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Organization
Rifle Company
12 December 1941
 
RIFLE COMPANY
1 Captain as Company Commander
Company Headquarters
    Headquarters Section
        1 Company Sergeant Major (Administration)
        1 Sergeant
        2 Telephone Operators
        2 Orderlies on bicycles
        3 Buglers
        6 Antitank Gunners
        2 Antitank Guns (20mm Solothurn)
    Company Trains Section
        1 Supply Sergeant (Fourier)
        7 Drivers
        1 Two-Horse Cart (Ammunition)
        1 Two-Horse Cart (Kitchen)
        1 Two-Horse Cart (Water Filter)
        1 Horse (reserve)
3 Rifle Platoons, each with
    1 Lieutenant or Senior NCO as Platoon Leader
    Mortar Section:
          - 1 NCO as Mortar Section Leader
          - 3 Mortar Gunners
          - 6 Ammo Handlers
          - 1 mortar (47mm)(Stokes-Brand)
    3 Rifle Squads, each with
        1 NCO as Squad Leader
        Rifle Team
          - 1 Sergeant as Assistant Squad Leader
          - 7 Riflemen
        MG Team
          - 1 Sergeant as Machine Gun Team Leader
          - 7 Men
          - 1 Light Machine Gun (M/1915 Madsen)
 
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