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Organization
Machine Gun Company (motorized)
of a Machine Gun Battalion (motorized)

22 June 1941
 
MASCHINENGEWEHRSCHÜTZENKOMPANIE (mot) eines Machinengewehrbataillons (mot)
KStN 166 dated 01.02.1941
1 Officer (K) as Company Commander (Pistol)(SMG)
Company Headquarters
    Headquarters Section
       1 NCO as Headquarters Section Leader (Pistol)
       1 NCO Observver (Pistol)
       1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)
       1 Messenger / Scissors Telescope (Pistol)
       1 Messenger (Rifle)
       6 Messengers (Rifles)(on motorcycles)
       2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
       6 motorcycles
       1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 11)
       1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15)
    Antitank Gun Section
       1 NCO as Section Leader (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
       3 Gunners (Pistols)
       3 Assistant Gunners (Rifles)
       3 antitank rifles
       1 motorcycle
       3 motorcycles with sidecar
    Signal Detachment
       1 NCO as Detachment Leader / Radioman / Telephonist (Pistol)
       1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
       1 radio car, light , cross-country (Kfz. 2)
       2 Pack Radio Sections d, each with
          1 NCO as Section Leader / Radioman (Rifle)
          1 Radioman (Rifle)
          1 Motor Vehicle Driver / Radioman (Rifle)
          1 radio car, light , cross-country (Kfz. 2/2)
       2 Pack Radio Sections d, each with
          1 Radioman as Section Leader (Rifle)
          1 Radioman (Rifle)
          1 Motor Vehicle Driver / Radioman (Rifle)
          1 radio car, light , cross-country (Kfz. 2/2)
       1 Light Telephone Section c
          1 Telephonist NCO as Section Leader (Rifle)
          2 Telephonists (Rifles)
          1 Telephonist / Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
          1 signal car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15)
    Combat Trains
       1 Senior NCO as First Sergeant (Pistol)
       1 Senior NCO as Armorer (Pistol)
       1 NCO as Supply Trains Leader (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
       1 Motor NCO (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
       1 Equipment NCO (Rifle)
       1 NCO as Medic (Pistol)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
       1 Clerk (Rifle)
       1 Assistant Armorer / motor vehicle escort (Pistol)
       2 Assistant Armorers (Pistols)
       5 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
       2 Motor Mechanics (Rifles)
       1 Cook (Rifle)
       1 Cook / motor vehicle escort (Rifle)
       3 motorcycles
       1 motorcycle with sidecar
       1 car, light
       1 truck, 1½-ton, open, for fuel
       1 truck, medium, open, cross-country, with Field Kitchen
       1 truck, light, open, cross-country, for ammo and supplies
       1 truck, light, open, cross-country, for fuel transport
    Maintenance Section
       1 NCO Foreman as Section Leader (Pistol)
       1 Motor Mechanic (Rifle)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
       1 Motor Mechanic (Rifle)
       1 Motor Mechanic / Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
       1 motorcycle with sidecar
       1 maintenance car, light, cross-country (Kfz. 2/40)
    Rations Trains
       1 Rations Clerk / Supply Trains Leader (Rifle)
       1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
       1 truck, 1½-ton, open, for rations
    Baggage Trains
       1 NCO clerk in charge of baggage (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
       1 Tailor (Rifle)
       1 Cobbler / motor vehicle escort (Rifle)
       1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
       1 motorcycle
       1 truck, 3-ton, open, for baggage
3 Heavy Machine Gun Platoons, each with
    1 Lieutenant as Platoon Leader (Pistol)(SMG)
    Platoon Headquarters
       2 NCO as Section Leaders (Pistol)
       1 Motor NCO (Rifle)(on mototcycle)
       2 Messengers (Rifles)
       2 Distance Measurers (Pistols)
       1 Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
       1 Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
       2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
       2 motorcycles
       1 motorcycle with sidecar
       2 cars, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 11)
    2 Heavy Machine Gun Half-Platoons, each with
       2 NCO as Gun Team Leaders (SMG)
       2 MG Gunners (Pistols)
       2 Assistant MG Gunners (Pistols)
       3 Assistant MG Gunners (Rifles)
       2 Drivers (Rifle)
       2 heavy machine guns
       2 personnel carriers, open, cross-country (Kfz. 70)
    1 Mortar Section
       1 NCO as Mortar Section Leader and Gunner (Rifle)
       2 Assistant Gunners (Pistols)
       2 Motorcyclists (Rifles)
       1 light mortar (50mm)
       2 motorcycles with sidecar
Totals:
4 Officers, 39 NCO, 163 Enlisted;
134 Rifles, 60 Pistols, 16 SMG, 3 Light Mortars, 12 HMG, 3 Antitank Rifles;
34 motor vehicles; 16 motorcycles; 14 motorcycles with sidecars.