Infanterie-Regiment (Infantry Regiment), 1930

By Christian Ankerstjerne

Regimental staff
Radio platoon
I. Bataillon (1st Battalion)
- Battalion staff
- Radio platoon
- 1. Schützen-Kompanie (1st infantry company)
  - Company commander
  - Runner
  - Bugler
  - Company NCO
  - Distance measurer
  - Weapons- and fuel NCO
  - Bicyclist
  - Horse groom
  - Infantry platoons (3)
    - Platoon commander
    - Platoon staff car, with driver and infantryman
    - 1. Gruppe (1st squad)
      - Squad leader (K 98 k)
      - Deputy squad leader
      - Runner
      - Bugler
      - Gunner for light machine gun (LMG, pistol)
      - Helper for LMG gunner (1 weapon case, 1 ammunition box, pistol)
      - Ammunition carrier for LMG (2 ammunition boxes, K 98 k)
      - Carrier for LMG (1 weapons case, tripod for LMG, pistol)
      - Infantrymen (K 98 k) (7)
    - 2. Gruppe As 1. Gruppe, but without bugler
    - 3. Gruppe As 1. Gruppe, but without bugler
    - Combat baggage train
      - Quartermaster NCO
      - Medical NCO (3)
      - Bicyclist
      - Assistant to the armorer
      - Strecher bearer (4)
      - Field kitchen, with two cooks and driver
    - Baggage train
      - Accountant
      - Artican
      - Light truck, with driver
    - Supply train
      - Horse carriage, with driver
      - Infantryman
- 2. Schütze-Kompanie (as 1. Schütze-Kompanie)
- 3. Schütze-Kompanie (as 1. Schütze-Kompanie)
- 4. (M.G.) Kompanie (machine gun company
  - Combat platoons (2)
  - Support platoon
  - 12 heavy machine guns
II. Bataillon (as I. Bataillon, but with 5th to 8th Kompanie)
III. Bataillon (as I. Bataillon, but with 9th to 12th Kompanie)
13. (Minenwerfer) Kompanie (mortar company)
- Light mortar platoons (2)
- Heavy mortar platoon
Light infantry column (approximately 40 vehicles)

Sources

ZIMMERMANN, Major a.D. Bodo. Die Soldaterfibel. Berlin : Offene Worte, 1930.
ZIMMERMANN, Major a.D. Bodo. Die (neue) Gruppe. Berlin : Offene Worte, 1930.