A Weapons Platoon was made up of a six-man Headquarters, a Mortar Section and a Light Machine Gun Section. The Platoon Headquarters was armed with a single .50 caliber M2 Browning heavy machine gun The Mortar Section was made up of a two-man HQ and three five-man squads, each squad armed with a single 60mm M2 mortar - a total of 17 men and 3 Mortars. The Light Machine Gun Section was made up of a two-man HQ and two five-man squads, each squad armed with a single .30 caliber M1919 Browning machine gun - a total of 12 men and 2 machine guns.