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German Army Organization Motorcycle Rifle Company 22 June 1941

 

KRADSCHÜTZENKOMPANIE KStN 1111 dated 01.02.1941
1 Officer (K) as Company Commander (Pistol)
Company Headquarters     Headquarters Section        1 NCO as Headquarters Section Leader (SMG)        1 Motor Vehicle NCO (Rifle)(on motorcycle)        1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)        1 Messenger / Distance Measurer (Pistol)        1 Messenger / (Rifle)        1 Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle with sidecar)        2 Messenger (Rifles)(on motorcycles)        2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)        1 Stretcher Bearer (Pistol)        3 motorcycles        1 motorcycle with sidecar        1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 12)        1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 18)     Combat Trains        1 Senior NCO as First Sergeant (Pistol)        1 NCO as Supply Trains Leader (Rifle)(on motorcycle)        1 NCO as Armorer (Pistol)        1 NCO as Motor Vehicle Mechanic (Rifle)        1 NCO as Medic (Pistol)(on motorcycle with sidecar)        1 Assistant Armorer (Pistol)        6 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)        1 Clerk & motor vehicle escort (Rifle)        1 Motor Vehicle Mechanic & motor vehicle escort (Rifle)        1 Cook (Rifle)        1 Cook & motor vehicle escort (Rifle)        2 motorcycles with sidecars        1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15)        1 truck, medium, open, cross-country, with Field Kitchen        1 truck, light, open, cross-country, for baggage and equipment        1 truck, light, open, cross-country, for fuel        1 truck, light, open, cross-country, for ammo and supplies        1 truck, light, open, cross-country, for fuel and equipment     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)     Baggage Trains        1 NCO in charge of baggage / clerk (Rifle)(on motorcycle)        1 Tailor (Rifle)        1 Cobbler / motor vehicle escort (Rifle)        1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)        1 motorcycle        1 truck, 1½-ton, open, for baggage and equipment	3 Rifle Platoons, each with     1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (SMG)     Platoon Headquarters        1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)        2 Motorcycle Messengers (Rifles)(on motorcycles)        2 Motorcycle Drivers (Rifles)(on motorcycles with sidecars)        1 Stretcher Bearer (Pistol)        2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)        2 motorcycles        2 motorcycles with sidecars        1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 11)        1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 18)        1 antitank rifle     3 Rifle Squads, each with        1 NCO Squad Leader (SMG)        1 MG Gunner (Pistol)        1 Assistant MG Gunner (Pistol)        3 Riflemen (Rifles)        3 Motorcycle Drivers (Rifles)(on motorcycles with sidecars)        3 motorcycles with sidecars        1 light machine gun     Light Mortar Section        1 NCO as Mortar Section Leader and Gunner (Rifle)        2 Assistant Gunners (Pistols)        2 Motorcycle Drivers (Rifles)(on motorcycles with sidecars)        2 motorcycles with sidecars        1 light mortar (50mm) Heavy Machine Gun Half-Platoon     1 NCO as Half-Platoon Leader (Pistol)     Headquarters Section         1 Distance Measurere (Pistol)         1 Messenger (Rifle)         1 Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle with sidecar)         3 Motorcycle Drivers (Rifles)(on motorcycles with sidecars)         4 motorcycles with sidecars     2 Heavy Machine Gun Sections, each with         1 NCO as Gun Team Leader (Pistol)         1 MG Gunner (Pistol)         1 Assistant MG Gunner (Pistol)         3 Assistant MG Gunners (Rifles)         3 Motorcycle Drivers (Rifles)(on motorcycles with sidecars)         3 motorcycles with sidecars         1 heavy machine gun
Totals: 4 Officers, 24 NCO, 150 Enlisted; 122 Rifles, 43 Pistols, 13 SMG, 3 Light Mortars, 2 HMG, 9 LMG, 3 ATR; 16 motor vehicles; 11 motorcycles; 46 motorcycles with sidecars.