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German Army
1937 Militia Mixed Rifle Company
GEMISCHTE LANDWEHR-SCHÜTZENKOMPANIE
KStN 131(Lw) dated 01.10.1937
1 Company Commander (K)(Pistol)(on horseback)
Company Headquarters
    Headquarters Section
        1 NCO as Headquarters Section Leader (Rifle)
        4 Messengers (Rifles)
        1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)
        5 Messengers (Rifles)(on bicycles)
        1 Groom for officer's horse (Rifle)
    Combat Trains
        1 Senior NCO as First Sergeant / Trains Leader (Pistol)(on bicycle)
        1 NCO for Equipment (Rifle)
        1 NCO for Gas Protection (Rifle)
        1 NCO as Medic (Pistol)(on bicycle)
        1 Rifleman (Rifle)(on bicycle)
        4 Riflemen & wagon escorts (Rifles)
        5 Wagon Drivers (Rifles)
        2 Assistant Armorers (Pistol)
        1 Farrier (Pistol)
        1 Cook (Rifle)
        1 Cook & wagon escort (Rifle)
        4 Stretcher Bearers (Pistols)
        4 wagons (Hf. 7/11) each drawn by 2 heavy draught horses
        1 Field Kitchen (Hf.11 or Hf. 13) drawn by 2 heavy draught horses

    Ration Trains
        1 Rations Clerk / Rations Trains Leader & wagon escort (Rifle)
        1 Wagon Driver (Rifle)
        1 rations wagon (Hf. 1) drawn by 2 light draught horses
    Baggage Trains
        1 Pay Clerk / Baggage Trains Leader (Rifle)
        1 Tailor (Rifle) & wagon escort
        1 Cobbler (Rifle) & wagon escort
        2 Wagon Drivers (Rifle)
        2 baggage wagons (Hf. 1) each drawn by 2 light draught horses
    4 Rifle Platoons, each with
    1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol)
    Platoon Headquarters
        2 Messengers (Rifles)
        1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)
    3 Rifle Squads, each with
        1 NCO Squad Leader (Rifle)
        1 Assistant Squad Leader (Rifle)
        1 MG Gunner (Pistol)
        3 Assistant MG Gunners (Pistols)
        4 Riflemen (Rifles)
        1 light machine gun
1 Heavy Machine Gun Platoon, with
    1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader & Half-Platoon Leader (Pistol)(on horseback)
    Platoon Headquarters
        1 NCO as Gun Layer & Half-Platoon Leader (Pistol)(on horseback)
        1 NCO as Gun Layer (Pistol)(on horseback)
        2 Distance Finders (Pistol)(on horseback)
        2 Messengers (Rifle)(on horseback)
        2 Messengers (Rifle)
        1 Groom for officer's horse (Rifle)
        2 Wagon Driver (Rifle)
        2 machine gun carts (Jf. 5) each drawn by 2 light draught horses
        2 ammunition wagons (Hf. 1) each drawn by 2 light draught horses
    4 Heavy Machine Gun Sections, each with
        1 NCO as Section Leaders (Pistols)
        1 MG Gunner (Pistols)
        1 Assistant MG Gunner (Pistols)
        4 Assistant MG Gunners (Rifles)
        1 heavy machine gun
Totals:
6 Officers, 35 NCO, 176 Enlisted Men;
149 Rifles, 68 Pistols, 12 LMG, 4 HMG;
8 riding horses; 24 draught horses; 12 wagons; 7 bicycles.