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German Army
1937 Rifle Company, Type a (East Prussia)
SCHÜTZENKOMPANIE a (Ostpreussen)
KStN 131a (O) 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)
        4 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 & Gas Protection (Rifle)
        1 NCO as Medic (Pistol)(on bicycle)
        1 Rifleman (Rifle)(on bicycle)
        3 Riflemen & wagon escorts (Rifles)
        4 Wagon Drivers (Rifles)
        1 Assistant Armorer (Pistol)
        1 Cook (Rifle)
        1 Cook & wagon escort (Rifle)
        4 Stretcher Bearers (Pistols)
        3 combat wagons (Hf. 7/11) with 2 heavy draught horses each
        1 wagon (Hf.11 or Hf. 13) with Field Kitchen with 2 heavy draught horses

    Ration Trains
        1 Rations Clerk / Rations Trains Leader & wagon escort (Rifle)
        1 Wagon Driver (Rifle)
        1 rations wagon (Hf. 1) with 2 light draught horses
    Baggage Trains
        1 Pay Clerk / Baggage Trains Leader (Rifle) (on bicycle)
        1 Tailor (Rifle) & wagon escort
        1 Cobbler (Rifle) & wagon escort
        2 Wagon Drivers (Rifles)
        2 wagons (Hf. 1) for baggage and equipment, each drawn by light draught horses
    3 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)
        2 Assistant MG Gunners (Pistols)
        7 Riflemen (Rifles)
        1 light machine gun
NOTES:
* Missing KStN. This rendition is based on the KStN 131a (R) with wagons substituted for the truck in the Baggage Trains.

Totals:
4 Officers, 22 NCO, 140 Enlisted Men;
127 Rifles, 38 Pistols, 9 LMG;
7 wagons; 1 riding horse; 14 draught horses; 8 bicycles.