| Organization and equipment of assault groups - 1942 |
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- Commander
- SMG, wire cutter, signal pistol, hand grenades, compass, field glasses,
whistle
- Obstacle removal team (4 men)
- 4 rifles or SMGs
- 4 shovels
- 12 hand grenades
- 4 wire cutters
- 2 pickaxes
- 8 sandbags
- pole charges
- Pillbox destruction team (3 men)
- 2 pistols
- 1 rifle
- 10 sandbags
- 6 hand grenades
- 1 3kg satchel charge
- fuses
- poles
- Protection team (2-3 teams of 2-3 men)
- 2 hand grenades
- flags, landmarks
- piercing ammunition
- 2 smoke grenades or smoke sticks
- rifles, submachine-guns, light machine-gun
- Delivery team (optional, 2-3 men)
- rifles or pistols
- 4 hand grenades
- 8 smoke grenades or smoke sticks
- 1 shovel
- 1 wire cutter
- Supply team (variable)
- campaign equipment
- 2-3 3kg satchel charges with fuses and poles
- equipment left by the assault groups
- regular and piercing ammunition
- hand grenades and smoke grenades
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