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German Army Organization Armored Machine Gun Company, Type b 1 February 1941

 

MASCHINENGEWEHRKOMPANIE b (gepanzert) KStN 1116(gp.) 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 / Scissors Periscope (Pistol)        1 Messenger / Radioman (Rifle)        1 Radioman (Rifle)        3 Messengers (Rifles)(on motorcycles)        1 Armored Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)        4 motorcycles        1 light armored radio carrier (Sd.Kfz. 250/3)     Signal Detachment        1 NCO Telephonist as Section Leader (Rifle)        2 Telephonists (Rifles)        2 Armored Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)        2 light armored telephone carriers (Sd.Kfz. 250/2)        2 Light Telephone Sections c, each with           1 NCO Telephonist as Section Leader (Rifle)           2 Telephonists (Rifles)     Maintenance Section        Senior NCO as Master Mechanic / 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)     Combat Trains        1 Senior NCO as First Sergeant (Pistol)        1 Senior NCO as Armorer (Pistol)        1 Motor Vehicle NCO / Supply Trains Leader (Rifle)        1 Equipment NCO (Rifle)        1 NCO Medic (Pistol)(on motorcycle with sidecar)        2 Assistant Arnorers (Pistols)        5 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)        1 Motor Mechanic / motor vehicle escort (Rifle)        1 Clerk (Rifle)        1 Cook / motor vehicle escort (Rifle)        1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15)        2 trucks, 2-ton, open, cross-country, for fuel        1 truck, 2-ton, open, cross-country, for ammo and equipment        1 truck, 3-ton, open, with field kitchen     Baggage Trains        1 NCO in charge of baggage / clerk (Rifle)        1 Tailor (Rifle)        1 Cobbler / motor vehicle escort (Rifle)        1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)        1 truck, 1½-ton, open, for baggage and equipment	2 Heavy Machine Gun Platoons, each with     1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader / HMG Section Leader (Pistol)     Platoon Headquarters        1 NCO as Platoon Headquarters Section Leader / HMG Section Leader (Pistol)        2 NCO as Distance Measurers (Pistols)        2 Messengers / Radiomen (Rifles)        2 Motorcycle Messenger (Rifles)(on motorcycles with sidecar)        4 Ammunition Handlers (Rifles)        2 Armored Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)        2 motorcycles with sidecar        2 light armored personnel carriers (Sd.Kfz. 250/1)     2 Heavy Machine Gun Sections, each with        2 NCO Gun Team Leaders (Pistols)        2 MG Gunners (Pistols)        2 Assistant MG Gunners (Pistols)        4 Ammunition Handlers (Rifles)        1 Armored Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)        1 Armored Motor Vehicle Driver / motor vehicle escort (Rifle)        2 heavy machine guns        1 medium armored personnel carrier (Sd.Kfz. 251/1) 1 Mortar Platoon     1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol)     Platoon Headquarters        1 NCO as Platoon Headquarters Section Leader (Pistol)        2 Messengers (Rifles)        1 Messenger / Radioman (Rifle)        1 Motorcycle Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle)        1 Armored Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)        1 motorcycle        1 light armored personnel carrier (Sd.Kfz. 250/1)     3 Mortar Sections, each with        1 NCO Section Leader (SMG)        2 NCO Mortar Team Leaders (Pistols)        1 Distance Measurer (Pistol)        2 Mortar Gunners (Pistols)        2 Assistant Mortar Gunners (Pistols)        2 Assistant Mortar Gunners / Telephone Men (Pistols)        6 Ammunition Bearers (Rifles)        2 Armored Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)        2 medium mortars (81mm)        2 medium armored mortar carriers (Sd.Kfz. 251/2)
Totals: 4 Officers, 34 NCO, 148 Enlisted; 109 Rifles, 77 Pistols, 18 SMG, 0 LMG, 8 HMG, 6 Mortars (81mm); 7 motor vehicles, 18 armored vehicles, 7 motorcycles; 6 motorcycles with sidecars.