Weaponry:
Pistols - 3681 Rifles - 12,609 Sub-machine guns - 321 Anti-tank guns - 90 Light machine guns. -425 Heavy machine guns - 110 50mm mortars - 84 81mm mortars - 54 75mm guns - 20 105mm light howitzers - 36 150 mm heavy howitzers - 12 Flamethrowers - 9
Then found below are the equipment compositions decentralized to the regiments:
The main divisions of the first line in 1939: three infantry regiments and one artillery regiment. The firearms of an infantry regiment consisted of 26 heavy machine guns, 85 light machine guns, 18 81mm mortars, 27 50mm mortars, 12 37mm anti-tank guns, 6 76mm infantry guns and 2 150mm infantry howitzers. The artillery regiment consisted of three 105mm field artillery brigades, each with three 4-gun batteries. A 150mm medium artillery brigade was originally attached, but was later subsumed into the 1st Wave Infantry Division.
In 1944 the infantry division: infantry regiment support weapons are: 24 heavy machine guns, 107 light machine guns, 4 120mm mortars, 6 81mm mortars, 2 150mm infantry guns, 6 75mm infantry guns, 3 75mm anti-tank guns, 36 pieces of light anti-tank weapons. The strength has been greatly reduced.
1, uniform uniform
Long pants: trouser legs can be tucked into boots. Soldiers on horseback were issued leather-encrusted breeches.
Military blouse: two breast pockets and two flap pockets, with two belt loops at the back waist to wear a belt. It has a breechclasp between the two collars, but in most cases the soldier does not fasten the breechclasp or simply ties the collar with a scarf.
Use of military jacket pockets:
Inner pocket: large first aid kit.
Right breast pocket: small first aid kit, skin disinfectant (calcium hypochlorite tablets for cleaning skin surfaces contaminated with dermal chemical weapons).
Left breast pocket: soldier's card
Other uniform and trouser pockets: letters, notepads, pencils, handkerchiefs, wallets and keys.
Military boots with steel palms and leather soles. These boots were quickly phased out because the steel plates caused rapid dissipation of body heat in cold conditions.
Cavalrymen were issued riding boots without steel soles. Armored vehicle crews were issued boots without steel toes to avoid slipping when walking on metal surfaces. Mountain troops were issued high-top mountaineering-skiing shoes with buckles on the toe and heel for attaching skis, and beginning in late 1943, infantry boots were made of inferior leather due to a shortage of leather materials. Scarce rubber was not allowed as a sole material except for a few special purposes.
Field Cap (Boat Hat): Starting in July 1943, the boat hat was replaced by the North African brimmed cap, and the brims of officers' big-brimmed hats were changed to leather.
Belts with buckles: Officers used wide belts with double rows of grommets.
Winter clothing: including long coats, gray-green woolen tops, woolen gloves, and woolen bandanas.
After the bitter winter of 1941/42 on the Eastern Front, the German Army began to emphasize the issuance of winter clothing. The newly issued winter clothing included jackets over the uniform and winter pants, with the winter jacket being designed with a novel idea that it could be worn on both sides, one side in white snow camouflage and the other in normal camouflage colors. There were also Russian fur winter hats, toe gloves, and cotton shirts and pants. The issued cotton shoes were effective in dry and cold areas, but once soaked in water they were difficult to dry. Reserve units were issued the new winter clothing on a priority basis, while front-line units on the Eastern Front were issued the new winter clothing only when in direct contact with the enemy (e.g., railroad security forces and counter-guerrilla units).
2. Individual equipment:
Individual equipment carried by company supply units:
Each soldier had a backpack for carrying individual equipment, made of a wooden frame wrapped in waterproof fabric. Mountain troops and mechanized infantry are fitted with the more practical field rucksack with two or three external pockets. Inside the rucksack, the following equipment can be carried:
One set of underwear, a change of socks.
Towel, handkerchief.
Vest or sweater.
A pair of casual shoes.
Soap and sewing kit.
Shoe brush and shoe polish, clothes brush.
Military coat, tent, or blanket may be rolled and folded and carried bundled on a backpack.
Specialized equipment for squad, platoon and company commanders:
Map bag. Made of brown or black leather to carry maps and papers, colored pencils, and, if necessary, cartographic tools and measuring instruments.
Binoculars. Mainly 6 x 30, some 8 x 30, artillery observers with 10 x 50 binoculars.
Signal whistles.
Multi-purpose compass.
Wardrobe for IDF Soldiers
1, Steel Helmet 2, Backpack or Rucksack, Gas Mask Tube 3, Military Blanket (in Rucksack or Rucksack) 4, Tent and Accessories 5, Training Uniforms 6, Sweatpants, Sweaters 7, Undergarments 8, Towels, Socks, Scarves 9, Plain Hat 10, Large Brimmed Hat 11, Gloves 12, Clothes Brushes, Cleaning Tools 13, Cutlery 14, Cabinet of Personal Valuables (lockable) 15, Toiletries 16, Stationery and books 17, Laundry bag 18, Shoe polisher, shoe polish 19, Needle and thread kit 20, Weapon maintenance tools, gun oil, candles 21, Coveralls 22, Combat uniforms 23, Dress uniforms 24, Overcoats 25, Man-knockers and knockers 26, Chemical protection manuals and book covers 27, Military boots 28, Casual and regular shoes 29, Sneakers 30, Bayonet and sheaths 31, Belts 32, Towels 33, magazine bag 34, satchel 35, field lunch box, water bottle
Part V Ammunition
Riflemen
Each rifleman carries 45 rounds of rifle ammunition, and an additional 15 rounds are stored in the vehicle assigned to the platoon, which can be accessed on command. In combat, however, the soldier generally carried 60 rounds of rifle ammunition and, if possible, a few rounds in his satchel, but before the end of 1941, each rifleman carried either an SmK (Spitzgeschoss mit Stahlkern, steel-cored armor-piercing rounds) or an SmK(H) (Spitzgeschoss mit Wolframcarbid-carbide-carbide-carbide-carbide-carbide-carbide-carbide-carbide-carbide-carbide-carbide-carbide-carbide-carbide-carbide). Kern, tungsten carbide-core armor-piercing rounds) cartridges for anti-armored vehicles, with an armor-piercing capability of 10 mm for the SmK round and 14 mm for the SmK(H) round at a distance of 100 meters. Actual combat showed that this kind of armor-piercing bullet fired by ordinary rifles is very poor, later this kind of rifle cartridge is mainly for machine guns, used for anti-earth or concrete fortifications.
Light machine-gun shooters
The light machine-gun had an ammunition base of 2,500 rounds for No. 1, and the rules for carrying ammunition for a three-man light machine-gun team were as follows:
No. 1 shooter: machine-gun and a 50-round drum.
Shooter number two: four 50-round drums (one loaded with SmK or SmK (H) rounds) and a 300-round box.
Third shooter: three 300-round boxes.
The rest of the machine gun rounds are stored in the platoon vehicle and carried in a loaded drum or case situation whenever possible. In actual combat, spare machine-gun rounds are usually carried by soldiers of the squad to which the machine-gun team belongs in a decentralized manner, just in case. Before the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, the bullet arrangement of the 300-round case (six 50-round belts) of the light machine gun was as follows: the direction of the bullets in the upper four belts was the same as the direction of fire, and the direction of the bullets in the lower two belts was the opposite of the direction of fire, which often led to machine-gun jamming in actual combat; therefore, after the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, the arrangement of the belts in the case of the light machine-gun was changed to the arrangement of the bullets in the same direction as the direction of fire, but the direction of each bullet was the same as the direction of fire. The number of cartridges in each case was reduced to five, meaning that there were only 250 rounds in a case.
The machine gun was often used in combat to indicate targets or for nighttime air defense, so it was necessary to have tracer rounds for the machine gun. The usual arrangement of tracer rounds is one tracer round before every three ordinary rounds. In addition, each machine-gun team carried a yellow phosphorus pyrotechnic incendiary round to indicate targets in daylight and to set flammable targets on fire.
Ammunition carried and stocked by a single infantry regiment in 1940:
Weapons Total Individuals carried Company and platoon vehicles carried Regimental supply wagon convoys carried Divisional logistical convoys carried
Rifles 90 45 15 20 10
Submachine guns 768 192 320 128 128
Light machine guns 3,750 -- 2,500 750 500
Anti-tank gun 145 20 105 20 --
Heavy machine gun 6750 -- 4750 1250 750
Light mortar 165 -- 90 45 30
Medium/heavy mortar 140 -- 96 24 20
Light rifle gun 180 -- 120 40 20
Heavy Infantry Gun 80 -- 40 20 20
37mm Anti-tank Gun 220 -- 180 24 16
Ammunition Packaging:
7.92mm Rifle Ammunition (for Rifle), Single Pod, Wooden Crate, 1500 rounds/carton, Full Weight 48kg
7.92mm Rifle Ammunition (for Machine Gun). Bulk, wooden case, 1500 rounds/case, full weight 46 kg
Wooden-handled grenades, wooden case, 16 rounds/case, full weight 25 kg
Ovoid grenades, wooden case, 30 rounds/case, full weight 9 kg
Light mortar rounds, 50 mm, metal-stamped plate case, 10 rounds/case, full weight 12 kg
80 mm Medium mortar rounds, metal stamped plate case, 3 rounds/case, t.w. 13.25 kg
120 mm heavy mortar rounds, metal case, 2 rounds/case, t.w. 40 kg
37 mm anti-tank rounds, metal stamped plate case, 12 rounds/case, t.w. 21.5 kg
Rifle grenades with powder packs, wooden cartridge case, 30 rounds/case, t.w. 8.9 kg
Tieken rocket, wooden case, 4 rounds/case, total weight 32 kg