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Motorized Rifle Company, Type b
late 1941 through mid-1942
 
SCHÜTZENKOMPANIE b (mot)
KStN 1114 dated 1941–1942  
1 Officer (K) as Company Commander (Pistol)(SMG)  
Company Headquarters
    Headquarters Section
       1 NCO as Headquarters Leader (SMG)
       1 Motor Vehicle NCO (Rifle)
       1 Medic NCO (Pistol)
       1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)
       3 Messengers (Rifles)(on motorcycles)
       1 Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
       1 Motorcycle Driver for Medic NCO (Rifle)
       1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
       1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15)
       3 motorcycles
       2 motorcycles with sidecar
    Maintenance Section
       1 Senior NCO as Master Mechanic / Section Leader (Pistol)
       1 Motorcyclist / Motor Mechanic (Rifle)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
       1 Motor Vehicle Driver / Motor Mechanic (Rifle)
       1 Motor Mechanic (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 Equipment NCO as Trains Leader (Rifle)
       1 NCO as Chief Cook / Motor Vehicle Escort (Rifle)
       1 Assistant Armorer (Pistol)
       1 Cook (Rifle)
       1 Clerk / Motor Vehicle Escort (Rifle)
       3 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
       1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15)
       1 truck, light, open, cross-county, for fuel
       1 truck, medium, open, cross-county, 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, 3-ton, open, for baggage and equipment
 
3 Rifle Platoons, each with
    1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol)(SMG)
    Platoon Headquarters
       1 NCO as Platoon Headquarters Leader (Pistol)
       1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)
       1 Motorcycle Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
       1 Stretcher Bearer (Pistol)
       1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
       1 motorcycle
       1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15)
       1 antitank rifle (7.92mm)
    3 Rifle Squads, each with
          1 NCO Squad Leader (SMG)
          1 NCO Assistant Squad Leader (Rifle)
          2 MG Gunners (Pistols)
          2 Assistant MG Gunners (Pistols)
          6 Riflemen (Rifles)
          2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
          2 light machine guns
          2 personnel carriers, open, cross-country (Kfz. 70)

1 Heavy Weapons Platoon
    1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol)(SMG)
    Platoon Headquarters
       1 NCO as Platoon Headquarters Leader (Pistol)
       1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)
       1 Motorcycle Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle)
       1 Motorcycle Messenger (Rifle)(on motorcycle with sidecar)
       1 Stretcher Bearer (Pistol)
       1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)
       1 motorcycle
       1 motorcycle with sidecar
       1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz. 15)
    2 Heavy Machine Gun Sections, each with
       1 NCO Gun Team Leader / Section Leader (SMG)
       1 NCO Gun Team Leader (Pistol)
       2 MG Gunners (Pistols)
       2 Assistant MG Gunners (Pistols)
       6 Ammunition handlers (Rifles)
       1 Distance Measurer (Pistol)
       2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
       2 heavy machine guns
       2 personnel carriers, open, cross-country (Kfz. 70)
    1 Mortar Section
       1 NCO Section Leader (SMG)
       2 NCO Mortar Team Leaders (Pistols)
       1 Distance Measurer (Pistol)
       2 Mortar Gunners (Pistols)
       4 Assistant Mortar Gunners Gunners (Pistols)
       2 Ammunition Bearers (Rifles)
       2 Telephone Men (Rifles)
       3 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)
       2 medium mortars (81mm)
       3 personnel carriers, open, cross-country (Kfz. 70)
 
Totals:
5 Officers, 38 NCO, 185 Enlisted;
139 Rifles, 70 Pistols, 19 SMG, 18 LMG, 4 HMG, 2 Medium Mortars, 3 ATR;
35 motor vehicles; 7 motorcycles; 4 motorcycles with sidecars.