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German Army
1937 Rifle Company, Type b (Reich)
SCHÜTZENKOMPANIE b (Reich)
KStN 131b (R) dated 01.10.1937
1 Company Commander (K)(Pistol)(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 wagons (Hf. 7/11) each drawn by 2 heavy draught horses
        1 Field Kitchen (Hf.11 or Hf. 13) drawn by with 2 heavy draught horses

    Ration Trains
        1 Rations Clerk / Rations Trains Leader & wagon escort (Rifle)
        1 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)
        1 Cobbler (Rifle) & truck escort
        1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
        1 truck, light, open, for baggage and equipment
    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
    Light Mortar Section
        1 NCO as Mortar Section Leader and Gunner (Rifle)
        2 Assistant Gunners (Rifles)
        1 light mortar (50mm)
Heavy Machine Gun Half-Platoon
    1 NCO as Half-Platoon Leader (Pistol)
    1 Distance Finder (Pistol)
    1 Messenger (Rifle)
    2 NCO as Gun Team Leaders (Pistols)
    2 MG Gunners (Pistols)
    2 Assistant MG Gunners (Pistols)
    6 Assistant MG Gunners (Rifles)
    1 Cart Driver (Rifle)
    2 heavy machine guns
    1 machine gun cart (Jf. 5) drawn by 2 heavy draught horses
Totals:
4 Officers, 28 NCO, 158 Enlisted Men;
144 Rifles, 46 Pistols, 9 LMG, 2 HMG, 3 Light Mortars;
1 truck; 1 riding horse; 12 draught horses; 6 wagons; 7 bicycles.