1 February 1944 Part 2

1 February 1944 Part 2 319th Infantry Division organisation and February weapons return

Repeated copies translated together. Nationality suffixes in weapon designations: f, French; p, Polish; t, Czech; r, Russian. Small indistinct tactical-symbol numerals remain unresolved.

319th Infantry Division. Infantry: Grenadier Regiments 584, 583 and 582, each with Battalions I, II and III. Eastern Battalion 643 is incorporated in Regiment 582; Battalion 823 is associated with Regiment 583. The company diagrams distinguish rifle companies, machine-gun/heavy-weapons elements and regimental support weapons.

Artillery Regiment 319: Battalions I, II, III and IV. Mobile/anti-tank units 450 and 319. Divisional Signals Battalion 319 and Pioneer Battalion 319. Divisional services: field post, ordnance, veterinary, medical, administration and supply troops 319.

Static island troops: Guernsey, Tank Battalion 213 and the Guernsey element of Tank Company 17 (F); Jersey, island commander, Machine Gun Battalion 16 with Companies 1–5 and the Jersey element of Tank Company 17 (F). Alderney has a separate island commandant. A service-unit symbol numbered 605 is also shown; its precise unit type is not securely legible.

Weapons: grenade rifles model 39, 15; carbines 10,967; pistols 2,387; submachine guns 821; MG 08/15, 7; light MG 34, 485; heavy MG 34, 13; MG 13, 11; heavy MG 08, 26; light mortars 6; medium mortars 108; light infantry guns 8; small flamethrowers 6; 2 cm anti-aircraft guns 12; 3.7 cm anti-tank guns 33; 4.7 cm self-propelled anti-tank guns 15; 5 cm anti-tank guns 9; Russian 4.5 cm anti-tank guns 3; Czech light field howitzers 40; Czech 8 cm field guns 12.

Captured weapons: MG 116(f), 3; MG 311(f), 9; MG 30(p), 22; MG 26(t), 1; light MG 120(r), 69; heavy MG 216(r), 15; Russian 5 cm mortars 205(r), 18; Russian 8.2 cm mortars 274/1(r), 8. Other listed categories are dashed.

Battalion 823 is labelled Turkic in this chart. Artillery Regiment 1265, Battalions I–IV with Batteries 1–15, appears among the static formations. The shading key distinguishes actual strength, deficiency and authorised strength in percentages.

German Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1566. Roll 1566 Jersey and Channel Islands English translations.docx, reference 10. T312-1566.pdf, PDF pages 127, 163. PDF pages count from the first page of the supplied file.