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German Army
1937 10cm Gun Battery (motor towed)
BATTERIE 10CM KANONEN
(zu 4 Geschützen)(mot Z)

KStN 454 dated 01.10.1937 *
Company Headquarters
    Command Section
    1 Battery Commander (K)(Pistol)
    1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
    1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 11)
    Battery Headquarters
        1 Observation Officer (K)(Pistol)
        1 NCO with Scissors Telescope (Pistol)
        2 NCO with aiming circles (Pistols)
        1 NCO as Computer Section Leader / Gas Protection (Rifle)
        1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
        2 Messengers (Rifles)(on motorcycles)
        1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
        1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 12)
    Signal Detachment
        1 NCO Telephonist / Signal Detachment Leader (Pistol)
        1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
        1 radio car (Kfz. 2)
        1 Large Telephone Section a
            1 NCO Telephonist / Section Leader (Rifle)
            6 Telephonists (Rifles)
            1 Telephonist / Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
            1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
            1 signal car (Kfz. 2)
            1 telephone car (Kfz. 23)
        1 Medium Telephone Section b
            1 NCO Telephonist / Section Leader (Rifle)
            5 Telephonists (Rifles)
            1 Telephonist & vehicle escort (Rifle)
            2 Motor Vehicle Drivers
            1 signal car (Kfz. 15)
            1 observation truck (Kfz. 76)
        2 Pack Radio Section f, each with
            1 Radioman / Section Leader (Rifle)
            1 Radioman (Rifle)
        1 Pack Radio Section
            1 Radioman / Section Leader (Rifle)
            1 Radioman (Rifle)
            1 Radioman / Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
            1 radio car (Kfz. 2)
    Combat Trains
        1 NCO as Combat Trains Leader (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
        1 Technical Sergeant [K] (Pistol)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
        4 Motor Vehicle Drivers
        2 Motor Mechanics & vehicle escorts (Rifles)
        1 Assistant Armorer & vehicle escort (Pistol)
        1 Cook (Rifle)
        1 Cook & vehicle escort (Rifle)
        1 medium truck, open, for field kitchen
        1 truck, light, open, for spare parts
        1 truck, light, open, for fuel and equipment
        1 halftrack, 8-ton (Sd.Kfz. 7)
    Baggage Trains
        1 Pay Clerk / Baggage Trains Leader (Rifle)
        1 Driver (Rifle)
        1 Tailor (Rifle)
        1 Cobbler (Rifle)
        1 Saddler & vehicle escort (Rifle)
        1 truck, light, for equipment and baggage
 
NOTES:
 * Missing KStN. This rendition is based on the KStN 434 dated 01.10.1937, but substituting vehicles and artillery for the corresponding ones of KStN 454.
   Firing Battery
    1 Executive Officer (Pistol)
    1 Senior Artillery Sergeant (Pistol)
    2 NCO Platoon Leaders (Pistols)
    4 NCO Gun Commanders (Pistols)
    1 Medical NCO (Pistol)
    27 Gunners (Rifles)
    1 Gunner / Battery Mechanic (Rifle)
    2 Gunners / Computer Men (Pistols)
    1 MG Commander (Pistol)
    1 MG Gunner (Pistol)
    1 Motorcyclist (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
    8 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
    2 Motor Mechanics & vehicle escorts (Rifles)
    2 Motor Vehicle Escorts (Rifles)
    1 car, light, cross-country (Kfz. 1)
    1 antiaircraft car (Kfz. 4 with 2 LMG)
    2 cars, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 12)
    4 halftracks, 8-ton (Sd.Kfz. 7)
    4 guns(10cm)
 
Light Artillery Column (motorized) for a 10cm Gun Battery
LEICHTE ARTILLERIEKOLONNE (motorisiert)
für eine Batterie 10cm Kanonen

KStN 507 dated 01.10.1937 *
Column Headquarters
    1 Column Leader (K)(Pistol)
    1 NCO as First Sergeant (Pistol)
    1 Medical NCO (Pistol)
    1 Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
    1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
    1 car, light
Ammunition Platoon
    1 Platoon Leader (Z)(Pistol)(on motorcycle)
    1 NCO / Truck Column Commander (Rifle)
    6 Ammunition Handlers (Rifles)
    2 Ammunition Handlers / Telephonists (Rifles)
    8 Ammunition Handlers & vehicle escorts (Rifles)
    8 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
    8 trucks, medium (1½-ton), open, for ammunition
Column Trains
    1 Motor Sergeant / Trains Leader (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
    1 NCO Pay Clerk / Rations Clerk (Rifle)
    1 NCO Cook (Rifle)
    1 Cook & vehicle escort (Rifle)
    1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
    1 truck, medium (1½-ton), for field kitchen and rations
 
NOTES:
 * Missing KStN.This rendition is based on the KStN 507 dated 01.11.41.