Organization
of the
German
Schützen and Kradschützen Battalion
1938
to 1941
This examination looks at the various
forms of Schützen and Kradschützen Battalion as would be found in
the early war Panzer Divisions. At this
time there was no uniform organization for the Panzer Division, and actually no
uniform organization for the Schützen either.
Below are links to the files
that make up this study. The first is a
narrative of the Battalion organization and how it evolved between 1938 and 1940. There are then separate files detailing in
full the information as found in the multiple Kriegsstärkenachweisung
(KStN) tables issued for such units.
These gave the authorised numbers of personnel, transport and weapons for
the unit at full strength.
All files in the below links
are in PDF.
Organization of the Schützen
Battalion 1938 to 1941
Schützen Battalion October 1937
Reconstruction from contemporary sources
Schützen Battalion October 1938
Reconstruction from contemporary sources
Schützen Battalion October
1937 (version 2) Reconstruction from contemporary sources
Schützen Battalion October
1937 (version 3) Reconstruction from contemporary sources
Kradschützen Battalion
October 1937 Reconstruction from contemporary sources
Kradschützen Battalion
October 1937 (version 2) Reconstruction from contemporary sources
Kradschützen Battalion October
1938 Reconstruction from contemporary sources
Kradschützen Battalion
October 1938 (version 2)
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