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German Army
Organization
Machine Gun Company, Type f
22 June 1941
 
Maschinengewehrkompanie
KStN 151f dated 01.02.1941
1 Officer (K) as Company Commander (Pistol)(SMG)(on horseback)
Company Headquarters
    Headquarters Section
        1 NCO as Headquarters Section Leader (Pistol)(on horseback)
        1 NCO Observer with Scissors Periscope (Pistol)(on horseback)
        1 Foragier NCO as Wagon Train Leader (Pistol)(on horseback)
        1 Messenger / Bugler (Pistol)(on horseback)
        3 Messengers / Telephonists (Rifles)
        1 Messenger & wagon escort (Rifle)
        2 Messenger (Rifles)
        2 Messengers (Rifles)(on bicycles)
        1 Groom for officer's horse (Rifle)(on horseback)
    Combat Trains
        1 Senior NCO as First Sergeant (Pistol)(on horseback)
        1 NCO as Armorer (Rifle)(on bicycle)
        1 NCO for Equipment (Rifle)(on horseback)
        1 NCO as Farrier (Pistol)(on horseback)
        1 NCO as Medic on bicycle (Pistol)
        1 Clerk (Rifle)
        2 Assistant Armorers (Pistols)
        1 Smith (Pistol)
        1 Cook (Rifle)
        1 Cook & wagon escort (Rifle)
        1 Driver (Rifle)(on horseback)
        1 wagon (Hf.11 or Hf. 13) with Field Kitchen
    Ration Trains
        1 NCO Clerk (Rifle)
        1 Enlisted rations administrator & wagon escort (Rifle)
        1 Driver (Rifle)
        1 rations wagon (Hf. 1)
3 Heavy Machine Gun Platoons, each with
        1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol)(SMG)(on horseback)
    Platoon Headquarters
        1 Messenger / Groom for officer's horse (Rifle)(on horseback)
        2 Messengers (Rifles)
        2 Distance Measurers (Pistol)
    2 Heavy Machine Gun Half-Platoons, each with
        1 NCO as Half-Platoon Leader (Pistol)(on horseback)
        2 NCO as Gun Team Leaders (Pistols)
        2 MG Gunners (Pistols)
        2 Assistant MG Gunners (Pistols)
        6 Assistant MG Gunners (Rifles)
        2 Drivers (Rifle)
        2 heavy machine guns
        1 machine gun wagon (Jf. 5)
        1 ammunition wagon(Hf. 1)
Totals:
4 Officers, 27 NCO, 106 Enlisted;
75 Rifles, 50 Pistols, 16 SMG, 12 HMG;
14 wagons; 6 bicyles; 49 horses.