28 October 1942 Part 7

28 October 1942 Retention of weapons for island counterattacks

The new establishments remove heavy machine guns, light mortars and antitank rifles from infantry regiments. Apart from heavy mortars, infantry would then lack the heavy weapons needed for counterattack or local counterstrokes. This conflicts with the army commander’s demand for more mortars. Corps therefore requests retention of heavy-machine-gun mounts and sights, light mortars and antitank rifles. If this cannot be granted throughout, retain them at least for one battalion in each regiment so the reserve battalion can be properly equipped.

T-314 Roll 1603, expanded reading edition T314_R1603_English_Translation.docx. 28 October 1942 | Source PDF pages 554. Supplement to material retained from earlier editions.