WWII Squad Organisation

Hey. :)



Does anybody know anything about real-life WWII squad loudouts? Specifically German and Soviet loadouts? From what I've found online:

Most Soviet squads were 9 men by the end of the war, and were armed with:

• 1-2 DP-28 LMGs.


• 7-8 Mosin-Nagant rifles and/or PPsh-41 submachine guns.


• RG-42 frag grenades.


• RPG-43 HEAT grenades.

Sometimes they had:

• 1-3 SVT-40 semi-auto rifles.


• A PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle.

Most German squads were also 9 men by the end of the war, more standardised, and were armed with:

• 1 MG-42 GPMG.


• 5-7 Karabiner 98k rifles.


• 1-3 MP40 submachine guns.


• Stielhandgranate 24 frag grenades.


• 1-5 Panzerfausts.

Sometimes they had:

• 1-2 Gewehr 43 semi-auto rifles.


• A Sturmgewehr 44.

I'm also interested in similar data (and proper squad titles) for other Soviet units (Guards, Sappers, Assault Engineers, MG/mortar/AT gun teams, etc) and German units (Pioneers, Sturmpioneers, Waffen SS, Brandenburgers, MG/mortar/Panzerschreck/Pak teams, etc). Thanks for reading, any info would be really helpful. :)

Last edited November 24, 2013 at 10:03 PM by I_am_a_Spoon

For the german datas u have to search for the KstN (Kriegsstärkenachweis - wartime organisation table) and for the red army for the red army TO&E
(Table of organisation and equipment). I think that i have a number of datas here but i have to look into my books and datas. Will take some time.
But with this "terms" u will find a lot of stuff by google and co..

Poland wasnt a part of the USSR pre-WW2, it was a part of the former Tzarist Russia, but that was long over.

What is meant by Poland was part of the Soviet Union before WWII? It most definetly was NOT.

Sry. Wrong thread? I cant see any comment about poland here?

Yeah, I smell a spam bot. Ban hammer time, sick of these spam bots.