Video Tutorial on German K.St.N

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Blog Post Companion Documents DS 106

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This set contains the following documents:  Partial roster for 272.VGD – Fusilier Company  German Position Descriptions and Translations o Original source: Leo Niehorster - Job Descriptions  German Ranks Groups with US equivilants o Original source: Leo Niehorster - Rank Groups

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272.VGD - Fusilier Company

KStN Page Line Rank Name Position Book Page

1 2 Oberleutnant Heinz Kolb Company commander 1 11 Leutnant Helmut Beyer Executive officer

2 20 Füsilier Edward Zacharuk asst. Machine gunner - weapons platoon 73 2 23 Unteroffizier Fritz Fosselmann section leader - 80 cm werfer 73 2 25 Unteroffizier Heinrich Misskamf observation post (Gun position NCO?) 73 2 32 Leutnant Ernst Wegner Platoon commander (lt. Inf. Gun Plt.) 2 34 Feldwebel Karl Etzmannsdorfer Fire direction control NCO (Senior NCO, 5th Plt.)

3 5 Unteroffizier Leonhard Kienberger Chief of gun section 3 17 Hauptfeldwebel Herman Fuhrmeister Company first sergeant 3 18 Feldwebel Heinrich Dietz Company NCO armorer

Oberfeldwebel Herbert Gomm Senior NCO 1st platoon Feldwebel Heinrich Reiners Senior NCO 2nd platoon Unteroffizier franz matthies assisstant Feldwebel Kurt Bender Senior NCO 3rd platoon Feldwebel Kurt Dirksen Senior NCO 4th platoon Feldwebel Herman Otte Maintenance NCO Unteroffizier Fritz Johns Supply NCO Gefreiter Herman Heiermann Sqad leader ?? 74 Gefreiter Michael Geier 74 Füsilier Günther Köppe radio man 75 http://www.niehorster.org/011_germany/symbols/_billets_discussed.htm

Generals Billet Group "A" Commander-in-Chief / General Officer in an "A" Group Oberbefehlshaber / General in A-Stelle Ranks: Ranks: Generalfeldmarschall General of the Army (Field Marshal) Generaloberst General

Billet Group "F" Commanding General / General Officer in an "F" Group Kommandierender General / General in F-Stelle Ranks: Ranks: General Lieutenant General der Infanterie of the Cavalry der Kavallerie of the Infantry der Artillerie of the Artillery der ... of the ...

Billet Group "D" Divisional Commander / General Officer in a "D" Group Divisionskommandeur / General in D-Stelle Ranks: Ranks: Generalleutnant Major General Generalstabsartz Major General (Medical Corps) Generalstabs-… Major General ( … )

Billet Group "I" Infantry, Artillery, or Brigade Commander / General Officer in an "I" Group Infanterie-, Artillerie-, Brigadekommandeur / Offizier in I-Stelle Ranks: Ranks: Generalmajor Brigadier General Generalarzt Brigadier General (Medical Corps) General- … Brigadier General ( … )

Officers Billet Group "R" Regimental Commander / Officer in an "R" Group Regimentskommandeur / Offizier in R-Stelle Ranks: Ranks: Oberst Colonel Oberstarzt Colonel (Medical Corps) Oberst- … Colonel ( … ) Billet Group "B" Battalion Commander / Officer in a "B" Group Abteilungs- bzw. Bataillonskommandeur / Offizier in B-Stelle Ranks: Ranks: Oberstleutnant Lieutenant Colonel Oberfeldarzt Lieutenant Colonel (Medical Corps) Oberfeld- … Lieutenant Colonel ( … ) Major Major Oberstabsarzt Major (Medical Corps) Oberstabs- … Major ( … )

Billet Group"K" Battery, Squadron, or Company Commander / Officer in a "K" Group Batterie-, Schwadron- bzw. Kompanieführer / Offizier in K-Stelle Ranks: Ranks: Hauptmann Captain Rittmeister Captain (Cavalry Corps) Stabsarzt Captain (Medical Corps) Stabsveterinär Captain (Veterinary Corps) Stabsmusikmeister Captain (Band) Stabs- … Captain ( … )

Billet Group "Z" Platoon Leader / Officer in a "Z" Group Zugführer / Offizier in Z-Stelle Ranks: Ranks: Oberleutnant First Lieutenant Oberazt First Lieutenant (Medical Corps) Obermusikmeister First Lieutenant (Band) Oberzahlmeister First Lieutenant (Paymaster Corps) Ober- … First Lieutenant ( … ) Leutnant Second Lieutenant Asisstenzarzt Second Lieutenant (Medical Corps) Musikmeister Second Lieutenant (Band) Assistenzzahlmesiter Second Lieutenant (Paymaster Corps) Assistenz- … Second Lieutenant ( … )

Enlisted Men Billet Group "O" Senior Non-Commissioned Officer in an "O" Group Oberfeldwebel (Unteroffiziere mit Portepee) Ranks: Ranks: Stabsfeldwebel Warrant Officer First Class Obermeister Warrant Officer 1st Class of a Technical Establishment Hauptfeldwebel Warrrant Officer 2nd Class Hauptwachtmeister Warrant Officer 2nd Class (Cavalry, Artillery, AA, etc.) Oberfeldwebel Sergeant Major Oberwachtmeister Sergeant Major (Cavalry, Artillery, AA, etc.) Musikleiter Sergeant Major (Band) etc. etc. Feldwebel First Sergeant Wachtmeister First Sergeant (Cavalry, Artillery, AA, etc.) Beschlagmeister Farrier First Sergeant Feuerwerker Ordnance First Sergeant Brieftaubenmeister Pigeon Postmaster etc. etc.

Billet Group "G" Non-Commissioned Officer in a "G" Group Gruppenführer (Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee) Ranks: Ranks: Unterfeldwebel Staff Sergeant Unterwachtmeister Staff Sergeant (Cavalry, Artillery, AA, etc.) etc. etc. Unteroffizier Sergeant Santitätsunteroffizier Sergeant (Medical Corps) etc. etc. Obergefreiter Corporal Santitätsobergefreiter Corporal (Medical Corps etc. etc.

Billet Group "M" Other Rank in an "M" Group Mannschaft Ranks: Ranks: Gefreiter Private First Class Oberschütze Private 2 Oberreiter Trooper First Class etc. etc. Schütze Private 1 (infantryman) Grenadier Private (alternate designation for infantryman) Jäger Private (Mountain or Light Infantry) Reiter Trooper (Cavalry) Kanonier Gunner (Artillery) Pionier Engineer / Pioneer (Engineers) Funker Radioman (Signals) Fahrer Driver (usually of a horse-drawn vehicle) Kraftfahrer Driver (motor vehicle) Sanitätssoldat Medic (Medical) Beschlagschmiedschütze Farrier (horse smith) Spielman Bandsman / Bugler etc. etc. http://www.niehorster.org/011_germany/symbols/_job-descriptions.html

Abteilungsarzt Battalion Physician Abteilungschef im Reichskriegs-Ministerium Departmental Head in the War Office Abteilungskommandeur Battalion Commander Abteilungsschreiber Battalion Headquarters Clerk Abteilungsveterinär Battalion Veterinary Doctor Adjutant Adjutant Amtsgehilfe Administration Clerical Official in a Department Amtsobergehilfe Senior Administration Clerical Official in a Department Amtsrat Senior Administration Official Arbeiter Labourer Arzt Physician Auswerter Plotter / Evaluator Autoschlosser Motor Vehicle Mechanic Bäckermeister Master Baker Bataillonsarzt Battalion Physician Bataillonskommandeur Battalion Commander Bataillonsveterinär Battalion Veterinary Doctor Batterieführer Battery Commander Batterieoffizier Firing Battery Commander Batterieschreiber Battery Headquarters Clerk Beamter Armed Forces Civil Servant / Government Service Official / Civilian Employee in Military Service Beobachter Observer Beobachtungsoffizier Observation Officer Beschlagschmied Farrier / Horse(shoe) Smith Betreuungsoffizier Entertainment Officer Betriebmeister Managerial Works Supervisor Betriebsleiter Managerial Works Leader Bibliothekar Librarian Blechschuster Tin Smith Bootsmann Boat Operator Botenmeister Messenger Chef des Stabes Chief of Staff Direktor Director Direktor bei der Heeresfeuerwerker und Panzertruppenschule Director of the Army Ordnance and Panzer Troop Schools Direktor bei der Heeres-Plankammer Director of the Army Chamber of Planning Direktor beim Heeresarchiv Wien Director of the Army Archives at Vienna Direktor beim Heeresmuseum Berlin-Zeughaus Director of the Army Museum at Berlin-Zeughaus Direktor des Heerestechnischen Buros Director of the Army Technical Bureau Divisionionsarzt Division Physician Divisonskommandeur Division Commander Dolmetscher Interpreter Dreher Lathe Operator Drucker Printer Elektriker Electrician Elektromechaniker Electro Mechanic Entfernungsmesser Rangefinder / Distance Measurer Erkunder Scout Erkundungsoffizier Observation Officer Facharbeiter Specialist Fachschulrektor Headmaster of a Technical School Fachstudiendirektor Deputy Director of Technical Studies Fachstudienrat Instructor in Technical Studies Fahnenschmied Farrier NCO Fahrer Driver Fahrer vom Bock Wagoner (the driver of a horse-drawn vehicle sitting on the driver's seat [the box]) Fahrer vom Sattel Horse Team Leader (the driver of a horse-drawn vehicle sitting on one of the horses) Feinmechaniker Optics Technician Feldbischof Chaplain-General to the Forces Feldfunksprecher Field Radio Operator Feldgendarm Military Policeman Feldkoch Cook Feldkochunteroffizier Cook NCO Feldwebel Sergeant Fernsprecher Telephonist Festungsoberwerkmeister Fortifications NCO in Charge of a Workshop Festungswerkmeister Fortifications NCO in a Workshop Feuerwerker Ordnance NCO / Pyrotechnician / Military Artificer Flakwaffenwart Antiaircraft Weapon Armorer Flugmeldeauswerter Air Observation Evaluator Flugmelder Air Observer Führer Leader Führer der Gefechtsfahrzeuge Leader of the Company / Battery Vehicles Funker Radio Operator Funkmeister Senior Radio Operator Funkwart Radio Repairman Futtermeister Fodder NCO Gaschützunteroffizier Chemical Warfare NCO Gefechtsschreiber Headquarters Clerk Generalintendant General Commisariat Commander Generalstabintendant General Staff Commisariat Commander Gerätverwalter Equipment Administrator Gerätwart Equipment Repairman Geschützbedienung Gun Crew Geschützführer Gun Layer / Gun Captain / Gun Commander Getreibeschlosser Drive Train Mechanic Gewerbeoberlehrer Senior Teacher in Trade Subjects Gruppenführer Section Leader Gruppenintendant Army Group Commisariat Commander Handelsoberlehrer Senior Teacher in Commercial Subjects Handwerker Craftsman Haptfeldwebel Senior Company NCO / Company First Sergeant Hauptwachmeister Senior Battery NCO / Battery First Sergeant Hauswarte Caretaker Heeresarchivdirektor Army Archive Director Heeresarchivrat Army Archival Advisor Heeresbaudirektor Director of Army Building or Construction Heeresforstamtsmann Administration Official in the Army Forestry Commission Heeresforstmeister Army Forestry Commissioner Heereshauptwerkmeister Army Workshop Superintendent Heeresintendant Army Commisary Heeresjustizamtmann Army Judicial Service Heeresjustizwachtmeister Army Court Martial Orderly NCO Heereslandwirtschaftrat Councillor in the Army Agricultural Department Heeresmachinenmeister Army Master Machinist / Mechanic Heeresmaschinenbaudirektor Director of Army Construction Machinery Heeresmusikinspizient Director of Army Music Heeresoberförster Army Forester Heeresoberforstmeister Senior Army Forestry Commissioner Heeresoberpfarrer Senior Army Chaplain Heeresoberwerkmeister Army Workshop Superintendent Heerespfarrer Army Chaplain Heeresrevierförster Army Forestry Official Heeressattlermeister Army Master Saddler Heeresschneidermeister Army Master Tailor Heeresschuhmachermeister Army Master Shoemaker / Cobbler Heeressportlehrer Army Sports Instructor Heeresunterförster Army Forester Heereswerkmeister NCO in Charge of an Army Workshop Heizer Fireman Hilfsbeobachter Assistant Observer Hilfsprüfer Assistant Controller Hiwi (Hilfswilliger) Foreign Volunteer for Military Service Holzarbeiter Wood Worker Inspektor (technische and nichttechnische) Official in Technical or Non-Technical Trade Intendant Commissary Officer Intendanturamtmann Member of an Army Commisary Department Intendanturassessor Officer in the Commissary Department Intendanturrat Commisariat Kanonier Gunner Kanzleivorsteher Orderly Room - Head Clerk Kartenzeichner Cartographer Kartograph Cartographer Kettenkraftradfahrer Kettenkrad Driver Klempner Plumber Koch Cook Kommandant Commandant Kommandeur Commander Kompanieführer Company Commander Kompanietrossführer Company Trains Leader Kompanietruppführer Company Headquarters Section Leader Korpsintendant Army Corps Commissariat Commander Korpssattlermeister Army Corps Master Saddler Kradmelder Motorcycle Messenger Kraftfahrzeugelektriker Motor Vehicle Electrician Kraftfahrzeugmotorenschlosser Motor Vehicle Motor Mechanic Kraftfahrzeugschlosser Motor Vehicle Mechanic Kraftwagenbeifahrer Motor Vehicle Codriver Kraftwagenfahrer Motor Vehicle Driver Krankenträger Stretcher Bearer Kriegsgerichter Judge Advocate General Branch Kriegsgerichtsrat Member of Court Martial Committee Laborant Laboratory Technician Ladeschütze Loader Lagermeister NCO in a Depot Lagerwarte Depotman Laufwerkschlosser Running Gear Mechanic Lehrer Teacher Leiter Chief Leader Lichtpauser Photographer Lithograph Lithographer Magazinmeister NCO in Charge of a Depot Maler Painter Mann Enlisted Man Mannschaft Enlisted Man / Other Rank Maschinengewehrschütze Machine Gunner Meldefahrer Motor Vehicle Messenger Meldefahrer Messenger (Motor Vehicle) Melder Messenger Runner Meldereiter Messenger (Horse-Mounted) Ministerial Direktor Minister and Head of a Government Ministry Ministerialamtsgehilfe Administration Clerical Official in a Ministry Ministerialbürodirektor Administration Official in a Ministry Ministerialdirigent Administrative Official in a Ministry (Usually of Generalleutnant Rank) Ministerialkanzleivorsteher Administration Official - Head Clerk in a Ministry Ministerialoberamtsgehilfe Senior Administration Clerical Official in a Ministry Ministerialrat Advisor to the Minister Ministerialrat (mit den Dienstgradabzeichen des Generales) Advisor to the Minister with the Rank of General Ministerialregistrator Registrar in a Ministry Mitarbeiter Assistant Clerk Motorschlosser Motor Mechanic Mühlenmeister Master Miller Munitionskanonier Ammunition Handler (Artillery) Munitionsschütze Ammunition Handler Musiker Bandsman Musikmeister Band Leader Nachrichtenmechaniker Signals Technician Nachrichtenoffizier Signal Officer Nachrichtenunteroffizier Signal NCO Oberbotenmeister Senior Messenger Oberfachschullehrer Teacher in an Advanced Technical School Oberfachschulrat Principal in a Technical School Oberfachstudiendirektor Director of Technical Studies Oberfeldapotheker Apothecary Oberfeldzahlmeister Senor Paymaster Oberfuttermeister Senior Fodder NCO Oberheeresarchivrat Army Archival Advisor Oberinspektor (technisch and nichttechnisch) Senior Official in Tecnhical Trade or Non-Technical Trade Oberintendanturrat Commisariat Oberkartograph Senior Cartographer Oberkriegsgerichtsrat Member of Court Martial Committee Oberlagermeister Senior NCO in a Depot Oberlandwirtschaftsrat Agricultural Advisor Obermaschinist Senior Fitter Obermusikinspizient Director of Army Music Oberregierungsbaurat Construction or Building Administration Official Oberregierungschemiker Chemistry Administration Official Oberregierungsrat Senior Administration Official Oberreichskrieganwalt Judge Advocate General Oberreichskriegsanwalt Senior Attorney in the War Office Obersekretär (technisch und nichttechnisch) Senior Secretary in Technical and Non-Technical Trade Oberstabsapotheker Apothecary Oberstabzahlmeister Senior Paymaster Oberstabzahlmeister Senior Administration Official Oberstapotheker Apothecary Oberstkriegsgerichtsrat Member of Court Martial Committee Oberstudiendirektor Army Education Official Obertrigonometer Trigonometric Official Oberwaffenmeister Armourer Oberwerkmeister Senior Workshop Supervisor Oberzahlmeister Paymaster Offizier Officer Ordnanzoffizier Aid (-de-Camp) (Officer) Ordonnanz Aid (Enlisted) Panzerbüchsenschütze Antitank Rifleman Panzerelektromechaniker Armored Vehicle Electrician Panzerelektroschweisser Armored Vehicle Arc Welder Panzerführer Armored Vehicle Commander Panzerfunkwart Armored Vehicle Radio Repairman Panzergetriebenschlosser Armored Vehicle Drive Train Mechanic Panzerjägerführer Antitank Vehicle Commander Panzermotorenschlosser Armored Vehicle Motor Mechanic Panzerschlosser Armored Vehicle Mechanic Panzerschützen Infantryman in an Armored Vehicle Panzerwart Armored Vehicle Mechanic Peiler Direction Finder Pferdeführer Horse Leader (driver on foot guiding the horse(s) of a horse-drawn vehicle) Pferdehalter Horse Holder (Groom) Pferdewärter Groom (Horse Holder) Photograph Photographer Pionier Pioneer / Engineer / Sapper Planoffizier Triangulation Officer Postfachkraft Postal Worker Präparator Candidate Präsident President Präsident des Heeresarchives Wien President of the Army Archives at Vienna Prüfer Accounts Controller Quartiermeister Quartermaster Rechner Calculator Rechnungsführer Accountant Regierungsbaurat Construction or Building Administration Official Regierungschemiker Chemistry Administration Official Regierungsdirektor (Museum Wien) Administration Director of the Vienna Museum Regierungsrat Administration Official Regimentsadjutant Regiment Adjutant Regimentsarzt Regiment Physician Regimentskommandeur Regiment Commander Regimentskraftfahroffizier Regiment Motor Officer Regimentssattlermeister Regimental Master Saddler Regimentsschreiber Regiment Headquarters Clerk Regmentsveterinär Regiment Veterinary Doctor Reichskreigsgerichtswachtmeister State Judicial Service Orderly NCO Reichskriegsgerichtsrat Army Court Martial Councillor Richter Judge Richtkreisunteroffizier Gun Layer NCO / Gun Director NCO Richtschütze Gunner Sachbearbeiter Clerk Sanitätsoffizier Medical Officer Sanitätsunteroffizier Medical NCO Sattelpferd Near Horse Sattler Saddler / Harness Maker Scherenfernrohrunteroffizier Scissors Telescope NCO Schirrmeister Foreman / Harness Keeper / Depotkeeper NCO / Maintenance Technical Sergeant Schleifer Polisher Schlosser Mechanic Schmied Smith Schneider Tailor Schreiber Recorder Schumacher / Schuster Shoemaker / Cobbler Schwadronführer Company Commander (Cavalry Arm) Schwadrontruppführer Company Headquarters Section Leader (Cavalry Arm) Schweisser Welder Sekretär (technisches und nichttechnisches) Secretary in Technical and Non-Technical Trade Senatspräsident beim Reichskriegsgericht President of a Court Martial Spähtruppführer Scout Section Leader Stabsapotheker Chemist Stabzahlmeister Paymaster Staffelführer Detachment Leader Stellmacher Cartwright / Wheelwright Stellungsunteroffizier Gun Position NCO Steuermann Helmsman (driver of a boat) Studiendirektor Army Senior Education Official Studienrat Army Education Official Tankwart Fuel Handler Technischer Oberamtsmann Technical Administration Official Tischler Joiner / Cabinet Maker Trigonometer Trigonometric Official Trossführer Trains Leader Truppenarzt Troop Doctor Truppführer Team Leader Unteroffizier NCO Urkundsbeamter Document Clerk Verbindungsoffizier Liaison Officer Vermessungsamtmann Survey Official Vermessungsdienst Measuring Service Verpflegungsmann Rations Handler Verpflegungsunteroffizier Rations NCO Verwaltungsamtmann Administration Official Veterinäroffizier Veterinary Officer Vorgeschobener Beobachter Forward Observer Vorhandwerker Leading Craftsman Vorreiter Outrider (Escort on horseback of a horse-drawn vehicle) Vorstand der Heeres-Plankammer Head of the Army Chamber of Planning Vorwarner Advance Warning Man Wächter Watchman / Guard Waffenmeister Armorer Waffenmeistergehilfe Assistant Armorer Waffenmeisterunteroffizier Master Armorer NCO Waffenoberrevisor Senior Armament Official Waffenrevisor Armament Official Waffenunteroffizier Armorer NCO Wagenbegleiter ?? (escort on foot for a horse-drawn vehicle) Wagenführer Leader of the Hhorse-drawn in the Trains Wallmeister Fortification Official Wehrmachtkriegspfarrer Chaplain Wehrmachtoberpfarrer Senior Chaplain to the Forces Wehrmachtpfarrer Chaplain to the Forces Werferführer Launcher or Mortar Gunner Werkführer Foreman Werkmeister Foreman / Chief Technician (master at arms in charge of weapon repair) Werkstättenvorsteher Official in Charge of Workshop Wermachtdekan Senior Chaplain to the Forces, Army Dean Zahlmeister Paymaster / Finance Officer Zeichner Draftsman Zimmermann Carpenter Zugführer Platoon Leader Zugtruppführer Platoon Headquarters Section Leader