Appendix III

Motorcycle Company, Type b: late 1941 through mid-1942

Kradschützen Company b

1 Officer (K) / Company Commander (Pistol)

Company Headquarters

Headquarters Section

1 NCO / Headquarters Section Leader (SMG)

1 Motor Vehicle NCO (Rifle) (in sidecar)

1 Medic NCO (Pistol) (in sidecar)

1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)

4 Motorcycle Messengers (Rifles) (on motorcycles)

2 Motorcyclists (Rifles) (on motorcycles with sidecars)

1 Motor Vehicle Driver (Rifle)

4 motorcycles

2 motorcycles with sidecar

1 car, medium, cross-country (Kfz.15)

Maintenance Section

Senior NCO / Master Mechanic / Section Leader (Pistol) (in sidecar)

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)

1 Senior NCO / First Sergeant (Pistol)

1 Senior NCO / Armourer (Pistol)

1 Equipment NCO / Trains Leader (Rifle)

1 NCO / Chief Cook / Motor Vehicle Escort (Rifle)

1 Assistant Armourer / Motor Vehicle Escort (Pistol)

1 Clerk / Motor Vehicle Escort (Rifle) 1 Cook (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

3 Rifle Platoons, each with

1 Officer (Z) / Platoon Leader (SMG) Platoon Headquarters

1 NCO / Platoon Headquarters Leader (Rifle) 1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle)

1 Motorcycle Messenger (Rifle) (on motorcycle)

2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)

1 Stretcher Bearer (Pistol)

1 antitank rifle (7.92mm)

1 motorcycle

2 cars, medium, cross-country (Kfz.15)

3 Rifle Squads, each with

1 NCO Squad Leader (SMG) (in sidecar)

2 MG Gunners (Pistols)

2 Assistant MG Gunners (Pistols)

3 Riflemen (Rifles)

4 Motorcyclists (Rifles) (on motorcycles with sidecars)

2 light machine guns

4 motorcycles with sidecar

1 Heavy Weapons Platoon

1 Officer (Z) / Platoon Leader (SMG) Platoon Headquarters

1 NCO / Platoon Headquarters Section Leader (Pistol)

1 Messenger (Rifle)

1 Motorcycle Messenger (Rifle) (on motorcycle)

1 Motorcycle Messenger (Rifle) (on motorcycle with sidecar)

2 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)

1 Stretcher Bearer (Pistol)

1 motorcycle

1 motorcycle with sidecar

2 cars, medium, cross-country (Kfz.15)

2 Heavy Machine Gun Sections, each with

1 NCO Section Leader (SMG)

2 NCO Gun Team Leaders (Pistols)

8 MG Gunners (Pistols)

1 Ammunition Handler (Rifle)

1 Distance Measurer (Rifle)

7 Motorcyclists (Rifles) (on motorcycles with sidecars)

1 Motorcyclist (Rifle) (on motorcycle with sidecar for ammo)

2 heavy machine guns

8 motorcycles with sidecar

1 Mortar Section

1 NCO Section Leader (SMG)

2 NCO Mortar Team Leaders (Pistols)

2 Mortar Gunners (Pistols)

2 Assistant Mortar Gunners / Telephone Men (Rifles)

4 Ammunition Bearer (Rifles)

1 Distance Measurer (Pistol)

1 Assistant Armourer (Pistol)

3 Motor Vehicle Drivers (Rifles)

2 medium mortars (81mm)

3 personnel carriers, open, cross-country (Kfz.70)