Chapter 55

"Your Excellency, after improvements, the strength of each infantry squad has been increased to 14 people, including a sergeant squad leader, a two-man machine gun team, a two-man grenade team, and a nine-man rifle team.

The squad leader uses a submachine gun and carries six 32-round magazines. The third shooter is eliminated from the machine gun team, and excess ammunition is carried by the logistics unit and distributed during wartime. The grenade group carries a grenade and 36 shells. Among the nine-man rifle team, four will be equipped with new semi-automatic rifles and five will be equipped with Mauser 98K rifles. Among the five people equipped with Mauser 98K, the one with the best marksmanship is equipped with a sniper rifle."

Admiral Bromberg introduced to Hess.

The reason why the 98K rifle was not completely canceled is because this rifle has very good performance, long range, and high reliability. At least in the early stages of the war, it will not fall behind.

At the same time, it can also effectively save ammunition and reduce logistical pressure.

Although semi-automatic rifles have strong firepower, they also consume a lot of bullets. For the Third Reich, which is already poor in resources, it will undoubtedly cause a lot of pressure. In addition, Will increase logistical pressure

"Three infantry squads form an infantry platoon. In addition to the platoon leader and deputy platoon leader, there are also two messengers, a heavy machine gun team and a mortar team. The heavy machine gun group is equipped with a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, and the mortar group is equipped with a 60 mm mortar."

In another time and space, the Third Reich was almost not equipped with large-caliber heavy machine guns. Although the MG34 general-purpose machine gun and the later M42 general-purpose machine gun were very good. But this machine gun has a caliber of 7.92 mm after all. For parapets and sandbags, Brick and wood bunkers are not very penetrable. The infantry platoon is equipped with a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, which can create a suppressive effect on the battlefield.

The mortar can be disassembled and is easy to carry. A three-person mortar group can carry a Mortars, plus fifty rounds of artillery shells.

In this way, the number of people in an infantry platoon reaches 52.

An infantry company consists of three infantry platoons. In addition, the company headquarters also has an anti-tank vehicle group, a heavy firepower group, and a munitions unit. , supply column.

Among them, the anti-tank group has three hunting groups, each hunting group has two people, and is equipped with an Iron Fist rocket launcher. After optimization, this type has a range of one hundred meters, which can effectively penetrate the current The rocket launchers of all tanks will become a weapon for frontline infantry to hunt down enemy armored targets. The heavy firepower group is composed of two 12.7mm heavy machine gun groups and two 80mm medium mortar groups. This will further strengthen the machine gun firepower of the infantry company. and mortar firepower.

The total number of infantry companies has reached 201. The infantry battalion has a battalion headquarters, three infantry companies and one heavy weapons company.

Among them, the heavy weapons company is equipped with six 12.7 mm heavy machine guns. Six or seven 120mm heavy mortars.

Each infantry battalion has a strength of more than 800 people.

An infantry regiment has three infantry battalions, an anti-tank company, an artillery company, a baggage company, and the regiment headquarters.

Anti -tank company The tank company is equipped with 12 37mm anti-tank guns. The artillery company is equipped with 6 105mm light howitzers.

The entire infantry regiment has a strength of more than 3,000 people.

Each infantry division has a division headquarters and three infantry regiments. An artillery regiment, reconnaissance battalion, anti-tank battalion, engineer battalion, and baggage regiment.

Among them, the artillery regiment includes a 150 mm heavy howitzer battalion, equipped with 18 150 mm heavy howitzers, and two 105 mm light howitzer battalions, equipped with 18 105 mm Light howitzers.

The anti-tank battalion is equipped with 36 57mm anti-tank guns.

The strength of each infantry division reaches more than 16,000 people.

After reorganization, the strength of the infantry division is slightly lower than before, by more than 1,000 people..

However, the combat effectiveness has not decreased but increased.

In terms of artillery alone, there are 18 150mm heavy howitzers and 54 105mm light howitzers. In addition, each infantry division also has 72 anti-tank guns. So The large number of anti-tank guns can withstand even the attack of enemy armored forces and even cause great damage to the enemy.

In addition, each infantry division also has 54 120mm heavy mortars. 54 80mm medium mortars and 81 60mm light mortars. This does not include more than two hundred grenades. In terms of machine guns, a 12.7mm heavy machine gun has been added, and each infantry division is equipped with There are more than two hundred heavy machine guns of this kind. Coupled with an equally large number of general-purpose machine guns, the infantry divisions of the Third Reich are enough to defeat any country in terms of machine gun firepower. Not to mention the infantry squads equipped with throwing weapons. cartridges, semi-automatic rifles and sniper rifles. The firepower of the infantry squad has been further improved. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are armed to the teeth.

Such an elite infantry division can undoubtedly cause great damage to the enemy with its powerful firepower on the battlefield.