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German Army
1937 Headquarters, Engineer Battalion (motorized)
STAB EINES PIONIERBATTALIONS (mot)
KStN 703 dated 01.10.1937
1 Officer (B) as Battalion Commander (Pistol)
Battalion Headquarters
     Headquarters Section
        1 Officer (K) for Special Duties / Supply Officer (Pistol)
        1 Adjutant (Z) (Pistol)
        1 Rations Officer (Z) / Gas Protection Officer (Pistol)(on motorcycle)
        1 Battalion Physician (K) (Pistol)
        1 Paymaster Official in the Upper Administrative Service (Z) (Pistol)
        1 Senior NCO as Battalion Clerk (Pistol)
        1 NCO for Gas Protection with Scissors Telescope (Pistol)
        3 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
        2 Motorcyclists (on motorcycles)
        2 Motorcyclists (on motorcycles with sidecars)
        1 Messenger / Surveyor (Rifle)
        1 Messenger / Telephonist (Rifle)
        1 Clerk / Draftsman / Telephonist (Rifle)
        1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 11)
        1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15)
        1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15), for medical personnel
     Signal Detachment
        1 Radio NCO / Signal Detachment Leader (Rifle)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
        1 Radioman & motor vehicle escort (Rifle)
        1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
        1 truck, light, open, cross-country
        2 Pack Radio Sections b, each with
           1 Radioman (Rifle) as Section Leader
           1 Radioman (Rifle)
        2 Motorized Pack Radio Sections b, each with
           1 Radio NCO / Section Leader (Rifle)
           1 Radioman (Rifle)
           1 Radioman / Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
           1 radio car (Kfz. 2/2)
     Combat Trains
        1 Motor NCO / Leader for all Battalion Combat Trains (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
        1 Medic NCO (Pistol)(rides in Kfz. 15 in Headquarters Section)
        1 Motor Vehicle Driver / Mechanic (Rifle)
        1 Cook (Rifle)
        1 Cook & motor vehicle escort (Rifle)
        1 truck, light, open, for field kitchen
     Rations and Baggage Trains
        1 Rations NCO / Leader for all Battalion Rations Trains (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
        1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
        1 Clerk & motor vehicle escort (Rifle)
        1 truck, light, open, for rations and equipment
Totals:
5 Officers, 1 Official, 8 NCO, 25 Enlisted Men;
30 Rifles, 9 Pistols;
8 motor vehicles, 5 motorcycles, 3 motorcycles with sidecars.