WEAPONS OF THE GERMAN INFANTRY DIVISION
Based on a sketch prepared by the Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, Maryland
LEGEND:
- Length – 15 1/2
- Carried by all riflemen
2: HANDGRANATE (HAND GRENADE)
- Delay Fuse – 4 1/2 sec
- Danger Radius – 20 yds
- Variable number per rifleman
3: PISTOLE (PISTOL)
- Cal – .35
- Semi-Automatic
- Carried by personnel who do not carry rifle or submachine gun
4: MASCHINENPISTOLE (SUB MACHINE GUN)
- Cal – .35 – Automatic
- Eff Range – to 200 yds
- Used by small unit leaders and company commander
5: GEWEHR 98K (RIFLE)
- Cal – .31
- Eff Range – 400 yds
- Six per squad
6: LEICHTES MASCHINENGEWEHR 34 (LIGHT MACHINE GUN)
- Cal – .31
- Eff Range – 800 yds
- Rate of Fire – 100/150 rpm
- One per squad
- (Model 42 now being manufactured)
7: LEICHTER GRANATWERFER (50-mm MORTAR)
- Eff Range – 350 yds
- Rate of Fire – 6 rds in 9 sec
- Danger Radius – 25 yds
- One per platoon
8: PANZERBUCHSE 39 (AT RIFLE)
- Cal – .31
- Eff Range – 200 yds
- Rate of Fire – 6/8 rpm
- Three per rifle company
9: SCHWERES MASCHINENGEWEHR 34 (HEAVY MACHINE GUN)
- Cal – .31
- Eff Range – 1,500 yds
- Rate of Fire – 350 rpm
- Twelve per MG Co
- (Same as LMG except for mount)
10: SCHWERER GRANATWERFER (81-mm MORTAR)
- Eff Range – 1,200 yds
- Rate of Fire – 20/25 rpm
- Danger Radius 35 yds
- Six per MG Company
11: 3.7 cm PAK (37-mm AT GUN)
- Eff Range – 800 yds
- Rate of Fire – 15 rpm
- Twelve per AT Co in Infantry Regiment
12: 5 cm PAK (50-mm AT GUN)
- Eff Range – 1,000 yds
- Rate of Fire – 16 rpm
- Eighteen per AT
- Battalion in Infantry Division
13: 7.5 cm LEICHTES INF GESCHUTZ (75-mm INF HOWITZER)
- Max Range – 3,900 yds
- Rate of Fire – 10/20 rpm
- Six per Howitzer Company in Infantry Regiment
14: 15 cm SCHWERES INF GESCHUTZ (150-mm INF HOWITZER)
- Max Range – 6,000 yds
- Rate of Fire – 5 rpm
- Two per Howitzer Company in Infantry Regiment
15: 10.5 cm LEICHTE FELDHAUBITZE (105-mm GUN HOWITZER)
- Max Range – 12,000 yds
- Twelve per light battalion in Division Artillery
16: 15 cm SCHWERE FELDHAUBITZE (150-mm HOWITZER)
- Max Range – 10,500 yds
- Eight per medium battalion in Division Artillery
17: 10 cm KANONE (105-mm GUN)
- Max Range – 20,000 yds
- Four per medium battalion in Division Artillery
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great image, cheers — interesting how we saw the other side of the hill