-	249

Trench mortars	1,626	2,570	746	293	-	94	5,329
Heavy artillery pieces	5,578	2,197	406	333	-	20	8,534

Automatic rifles/Light Machine guns	50,700	20,000	18,465	1,004	-	168	90,337
Machine guns	30,664	4,632	6,239	2,970	-	276	44,781

Tanks	1,272	611	91	-	-	-	1,974

Aircraft	3,609	1,678	2,032	134	-	12	7,465

Front-line strength	1,540,912	1,157,080	1,109,200	133,764	25,573	40,913	4,007,442
Ration strength	2,659,084	1,721,890	1,821,499	167,126	35,253	49,740	6,454,592
Horses	630,440	388,000	151,250	38,110	-	6,945	1,214,745

Italian Front
	Italy	France	US	Britain	Total
Infantry divisions	52	2	¼	3	57 ¼
Infantry battalions	653	19	3	27	702

Cavalry divisions	4	-	-	-	4
Cavalry squadrons	96	-	-	-	-

Trench mortars	3,997	24	-	115	4,136
Heavy artillery pieces	3,677	80	-	105	3,862

Automatic rifles/Light Machine guns	4,670	980	192	540	6,382
Machine guns	13,450	236	16	156	13,858

Tanks	-	-	-	-	-

Aircraft	569	25	-	72	666

Front-line strength	1,414,754	29,196	3,688	52,771	1,500,409
Ration strength	1,912,649	42,689	5,015	73,471	2,033,824
Horses	279,488	14,734	200	18,000	312,422

Total
	France	Britain	US	Belgium	Portugal	Italy	Total
Infantry divisions	104	63	31 ¼	12	2	54	266 ¼
Infantry battalions	1,100	587	375	110	24	679	2,875

Cavalry divisions	6	3	-	1	-	4	14
Cavalry squadrons	144	81	-	24	-	96	249

Trench mortars	1,650	2,685	746	293	-	4,091	9,465
Heavy artillery pieces	5,658	2,302	406	333	-	3,697	12,396

Automatic rifles/Light Machine guns	51,680	20,540	18,657	1,004	-	4,838	96,719
Machine guns	30,900	4,788	6,255	2,970	-	13,726	58,639

Tanks	1,272	611	91	-	-	-	1,974

Aircraft	3,634	1,750	2,032	134	-	581	8,131

Front-line strength	1,570,108	1,209,851	1,112,888	133,764	25,573	1,455,667	5,507,851
Ration strength	2,701,773	1,795,361	1,826,514	167,126	35,253	1,962,389	8,488,416
Horses	645,174	406,000	151,450	38,110	-	286,433	1,527,167

Notes:

(1) French figures exclude 27 segregated US batallions as well as Czech and Polish troops under French Army command.

(2) Belgian figures for 14/9/1918.

(3) Additional figures for cavarly and artillery not readable from scan.

Source: Les Armées Françaises dans la Grande Guerre (Tome VII, Volume 2).

Last modified: 10 December 2022