Organization and equipment of assault groups - 1942
  • 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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