Table of Contents
Chapter I The German Military System 6
Section I Introduction 6
Section II The German Soldier 7
Section III The High Command 22
Section IV Organization of the Army for War 56
Section V Functions of the Corps Area 61
Section VI Conscription, Replacement, and Training 72
Chapter II Organization of the Field Forces 102
Section I Over-All Field Organization 102
Section II High Command in the Field 102
Section III Organization of Higher Headquarters 105
Section IV Principles and Trends in Unit Organization and Equipment 108
Section V Divisions 109
Section VI Combat Troops (Fechtende Truppen) 131
Section VII Service Troops 190
Chapter III Other Military and Auxiliary Organizations 195
Section I SS and Police 195
Section II Auxiliary Organizations 224
Section III Other Party Organizations 227
Section IV Emergency Defense of German Soil 229
Chapter IV Tactics 230
Section I General Tactical Doctrines 230
Section II Reconnaissance 231
Section III Marches 234
Section IV Offensive 235
Section V Defensive 252
Section VI Retrograde Movements 264
Section VII Minefields 268
Section VIII Special Operations 278
Chapter V Fortifications and Defenses 289
Section I Doctrine of Fortifications 289
Section II Characteristics of Fortifications 291
Chapter VI Supply, Evacuation and Movements 308
Section I Higher Organization of Supply 308
Section II System of Supply within Germany 309
Section III System of Supply of the Field Army 320
Section IV Maintenance Requirements 328
Section V Evacuation 332
Section VI Troop Movements 336
Chapter VII Weapons 340
Section I Introduction 340
Section II Small Arms 340
Section III Mortars 353
Section IV Artillery 358
Section V Self-Propelled Artillery 394
Section VI Armored Vehicles 415
Section VII Rocket Weapons 427
Section VIII Grenades 434
Section IX Other Weapons 444
Chapter VIII Equipment 450
Section I Introduction 450
Section II Automotive Equipment 450
Section III Artillery Fire Control Equipment 457
Section IV Signal Equipment 465
Section V Engineer Equipment 495
Section VI Chemical Warfare Equipment 535
Section VII Field Ranges and Cooking Equipment 555
Chapter IX Uniforms, Insignia, and Individual Equipment 559
Section I Army Uniforms 559
Section II German Army Insignia 572
Section III German Air Force Uniforms and Insignia 574
Section IV Armed Elite Guard Uniforms and Insignia 576
Section V German Decorations 578
Section VI Auxiliary Forces and Semi-Military Organizations 579
Section VII Individual Equipment 581
Chapter X German Air Force 612
Section I Air Force High Command 612
Section II Chain of Command 612
Section III Air Force Arms and Services 621
Section IV Army and Navy Cooperation 627
Section V Equipment 628
Section VI Training 649
Section VII Tactics 651
