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The German Motorized Infantry Regiment
Military Intelligence Service, Special Series No. 4, October 17, 1942
[DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from a WWII U.S. War Department Special Series publication. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

Appendix 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE MOTORIZED INFANTRY REGIMENT*

1. Organization**:

[WWII German Motorized Infantry Regiment Organization]

[WWII German Motorized Infantry Regiment Organization]

[WWII German Motorized Infantry Regiment Organization]

2. Strength: 71 Officers, 2,579 EM.

3. Fire power:

Light machine guns _ _ _ _ _   125
Heavy machine guns _ _ _ _ _   28
Antitank rifles _ _ _ _ _  18
50-mm. (2-in.) mortars  _ _ _ _ _  18
81-mm. (3.16-in.) mortars  _ _ _ _ _  12
37-mm. (1.45-in.) antitank guns  _ _ _ _ _  6
75-mm. (2.95-in.) infantry guns  _ _ _ _ _  8
150-mm. (5.91-in.) infantry guns   _ _ _ _ _  2


* The German motorized infantry regiment is shown here in chart form as it appeared in the captured document. The opposite page contains a key for the interpretation of the German conventional signs used in this chart.
** This chart reveals up-to-date information on the organization of the German motorized infantry regiment. U.S. conventional signs and symbols are employed here.
 

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