3 men German team

[Sheldrake]

Ammunition availability is something I was looking at a while back, and didn't really get back to.

Basic load I've seen referenced for the 10-man Squad was five 50-round drums and three ammunition boxes (300 rounds each) for a total of 1150 rounds. The ammunition allocation for an LMG in a Rifle Squad looks to have been 2450, plus 500 rounds each in reserve in Regt and Div columns. Below is a link to a thread I started with some good replies;

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic ... y#p2082505

Gary

There is a detailed loading list for each man in the squad leader manual
http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/w ... mber09.pdf

[Gary Kennedy]

Yes, I got a copy of that translation many years back from the Nafziger Collection, which also includes the guide for the Panzer Grenadier Squad of 1942ish (see German Squad Tactics in WWII by Matthew Gajkowski). I'd been looking for something that showed how the ammunition for weapons was distributed across the various Trains from Coy level up, similar to the way early war British WEs listed rounds as on man or with gun and in reserve.

Gary

[Sheldrake]

Yes, I got a copy of that translation many years back from the Nafziger Collection, which also includes the guide for the Panzer Grenadier Squad of 1942ish (see German Squad Tactics in WWII by Matthew Gajkowski). I'd been looking for something that showed how the ammunition for weapons was distributed across the various Trains from Coy level up, similar to the way early war British WEs listed rounds as on man or with gun and in reserve.

Gary

There is a section on ammunition units of fire in the Handbook on the German armed Forces section VI P20-21 http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/w ... 1_1945.pdf
This tells you how much was held as a forward issue. Subtract the number carried oby the individual and that is the amount held in company, battalion and regimental reserves.