Pionierkompanie (mot), 1.09.1939

PIONIERKOMPANIE (motorisiert) KStN 712 dated 01.10.1937
1 Company Commander (K)(Pistol)
Company Headquarters Headquarters Section 1 NCO as Headquarters Section Leader (Rifle) 1 NCO as Distance Finder and for Gas Protection (Pistol) 1 Motor Vehicle NCO (Pistol) 1 Messenger (Rifles)(motorcycle) 4 Messengers (Rifles)(motorcycles with sidecars) 2 Engineers (Rifles) 1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle) 1 motorcycle 4 motorcycles with sidecars 1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15) Signal Detachment 2 Pack Radio Sections b, each with 1 Radioman as Section Leader (Rifle) 1 Radioman as Driver (Rifle) 1 Radioman (Rifle) 1 signal car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15) Combat Trains 1 Senior NCO as First Sergeant / Trains Leader (Pistol)(on motorcycle with sidecar) 1 NCO as Medic (Pistol) 1 Motor Mechanic & vehicle escort (Rifle) 1 Assistant Armorer & vehicle escort (Pistol) 1 Cook (Rifle) 1 Cook / Butcher (Rifle) 2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles) 1 motorcycle with sidecar 1 truck, medium, open, for fuel and equipment 1 truck, medium, open, with field kitchen Rations Trains 1 Rations Clerk / Rations Trains Leader & vehicle escort (Rifle) 1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle) 1 truck, medium, open, for rations Baggage Trains 1 Pay Clerk / Baggage Trains Leader (Rifle) 1 Tailor (Rifle) 1 Cobbler & vehicle escort (Rifle) 1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle) 1 truck, medium, open, for baggage		3 Engineer Platoons, each with 1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol) Platoon Headquarters 1 NCO Assistant Platoon Leader (Pistol) 1 NCO as Foreman / Equipment Section Leader (Rifle) 1 Distance Finder (Rifle) (on motorcycle with sidecar) 1 Engineer / Motor Vehicle Mechanic (Rifle) 1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)(on motorcycle) 5 Engineers (Rifles) 2 Engineers / Telephonists (Rifles) 1 Engineer as vehicle escort (Rifle) 2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles) 1 motorcycle 1 motorcycle with side car 1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15) 1 engineer truck, medium, open, (Pionierkraftwagen I) 3 Sections, each with 1 Section Leader (Rifle) 1 MG Gunners (Pistol) 3 Assistant MG Gunners (Rifles) 8 Engineers (Rifles) 1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle) 1 engineer truck, medium, open, (Pionierkraftwagen I) 1 light machine gun
NOTES: This table is based on an organizational diagram of KStN 733 of 01.10.37 in the 01.11.40 HDv 220/9, in which exact personnel functions and individual weapon assignment are generally not indicated. I have designated personnel and allocated weapons as was usual in 1939 with other companies. Totals: (including the Auxiliary Trains) 4 Officers, 20 NCO, 183 Enlisted Men; 5 motorcycles, 7 motorcycles with sidecars, 21 motor vehicles.