World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations

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German Army 1 September 1939 Organization Mixed Militia Rifle Company

 

GEMISCHTE LANDWEHR-SCHÜTZENKOMPANIE KStN 131(Lw) dated 01.10.1937
1 Officer (K) as Company Commander (Pistol)(on horseback)
Company Headquarters     Headquarters Section         1 NCO as Headquarters Section Leader (Rifle)         4 Messengers (Rifles)         1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)         5 Messengers (Rifles)(on bicycles)         1 Groom for officer's horse (Rifle)     Combat Trains         1 Senior NCO as First Sergeant / Trains Leader (Pistol)(on bicycle)         1 NCO for Equipment (Rifle)         1 NCO for Gas Protection (Rifle)         1 NCO as Medic (Pistol)(on bicycle)         1 Rifleman (Rifle)(on bicycle)         4 Riflemen & wagon escorts (Rifles)         5 Drivers (Rifles)         2 Assistant Armorers (Pistol)         1 Farrier (Pistol)         1 Cook (Rifle)         1 Cook & wagon escort (Rifle)         4 Stretcher Bearers (Pistols)         4 wagons (Hf. 7/11)         1 wagon (Hf.11 or Hf. 13) with Field Kitchen     Ration Trains         1 Enlisted rations administrator & wagon escort (Rifle)         1 Driver (Rifle)         1 rations wagon (Hf. 1)     Baggage Trains         1 Enlisted in charge of baggage / clerk (Rifle)         1 Tailor (Rifle)         1 Cobbler (Rifle) & wagon escort         2 Drivers (Rifle)         2 baggage wagons (Hf. 1)	4 Rifle Platoons, each with     1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol)     Platoon Headquarters         2 Messengers (Rifles)         1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)     3 Rifle Squads, each with         1 NCO Squad Leader (Rifle)         1 Assistant Squad Leader (Rifle)         1 MG Gunner (Pistol)         3 Assistant MG Gunners (Pistols)         4 Riflemen (Rifles)         1 light machine gun 1 Heavy Machine Gun Platoon, with     1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader & Half-Platoon Leader (Pistol)(on horseback)     Platoon Headquarters         1 NCO as Gun Layer & Half-Platoon Leader (Pistol)(on horseback)         1 NCO as Gun Layer (Pistol)(on horseback)         2 Distance Measurers (Pistol)(on horseback)         2 Messengers (Rifle)(on horseback)         2 Messengers (Rifle)         1 Groom for officer's horse (Rifle)         2 Driver (Rifle)         2 machine gun carts (Jf. 5)         2 Ammunition wagons (Hf. 1)     4 Heavy Machine Gun Sections, each with         1 NCO as Section Leaders (Pistols)         1 MG Gunner (Pistols)         1 Assistant MG Gunner (Pistols)         4 Assistant MG Gunners (Rifles)         1 heavy machine gun
Totals: 6 Officers, 35 NCO, 176 Enlisted; 149 Rifles, 68 Pistols, 12 LMG, 4 HMG; 12 wagons; 7 bicyles; 32 horses.