Schutzen (MG)

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Rifle Squad
Rifle Squad - Squad Leader and Light Machine Gun - Rifle teams are relatively lightly armed and carry both grenades and bayonets for close combat. They are the primary maneuver and assault units of an infantry company. The German Army rifle team is armed with the Mauser 98k bolt action rifle. The German anti-tank warfare paradigm left tank fighting to specialized, attached Panzerjaeger units so rifle teams were not given anti-tank capability.

Rifle Squad
Rifle Squad - Light Machine Gun Team - Most infantry squads include a team manning a squad light machine gun. In the German Army the squad light machine gun was the Mg34. Light machine gun teams are generally used to provide covering fire for the more mobile rifle teams. They lack the sustained fire ability of heavier machine guns.

Rifle Squad
Rifle Squad - Squad Leader and Light Machine Gun - Rifle teams are relatively lightly armed and carry both grenades and bayonets for close combat. They are the primary maneuver and assault units of an infantry company. The German Army rifle team is armed with the Mauser 98k bolt action rifle. The German anti-tank warfare paradigm left tank fighting to specialized, attached Panzerjaeger units so rifle teams were not given anti-tank capability.

Motorized Infantry Squad
Motorized Infantry Squad - Squad Leader and Light Machine Gun - Rifle teams are relatively lightly armed and carry both grenades and bayonets for close combat. They are the primary maneuver and assault units of an infantry company. The German Army rifle team is armed with the Mauser 98k bolt action rifle. The German anti-tank warfare paradigm left tank fighting to specialized, attached Panzerjaeger units so rifle teams were not given anti-tank capability.

Motorized Infantry Squad
Motorized Infantry Squad - Squad Leader and Light Machine Gun - Rifle teams are relatively lightly armed and carry both grenades and bayonets for close combat. They are the primary maneuver and assault units of an infantry company. The German Army rifle team is armed with the Mauser 98k bolt action rifle. The German anti-tank warfare paradigm left tank fighting to specialized, attached Panzerjaeger units so rifle teams were not given anti-tank capability.