The Soldier In The Squad

  • At right is an excellent video from Military History Visualized that focuses in detail on how the German squad was equipped and deployed.
  • Below is a slideshow that shows a full picture of the soldier in the squad and how to adapt that for reenacting in 4 Chapters: Compress Reality, Finding The Enemy, Messages, The Attack, Getting Home Safe
  • ​At the bottom of the page are sources and a link to a lesson on the U.S. Rifle Squad, so you can compare.

For a comparison to U.S. infantry squad of the same era, click below:
https://reenactorpro.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Lesson-1-the-Rifle-Squad-2.pdf
Source and Further Reading:

Instruction Manual For The Infantry

Vol. 2a
The Rifle Company
16. March 1941

Fully translated by John Baum

available for purchase at https://www.germanmanuals.com/REmanuals.html
200 pages
Price is $32

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

​See photo gallery below showing the table of contents.

This is the source material for much of what we've put into our training program and much more.