Other German Motorized and Mechanized Infantry Units
Alongside the more well known Schutzen and Panzer Grenadier Battalions, there were other types of motorized infantry unit with the German Army. As these units do not quite fit in with the evolution of the Panzer Grenadiers covered elsewhere on the site, it seemed sensible to group them together.
The below links lead to descriptions of three of these Battalions; the Motorcycle Rifle Battalion of the early war period; the Motorized Infantry Battalion of 1942; and the short-lived Panzer Grenadier Brigade Battalion of 1944.
The Motorcycle Rifle Battalion 1939 to 1940
Derived from the following KStN tables -
(Motorcycle Rifle Company) - Kraftradschutzenkompanie, Nr 1111, datum 01.10.37; Kraftradschutzenkompanie a, Nr 1111a, datum 01.10.38
See also the sources on The Motorized Panzer Grenadier Battalion as the Motorized and Motorcycle Battalions shared many subunit organisations.
The German Motorized Infantry Battalion 1942 to 1943
Derived from the following KStN tables -
(Battalion Headquarters) - Stab eines Infanteriebattailons c (mot), Nr 115c,
datum 01.11.41
(Rifle Company, Motorized) - Schutzenkompanie c (mot) einer Infanteriedivision (mot), Nr 138c, datum 01.11.41
(Machine Gun Company, Motorized) - Maschinengewehrkompanie c (mot) einer Infanteriedivision (mot), Nr 161c, datum 01.11.41
The Grossdeutschland Motorized Infantry Battalion 1943
Derived from the following KStN tables -
(Battalion Headquarters) - Stab eines Infanteriebattailons c (mot), Nr 115c,
datum 01.11.41
(Rifle Company) - Schutzenkompanie b, Nr 1114, datum 01.11.41
(Machine Gun Company, Motorized) - Maschinengewehrkompanie (mot) des Infanterieregiments Großdeutschland, Nr 162, datum 01.02.41
(Heavy Company) - schwere Kompanie Großdeutschland, Nr 163, datum 01.03.43
Panzer Brigade Panzer Grenadier Battalion 1944
Derived from the following KStN tables -
(Rifle Company) - Panzergrenadierkompanie c (gepanzert) (frei), Ohne Nr., datum 01.07.44
(Supply
Company) - Versorgungskompanie eines
Panzergrenadier-Bataillons (gepanzert) (frei), Ohne Nr., datum 15.07.44
(Rifle Company) - Panzergrenadierkompanie a (gepanzert) (freie
Gliederung), Nr. 1114a (gp.), datum 01.08.44; Panzergrenadierkompanie b (gepanzert)
(freie Gliederung), Nr. 1114b (gp.), datum 01.08.44
(Flak Company) - Panzergrenadierkompanie d (M.G. 151/20 Drilling) (gepanzert) (freie Gliederung), Nr. 1114d (gp.), datum 01.08.44
(Supply Company) - Versorgungskompanie
eines Panzergrenadier-Bataillons b (gepanzert) (frei), Nr.
1180b (gp.), datum 01.08.44
See also the sources for The Armoured Panzer Grenadier Battalion 1943 to 1944 as the Heavy Company was derived from these same subunits.
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