Lithuania Army 1939 v.1.0 September 11, 2002
Richard M. Bennett1600 Officers and 21,000 Other Ranks organized into;
3 Infantry Divisions each of 3 Infantry Regiments and 1 Field Artillery Regiment
1 Cavalry Brigade of 3 Regiments.
Each Infantry Regiment had 3 Battalions each of 3 Rifle and 1 Heavy Machine-Gun Companies.
Each Cavalry Regiment had 4 Horsed Dragoon, 1 HMG and 1 Technical Squadrons.. In addition there was a 19th Squadron which acted as a remount centre for the Cavalry Brigade.
Field Artillery had 3 Regiments each with 3 Groups of 3 Batteries of 4 Guns attached to the Infantry Divisions and 1 Independent Heavy Regiment of 2 Groups each of 3 Batteries of 4 Heavy Howitzers.
HQ Troops included 1 Amoured Vehicle Detachment, 1 Motorized Infantry Detachment, 1 Signal Battalion and 1 Engineer Regiment of 3 Pioneer Battalions.
All units were severely understrength and were intended to be brought up to war strength by calling up reservists from the 55,000 strong LSS (Lietuvos Sauliu Sajunga) or Rifle Association which was controlled by the Ministry of National Defence and whose members were under the direct orders of the Army CIC.