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German Army
1938 Motorcycle Rifle Company, Type a
KRADSCHÜTZENKOMPANIE a
KStN 1111a dated 01.10.1938
1 Company Commander (K)(Pistol)
Company Headquarters
    Headquarters Section
       1 NCO as Headquarters Section Leader (Rifle)
       1 Motor Vehicle NCO (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
       1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)
       1 Messenger / Scissors Telescope Bearer (Pistol)
       2 Messengers (Rifle)
       2 Messengers (Rifles)(on motorcycles)
       1 Messenger (Rifles)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
       2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
       1 Stretcher Bearer (Pistol)
       1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 12)
       1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 18)
    Combat Trains
       1 Senior NCO as First Sergeant / Trains Leader (Pistol)
       1 NCO as Foreman (Pistol)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
       1 NCO as Armorer (Pistol)
       1 NCO as Motor Vehicle Mechanic (Rifle)
       1 NCO as Medic (Pistol)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
       2 Assistant Armorers (Pistol)
       6 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
       1 Clerk & motor vehicle escort (Rifle)
       1 Motor Vehicle Mechanic & motor vehicle escort (Rifle)
       1 Cook (Rifle)
       1 Cook & motor vehicle escort (Rifle)
       1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15)
       1 truck, light, open, cross-country, with Field Kitchen
       1 truck, light, open, cross-country, for baggage and equipment
       1 truck, light, open, cross-country, for fuel
       1 truck, light, open, cross-country, for ammo and supplies
       1 truck, light, open, cross-country, for fuel and equipment
    Baggage Trains
       1 Pay Clerk / Baggage Trains Leader (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
       1 Tailor (Rifle)
       1 Cobbler (Rifle) & truck escort
       1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
       1 truck, light, open, for baggage and equipment
   3 Rifle Platoons, each with
    1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol)
    Platoon Headquarters
       1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)
       2 Motorcycle Messengers (Rifles)(on motorcycles)
       2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
       1 Stretcher Bearer (Pistol)
       1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 11)
       1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 18)
    3 Rifle Squads, each with
       1 NCO Squad Leader (Rifle)
       2 MG Gunner (Pistol)
       4 Assistant MG Gunners (Pistols)
       1 Riflemen (Rifles)
       4 Motorcycle Drivers (Rifles)(on motorcycles with sidecar)
       2 light machine guns
    Light Mortar Section
       1 NCO as Mortar Section Leader and Gunner (Rifle)
       2 Assistant Gunners (Rifles)
       2 Motorcycle Drivers (Rifles)(on motorcycles with sidecar)
       1 light mortar (50mm)
Heavy Machine Gun Platoon
    1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol)
    Headquarters Section
        1 NCO Direction Finder as Half-Platoon Leader (Pistol)
        1 NCO Direction Finder (Pistol)
        2 Distance Finders (Pistols)
        2 Messengers (Rifles)
        1 Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
        1 Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
        1 Motorcyclist (Rifle)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
        2 Motorcyclists (Rifle)(on motorcycles with sidecars for ammunition)
        1 Stretcher Bearer (Pistol)
        2 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifles)
        1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15)
        1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 18)
    Light Telephone Section c
        1 NCO as Section Leader (Rifle)
        2 Telephonists (Rifles)
        1 Telephonists as motor vehicle driver (Rifles)
        1 signal car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15/1)
    2 Heavy Machine Gun Half-Platoons, each with
        2 Heavy Machine Gun Sections, each with
            1 NCO as Gun Team Leader (Pistol)
            1 MG Gunner (Pistol)
            1 Assistant MG Gunners (Pistol)
            2 Assistant MG Gunners (Rifles)
            3 Motorcycle Drivers (Rifles)(on motorcycles with sidecar)
            1 heavy machine gun
Totals:
5 Officers, 27 NCO, 198 Enlisted Men;
161 Rifles, 69 Pistols, 18 LMG, 4 HMG, 3 Light Mortars;
18 motor vehicles; 11 motorcycles; 61 motorcycles with sidecars.