Armament among Ostbattalion troops in France in 1944

[nicolas75]

Hello

My question concerns armament among Ostbattalion troops in France in 1944

Does anyone knows which kind of Rifles and Smg were issued to those troops ?

Seems like they had Russians Maxims on the Atlantik wall positions, but what about light weapons ?

Old g98 ? 98k ? Mosin Nagant ? others ... ?

Thanks

[nicolas75]

... they sometimes have also just one ammo pouch (instead of 2 ...) ?? ...

[mufasa]

I do not know in France but in Italy the "Turkomens" had a bit of everything (froma a wehrpass of a instructor Nco....

[nicolas75]

Hello

Thanks for your interesting answer, it show that in Italy they were around what was left in second hand ...

Any other such answer is welcomed

[nicolas75]

Btt

[Jean-Loup]

"... they sometimes have also just one ammo pouch (instead of 2 ...) ?? ..."

I studied Reserve Division 148 (Nice area), and the German soldiers are frequently seen wearing only one ammunition pouch; so it wasnt something reserved to Russians.
Res.Div.148 included one Ost Battalion, and in the area where they operated, I recovered one spent Russian pistol round, and a local showed me a relicPPSh submachine gun found in the area as well.

[Johnny R]

Rear/reserve units often only used on ammo pouch it was common. The Ost units were issued whatever was available.