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German Army
1938 Field Trunk-Wire Construction Company b (motorized)
FELDFERNKABELKOMPANIE b (motorisiert)
KStN 843 dated 01.10.1938
1 Company Commander (K)(Pistol)
Company Headquarters
    Headquarters Section
        1 Senior NCO as First Sergeant (Pistol)
        1 Radio NCO / Gas Protection (Pistol)
        1 Technical Sergeant [K] (Pistol)(pn motorcycle)
        1 Medical NCO (Pistol)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
        1 Radioman for Special Use (Rifle)
        1 Radioman for Special Use (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
        2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
        1 Clerk & vehicle escort (Rifle)
        1 Draughtsman (Rifle)
        1 Pay Clerk (Rifle)
        1 signal car, cross-country (Kfz. 15)
        1 truck, light, for personnel, equipment, and baggage
    Combat Trains
        1 Motor Sergeant / Combat Trains Leader (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
        1 Motor Mechanic & vehicle escort (Rifle)
        1 Cobbler & vehicle escort (Rifle)
        1 Tailor & vehicle escort (Rifle)
        1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
        2 Motor Vehicle Drivers / Motor Mechanics (Rifle)
        2 Cooks
        1 truck, light, open, for fuel and equipment
        2 trucks, light, open, for field kitchens
    Rations Trains
        1 Rations Sergeant / Rations Trains Leader (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
        1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
        1 Motor Vehicle Escort (Rifle)
        1 truck, light, ¾-ton, for rations
    3 Platoons, each with
    Platoon Headquarters
        1 Platoon Leader (Z)(Pistol)
        1 NCO for Special Use (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
        1 Messenger / Telephonist (Rifle)
        1 Messenger / Telephonist (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
        1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
        1 signal car, cross-country (Kfz. 15)
    3 Field Trunk-Wire Construction Sections, each with
        1 Telephone NCO / Section Leader (Rifle)
        6 Telephonists (Rifles)
        2 Telephonists & vehicle escorts (Rifles)
        1 Telephonist / Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
        2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
        1 signal car, cross-country (Kfz. 15)
        1 truck, light, open, cross-country, for transporting field trunk-wire
        1 truck, light, open, cross-country, for laying field-trunk wire
Totals:
4 Officers, 20 NCO, 139 Enlisted Men;
8 pistols, 15s rifles;
10 motorcycles, 1 motorcycle with sidecar, 40 motor vehicles.