Danish Rile Company 1940

[YAN]

Hi, I have just found an old document on my hard drive, it features a Danish Infantry Company around 1940, please see below;

3 x Rifle Sections each:
1 x Corporal (8mm M.1989/24 rifle)
1 x Grenadier (Grenades + 8mm M.1989/24 rifle)
1 x LMG team
1 x Gunner (9mm M.1910 pistol)
1 x Loader (8mm M.1989/24 rifle)
1 x 8mm Madsen M.1924 LMG mounted on a Tri-pod
5 x men (8mm M.1989/24 Rifles)

1 x LMG Section:
1 x Corporal (8mm M.1989/24 rifle)
1 x Grenadier (Grenades + 8mm M.1989/24 rifle)
1 x LMG team
1 x Gunner (9mm M.1910 pistol)
1 x Loader (8mm M.1989/24 rifle)
1 x 8mm Madsen M.1924 LMG mounted on a tri-pod
5 x men (8mm M.1989/24 Rifles)

If you look closely the Rifle section has the same makeup as the LMG Section, maybe it’s wrong, maybe the mounts may have been different, Bi-Pod Infantry Section, Tri-pod LMG Section, it says that they used the same LMG, Madsen M.1924, so maybe it is the mounts that make the difference.

Thanks for any input.
Yan.

[John T]

If you look closely the Rifle section has the same makeup as the LMG Section, maybe it’s wrong, maybe the mounts may have been different, Bi-Pod Infantry Section, Tri-pod LMG Section, it says that they used the same LMG, Madsen M.1924, so maybe it is the mounts that make the difference.

Thanks for any input.
Yan.

They are two different tripods, All documented in Danish with lots of pictures from fieldmanuals:

http://www.chakoten.dk/modx/milit%C3%A6rhistorie/h%C3%A6rkorps/det-danske-forsvar/dansk-fodfolk-1932-1941/rekylgev%C3%A6rkompagniet-1932-1941

cheers
/John

[YAN]

That’s a great site John, thanks for posting the link; I will try and translate parts into English.
Ian.