Hello all,
Was just going through some documents of an NCO who command the 6th Gruppe, II Zug, of 10 Kompanie in the III (gep.) bataillon of Germania. He was in this post briefly before being wounded outside of Warsaw on 15 August 1944. In any case, his NCO notebook has detailed information on the personnel of his gruppe and it is interesting. Of the 10 personnel in his gruppe, three were Reichsdeutsche (one of whom had been transferred from a LW FLAK unit; five were volksdeutsche (Rumanian); and two were Dutch volunteers. The NCO was pre-war SSVT (just - he joined Germania on 30 August 1939!) and saw service in France (Germania) and Russia (Nordland). He held the EK I and II, IAB and BWB and his weapon was an MP 40.
His second in command was a Volksdeutsche Rottenfuhrer who wore the EK II and IAB and who was also armed with a MP 40.
His remaining eight personnel were formed into two MG 42 teams of two personnel - the gunners (both volksdeutsche) were his most experienced soldiers both having been wounded (BWB) and with one awarded the EK II. The loaders (one Reichsdeutsche and one Volksdeutsche) each carried 98Ks. The remaining four personnel each carried 98Ks and served as the driver of the Sd Kfw 251 (Volksdeutsche), scharpshooter (Dutch), 1st Gewehr (Reichsdeutsche) and grenadier (? The abbreviation used is: Gr'bechersch) who was Dutch as well.
I thought this a very interesting break down of a 1944 W-SS section.
Mike
Was just going through some documents of an NCO who command the 6th Gruppe, II Zug, of 10 Kompanie in the III (gep.) bataillon of Germania. He was in this post briefly before being wounded outside of Warsaw on 15 August 1944. In any case, his NCO notebook has detailed information on the personnel of his gruppe and it is interesting. Of the 10 personnel in his gruppe, three were Reichsdeutsche (one of whom had been transferred from a LW FLAK unit; five were volksdeutsche (Rumanian); and two were Dutch volunteers. The NCO was pre-war SSVT (just - he joined Germania on 30 August 1939!) and saw service in France (Germania) and Russia (Nordland). He held the EK I and II, IAB and BWB and his weapon was an MP 40.
His second in command was a Volksdeutsche Rottenfuhrer who wore the EK II and IAB and who was also armed with a MP 40.
His remaining eight personnel were formed into two MG 42 teams of two personnel - the gunners (both volksdeutsche) were his most experienced soldiers both having been wounded (BWB) and with one awarded the EK II. The loaders (one Reichsdeutsche and one Volksdeutsche) each carried 98Ks. The remaining four personnel each carried 98Ks and served as the driver of the Sd Kfw 251 (Volksdeutsche), scharpshooter (Dutch), 1st Gewehr (Reichsdeutsche) and grenadier (? The abbreviation used is: Gr'bechersch) who was Dutch as well.
I thought this a very interesting break down of a 1944 W-SS section.
Mike
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