REGIMENTAL OFFICER’S HANDBOOK OF THE GERMAN ARMY 1943

This pamphlet was issued in August 1943 to all regimental officers of the British Army expected to have contact with German forces. It is the result of many contacts with the German army, together with some Ultra information, although this is of course not stated. It looks at the organisation of the German Infantry Regiment from section level upwards, showing the organisation of the infantry section, infantry platoon, rifle company, machine gun company. It then looks at the infantry battalion, infantry regiment, and the support included at regimental level: the infantry gun company and the infantry anti-tank company. The pamphlet then examines the German infantry division.
The next section deals with the organisation of the German Armoured Division, and this is shown in the same detail as the infantry component: from troop of tanks up to tank regiment. Complementing this is the same treatment of a Panzer Grenadier regiment.
The pamphlet then looks at German tactics in the attack, and co-operation between infantry and armour, defensive tactics and the German withdrawal. There are also tables of German military symbols with an explanation, and an important tabular layout of weapons, including small arms and grenades, artillery and anti-tank guns and heavy smoke mortars and projectiles. The whole pamphlet is illustrated with organisation charts and tactical maps.