MASCHINENGEWEHRKOMPANIE c (mot) einer Infanteriedivision (mot)
KStN 161c dated 1941–1942 |
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1 Officer (K) as Company Commander (Pistol)(SMG) | |
Company Headquarters
Headquarters Section 1 NCO as Headquarters Leader (Pistol) 1 NCO Observer with Scissors Periscope (Pistol) 1 Motor Vehicle NCO (Rifle)(in sidecar) 1 Medic NCO (Pistol)(in sidecar) 2 Messengers / Telephonists (Rifles)(each with a field telephone) 1 Messenger (Rifles) 1 Messenger (Rifles)(in sidecar)(each with Field Radio b) 1 Motorcycle Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)(on motorcycle) 2 Motorcycle Messengers (Rifles)(on motorcycles)(with Field Radio b) 2 Motorcycle Messengers (Rifles)(on motorcycles with sidecar) 2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles) 3 motorcycles 2 motorcycles with sidecar 2 cars, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15) Maintenance Section Senior NCO as Master Mechanic / Section Leader (Pistol)(in sidecar) 1 Motorcyclist / Motor Mechanic (Rifle)(on motorcycle with sidecar) 1 Motor Vehicle Driver / Motor Mechanic (Rifle) 1 Motor Mechanic (Rifle) 1 motorcycle with sidecar 1 maintenance car, light, cross-country (Kfz. 2/40) Combat Trains 1 Senior NCO as First Sergeant / Supply Trains Leader (Pistol) 1 Senior NCO as Armorer (Pistol) 1 Equipment NCO (Rifle) 1 NCO as Chief Cook (Rifle) 1 Clerk (Rifle) 1 Cook / Motor Vehicle Escort (Rifle) 1 Fuel Handler & Motor Vehicle Escort (Rifle) 3 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles) 1 car, light 1 truck, 2-ton, open for fuel 1 truck, 3-ton, open, with field kitchen Baggage Trains 1 NCO in charge of baggage / clerk (Rifle) 1 Tailor (Rifle) 1 Cobbler / Motor Vehicle Escort (Rifle) 1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle) 1 truck, 3-ton, open, for baggage |
2 Heavy Machine Gun Platoons, each with
1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol)(SMG) Platoon Headquarters 1 NCO / Platoon Headquarters Leader / Gun Layer (Pistol) 2 Messengers (Rifles) 1 Motorcycle Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle with sidecar) 1 Distance Measurer (Pistol) 1 Distance Measurer (Pistol)(in sidecar) 1 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles) 1 motorcycle with sidecar 1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15) 2 Heavy Machine Gun Sections, each with 2 NCO Section Leader (Pistols) 2 Gun Team Leaders (Pistols) 4 Gunners (Pistols) 2 Gunners (Rifles) 2 Gunners (SMG) 1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle) 2 heavy machine guns 1 truck, 3-ton, open, for personnel 1 Heavy Machine Reinforcement Gun Section 1 NCO Section Leader (Pistol) 2 Gun Team Leaders (Pistols) 4 MG Gunners (Pistols) 3 Gunners (Rifles) 1 Assistant Armorer (Pistol) 1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle) 2 heavy machine guns 1 truck, 3-ton, open, for personnel 1 Heavy Mortar Platoon 1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol)(SMG) Platoon Headquarters 1 NCO for Special Purposes (Pistol) 2 Messengers (Rifles) 1 Motorcycle Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle) 1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle) 1 Assistant Armorer (Pistol) 1 motorcycle 1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 11) 3 Mortar Sections, each with 1 NCO Section Leader (SMG) 1 Distance Measurer (Pistol) 1 Motorcycle Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle) 2 NCO Mortar Team Leaders (Pistols) 2 Mortar Gunners (Pistols) 2 Assistant Mortar Gunners / Telephone Men (Pistols) 8 Ammunition Bearers (Rifles) 2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles) 2 medium mortars (81mm) 1 motorcycle 2 trucks, 3-ton, open, for personnel 1 Antitank Platoon 1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol)(SMG) Platoon Headquarters 1 NCO / Platoon Headquarters Leader / Observation NCO (Pistol)(in sidecar) 1 Distance Measurer (Pistol) 1 Assistant Armorer (Pistol)(in sidecar) 1 Motorcycle Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle) 1 Motorcycle Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle with sidecar) 1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle) 1 motorcycle 1 motorcycle with sidecar 1 truck, light (1.5-ton), cross-country (Kfz. 69) for ammo Gun Platoon 3 NCO Gun Team Leaders (Pistols) 1 NCO MG Team Leaders (Pistol) 6 AT Gunners (Pistols) 6 AT Gunners (Rifles) 2 MG Gunners (Pistols) 2 Ammunition Bearers (Rifles) 1 Assistant Armorer (Pistol) 4 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles) 1 light machine gun 3 antitank guns (37mm) 1 truck, light (1.5-ton), cross-country (Kfz. 69) for ammo and LMG 3 trucks, light (1.5-ton), cross-country (Kfz. 69) prime movers for ATG |
Totals:
5 Officers, 41 NCO, 180 Enlisted; 111 Rifles, 104 Pistols, 16 SMG, 1 LMG, 12 HMG, 6 Mortars (81mm), 3 ATG (37mm); 27 motor vehicles; 8 motorcycles; 6 motorcycles with sidecars. |