WWII
German Volksgrenedier Infantry Division
Oct 1944-1945

All Fronts

List G8

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

    Volksgrenedier Infantry Battalion
      Bttn HQ: 3 rifle sqds, 2 GPMG
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 GPMG,
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 4-6 GPMG, 3-9 Pzfausts
        1 platoon: 2x 8.1cm mortars, 2-3 MMG
      1 battery: 4x 12cm Gr42 or 7.5cm IG37, 2 GPMG, horse or truck tows

2. Regiment Support

    Infantry Regiment HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 3 GPMG with up to:
      1 Recce platoon: 3 rifle sqds, cycles
      1 Gun Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
        4 batteries@ 2x 7.5cm IG37 or 12cm Gr42, 1 GPMG, horses
      1 Engineer platoon: 3 rifle/engineer sqds, 3 GPMG, 2 flameguns, horses or trucks

3. Divisional Support

    Up to:
      1 Fusilier Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 GPMG, cycles
        2 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 4 GPMG, cycles
        1 platoon: 2x 8.1cm Gr34, 2-3x MMG, horses
        0-1 platoon: 2x 7.5cm IG18 or IG37, horses
      1 Transport Company: 20 trucks, enough to motorize 1 company.
      2 Engineer Companies@
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses or cycles
        3 platoons@ 3 rifle/engineer sqds, 3 GPMG, 2 flameguns, horses or cycles
        1 platoon: 2x 8.1cm Gr34, horses

      1 Artillery Battalion:
        BHQ: 4 rifle sqds, horses, 3 OP teams
        2-3 batteries@ 6x 7.5cm FK18, horses

      2 Artillery Battalions@
        BHQ: 4 rifle sqds, horses, 2 OP teams
        2 batteries@ 6x 10.5cm FH18M, horses

      1 Artillery Battalion:
        BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, horses, 2 OP teams
        2 batteries@ 6x 15cm sFH36, horses

      1 A/T Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
        2 platoons@ 4x PAK40, 4 GPMG, 6 trucks

      1 A/T Company:
        CHQ: 2x StuG IIIG or Hetzer, 1x BergePz.Hetzer or BergePz.III
        2-3 platoons@ 4x StuG IIIG or Hetzer

      1 Flak Company:
        CHQ: 1 truck, 1 rifle sqd
        2-4 platoons@ 3x Quad 2cm Flak38 or 3.7cm Flak37 or Flak43, 4 trucks

4. Notes

    a) Radios are in all AFV and CHQ, maybe in PHQ.
    b) Panzerfaust is 30m or 60m variant, with 100m range available from Oct'44. All sqds can have Panzerwurfmine A/T grenades instead.
    c) In the West, up to 1 Hetzer platoon can be replaced by FlammPz.Hetzer.
    d) The division has 3 Regiments each of 2 battalions.


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