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German Army
1937 Infantry Horse Platoon
INFANTERIE-REITERZUG
KStN 181 dated 01.10.1937
1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol)(on horseback)
Headquarters Section [1]
    1 NCO occupying First Sergeant position (Pistol)(on horseback)
    1 Farrier (Pistol)(on horseback)
    3 Messengers (Rifles)(on horseback)
    1 Groom (Rifle)(riding platoon leader's 2nd horse)
Platoon
    3 NCO as Section Leaders (Rifles)(on horseback)
    21 Messengers (on horseback)
Combat Trains
    1 Pay Clerk / Combat Trains Leader & wagon escort (Rifle)
    1 Wagon Driver (Rifle)
    1 wagon (Hf. 1) drawn by 2 light draught horses
NOTES:
  [1] The Platoon relies for rations on the regiment headquarters it is assigned.

Totals:
1 Officer, 4 NCO, 28 Enlisted Men;
3 Pistols; 30 Carbines;
31 riding horses; 2 draught horses; 1 wagon.