German Army

Authorized Strength
Panzer Grenadier Company
(freie Gliederung)
1 November 1944

Staff
1 Company Commander (officer)
1 submachine gun
1 Hauptfeldwebel (NCO
1 pistol
1 Weapons NCO
1 pistol
1 Company Troop Leader (Battle Scribe) (NCO)
1 submachine gun
1 Sharpshooter Leader (NCO)
1 1 rifle
1 Corpsman (NCO)
1 pistol
3 Messengers
3 rifles
3 Sharpshooters
3 rifles
2 Motorcycle Messengers
2 rifles, 2 motorcycles with sidecars
1 Driver
1 rifle & 1 light four seat passenger vehicle (volkswagen)
Portable Radio Troop:
1 Troop Leader (NCO)
1 rifle
1 Radio Operator
1 rifle
Tank Destroyer Group:
1 Troop Leader (NCO)
1 rifle & 1 submachine gun
6 Anti-Tank Gunners
3 pistols, 3 rifles, 3 88mm R Panzerbüchse 54 Rocket
launchers
1st (Sturm-) Platoon:
1 Platoon Leader (officer)
1 submachine gun
2 Messengers
2 rifles
1 Corpsman
1 pistol
3 Groups:
3 Group Leaders (NCOs)
3 submachine guns
24 Riflemen
24 submachine guns
2nd Platoon:
1 Platoon Leader (officer)
1 submachine gun
2 Messengers
2 rifles

1
1 Corpsman
1 pistol
3 Groups:
3 Group Leaders (NCOs)
3 submachine guns
12 Machine Gun Riflemen
6 rifles, 6 pistols, & 6 light machine guns
10 Riflemen (3 with grenade launchers)
10 rifles
2 Sharpshooters
2 rifles
3rd Platoon:
same as 2nd, but officer replaced by NCO

Transportation Section: (later deleted)

1 NCO, 8 soldiers, 8 rifles, 1 submachine gun, 1 motorcycle with sidecar, 8 3-ton
trucks.

Totals:
Warrant
Officers Officers NCOs Soldiers
Troop Command 1 - 7 16
1st Platoon 1 - 3 27
2nd Platoon 1 - 3 27
3rd Platoon - - 4 27
Transportation Section - - 1 8
Total 3 - 18 105
Total* 3 - 17 97

* with deletion of transportation section.

Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command, National Archives Microcopy

No. T-78, Roll 393, American Historical Association Committee for the Study of
War Documents, Washington, DC., 1960

Copyright GFN 1993.