23 February 1943 Part 2

23 February 1943 Strengthening combat power in the west Annex 59

Corps Headquarters, Ia 1612/43 (799), secret, to the 716th, 709th and 319th Divisions and Fortress Engineer Staff 11.

1. The fortress engineer commander is responsible for infantry and engineer training of fortress construction and other construction troops. Train construction troops and Reich Labour Service personnel on captured weapons: twenty per cent on Polish captured machine guns, or Czech machine guns in the 319th Division; twenty per cent on French captured machine guns; five per cent on antitank guns; five per cent on French light mortars. Fortress engineer staffs arrange the weapons directly with divisions.

2. Divisions arrange captured-weapons training of emergency units, including those of the other services, according to intended employment. 3. Auxiliary personnel entered on combat rolls continue training for their likely duties, but their important normal work must not be disrupted to an unacceptable degree. 4. Report deficiencies in combat-roll personnel's armament that divisions cannot rectify to Corps Headquarters. 5. Orders for signals exercises will follow.

T-314 Roll 1604, T314_R1604_English_Translation.docx. 23 February 1943 | Source PDF pages 180. Selected island-related text; document or report date governs placement.