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Japanese 4th and 16th Divisions Bataan Peninsula 3 April 1942 4th Division: 4th Infantry Brigade Headquarters

8th Infantry Regiment 37th Infantry Regiment 61st Infantry Regiment 4th Reconnaissance Regiment 4th Artillery Regiment (24-75mm guns & 24-105mm how) 9th Company, of Independent Anti-Tank Units Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 3rd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment (1 bn) 3rd Independent Heavy Mortar Battalion (-1 coy) 2nd Independent Mortar Battalion 15th Independent Mortar Battalion 23rd Independent Engineer Regiment 4th Engineer Regiment (may not be present)* 4th Signal Unit (may not be present)* 4th Transport Regiment (may not be present)* 16th Division: 16th Infantry Brigade Headquarters 9th Infantry Regiment 20th Infantry Regiment 33rd Infantry Regiment 16th Reconnaissance Regiment (detached) 22nd Artillery Regiment (-1st Battalion & 2 coys) (normally 12-75mm guns & 24 105mm how) 16th Engineer Regiment (- 1 section) 7th Tank Regiment (1 coy) 1st Heavy Artillery (1 coy) 16th Signal Unit (may not be present)* 16th Transport Regiment (may not be present)* Army Artillery: 1st Artillery Headquarters 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment (-1 coy) 8th Heavy Artillery Regiment (-1 coy) 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment (including 3 tractors) 9th Heavy Artillery Regiment 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment 5th Communication Regiment 47th Anti-Aircraft Battalion 1st Infantry Reconnaissance Company 65th Brigade: 65th Brigade Headquarters 122nd Infantry Regiment 141st Infantry Regiment 142nd Infantry Regiment Brigade Engineer Unit 3rd Company, Independent Anti-Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment (1 coy) 3rd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment (-1 bn) 3rd Independent Heavy Mortar Battalion 14th Independent Heavy Mortar Battalion

23rd Independent Engineer Regiment (1 coy) Dets/Service Unit Nagano Detachment 21st Infantry Brigade Headquarters 62nd Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion, 51st Mountain Artillery Regiment 21st Engineer Regiment (boat landing craft engineer & 1 coy) Army Air Unit 22nd Air Brigade Headquarters 10th Air Regiment (direct cooperating squadron, air reconnaissance squadron, 1 headquarters reconnaissance squadron) 50th Air Regiment (fighters) 16th Air Regiment (light bombers) 62nd Air Regiment (heavy bombers) 11th Air Brigade Headquarters 2 Air Battalions 1 Field Meteorological Unit 40th Anti-Aircraft Battalion (1 coy) Manila Defense Unit: 37th Infantry Regiment 22nd Field Artillery Regiment (1 bn less 1 coy) 44th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (-1 coy) Miura Detachment: 33rd Infantry Regiment (1 bn) 16th Engineer Regiment (1 coy) Kawaguchi Detachment: 124th Infantry Regiment 16th Reconnaissance Unit 22nd Artillery Regiment (1 coy) 21st Heavy Artillery Battalion (1 coy) 26th Independent Engineer Regiment (1 coy minus 2 sections) 44th Anchorage Headquarters (main force) Det/Service Unit Kawamura Detachment: 41st Infantry Regiment 20th Battalion, Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment 22nd Field Artillery Regiment (1 coy) 23rd Independent Engineer Regiment (1 coy minus a section) 26th Independent Engineer Regiment (2 coys) 44th Anchorage Headquarters, Branch Office Det/Service Unit Boat Units: 6th Independent Engineer Regiment (1 coy) 10th Independent Engineer Regiment (2 coys, minus 1 section) 21st Independent Engineer Regiment (including elements of 30th Repair Department) 52nd Anchorage Headquarters, Branch Office Other Units under direct command of Army: 33rd Infantry Regiment (1 coy) 122nd Infantry Regiment 10th Independent Guard Unit (Hq & 5 battalions) 16th Reconnaissance Regiment (main force, plus a company of the 8th Heavy Artillery Regiment) 47th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (2 coys minus a

section) 3 Independent Engineer Companies 14th Bridging Regiment (- detachments) Main Forces of the service unit

* These units are not listed in the original document, but were part of the division. It is uncertain if they were or were not present. It is most likely that they are included in the various detachments as the "service units." Copyright GFN 2004

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