Panzerfunkkompanie b, 1.09.1939

PANZERFUNKKOMPANIE b KStN 973 dated 01.10.1937 *
1 Company Commander (K)(Pistol)
Company Headquarters Headquarters Section 1 Senior NCO as First Sergeant (Pistol) 1 Radio NCO (Pistol) 1 Technical Sergeant [K] (Pistol)(on motorcycle) 1 Medical NCO (Pistol)(on motorcycle with sidecar) 1 Radioman for Special Use (Rifle) 1 Radioman for Special Use (Rifle)(on motorcycle) 3 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles) 1 Clerk & vehicle escort (Rifle) 1 Draughtsman (Rifle) 1 Pay Clerk (Rifle) 2 radio cars, 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 Signal Technician & vehicle escort (Rifle) 3 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles) 2 Motor Vehicle Drivers / Motor Mechanics (Rifles) 1 Cobbler & vehicle escort (Rifle) 1 Tailor & vehicle escort (Rifle) 2 Cooks (Rifles) 2 Cooks & vehicle escorts (Rifles) 1 van, medium, battery (Kfz. 42) 1 trailer, generator (Sd.Ah. 23) 1 truck, light, open, for fuel and equipment 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		1st Platoon 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 radio car, cross-country (Kfz. 15) 4 Medium Armored Radio Sections b, each with 1 Radio NCO / Section Leader (Pistol) 1 Radio NCO (Pistol) 6 Radiomen / Motor Vehicle Drivers (Pistols) 1 radio car, cross-country (Kfz. 15) 1 radio armored car (Sd.Kfz. 263) 1 light machine gun 1 Small Armored Radio Section c 1 Radio NCO / Section Leader (Pistol) 1 Radioman / Motor Vehicle Driver (Pistol) 2 Radiomen (Pistols) 1 radio armored car (Sd.Kfz. 260) 2nd Platoon 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) 2 Medium Armored Radio Sections a, each with 1 Radio NCO / Section Leader (Pistol) 1 Radio NCO (Pistol) 6 Radiomen / Motor Vehicle Drivers (Pistols) 1 radio car, cross-country (Kfz. 15) 1 radio armored car (Sd.Kfz. 263) 1 light machine gun 2 Medium Armored Radio Sections b, each with 1 Radio NCO / Section Leader (Pistol) 1 Radio NCO (Pistol) 6 Radiomen / Motor Vehicle Drivers (Pistols) 1 radio car, cross-country (Kfz. 15) 1 radio armored car (Sd.Kfz. 263) 1 light machine gun 1 Small Armored Radio Section c 1 Radio NCO / Section Leader (Pistol) 1 Radioman / Motor Vehicle Driver (Pistol) 2 Radiomen (Pistols) 1 radio armored car (Sd.Kfz. 260) 3rd Platoon 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 (Kfz. 15) 4 Medium Radio Sections b, each with 1 Radio NCO / Section Leader (Rifle) 4 Radiomen (Rifles) 2 Radiomen & vehicle escort (Rifles) 1 radio car, cross-country (Kfz. 15) 1 van, small, cross-country, for radio operations (Kfz. 17/3) Code Section 1 Radio NCO / Section Leader (Rifle) 4 Radiomen (Rifle) 2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles) 2 radio cars, cross-country (Kfz. 15) Reserve Crew Section 1 Senior NCO as Detachment Leader (Pistol) 4 Radiomen (Rifles) 2 Armored Mechanics (Rifles) 2 Armored Signal Mechanics (Rifles) 1 Motorcyclist (Rifle)(on motorcycle) 2 Motor Vehicle Drivers 1 radio car, light, cross-country (Kfz. 2) 1 truck, light, open, cross-country, for personnel transport
NOTES: * Missing KStN. This rendition is based on the other signal companies of this era, which used the same building blocks — the standard Sections — as used in this KStN. The company headquarters, the trains, and the platoon headquarters were all very similar, if not the same, in all signal companies, varying in whether the companies were operating radios or telephones; or were primarily equipped with horse-drawn, motor, or armored vehicles.