1 August 1943 Part 6

1 August 1943 319th Infantry Division organization and weapons

Static infantry division, 13th wave, as at 1 August 1943. Grenadier Regiments 582, 583 and 584, associated divisional artillery, mobile battalion, signals, engineers and services. Total ration strength: 13,000. Divisional weapons excluding static equipment: 9,476 rifles and carbines, 840 submachine guns and 1,450 pistols.

The weapons inventory distinguishes the division’s own weapons from fixed-position weapons. It lists German and captured machine guns; 5-cm and 8-cm mortars; small flamethrowers; 3.7-, 5-, 4.7- and 7.5-cm antitank weapons; infantry guns; 2-cm antiaircraft guns; Czech field guns and howitzers; grenade-launching rifles; French tank-turret machine guns and 3.7-cm tank guns; Renault tank turrets; coastal and pivot-mounted 10.5-cm guns; defensive flamethrowers 42; searchlights and signalling equipment. Four guns are marked as received above establishment. Individual weapon totals are retained in the original tabulation.

Original source image | Source PDF page 800 | Entry dated 1 August 1943

T-314 Roll 1604, T314_R1604_English_Translation.docx. 1 August 1943 | Source PDF pages 800. Selected island-related text; document or report date governs placement.