"Attachment to instructions of department 1b, 8th Infantry Division, June 20th, 1941
List of military equipment that must be captured for use. Items marked with a + are especially important.
Guns and equipment:
- 7.62 mm pistols
- 7.62 mm rifles (three line)
- +automatic rifles
- Maxim machine guns
- 51 mm mortars
- +45 mm guns model 1936
- 37 mm Rheinmetall anti-tank guns
- +any gun larger than 100 mm in caliber (especially cannons)
- +bridges and pontoons
- +tanks and barrels
- drinking water barrels
- horse cars of all types
- ammunition trailers
- communications equipment
- power sources
- +shortwave radios of all types
- +transportable (mobile) and stationary longwave transmitters
- +cables of all types
- new telephone equipment
- tents of all types
- +encryption equipment
- light collapsible bridges
- +measurement equipment
- submachine guns
- rifles with optical scopes
- 7.62 mm light machine guns
- grenade launchers
- 84 mm mortars
- 45 mm guns model 1929
- guns less than 100 mm in caliber
- +all AA guns 15 mm or larger in caliber
- +field kitchens
- well digging tools
- optical devices, especially binoculars, binocular telescopes, rangefinders, and gun sights
- switchboards
- rapid telegraph machines and telegraph repeater stations
- +encryption devices
- pontoons
- +flamethrowers
Ammunition:
Ammunition for all of the above, in addition all brass casings. Ammunition for weapons marked with a + is especially important.
Horses and veterinary equipment:
- +horses (including ponies and pack animals)
- horse and pack animal harnesses, saddles, bridles, tack
- +mules
- horseshoe materials and equipment
- veterinary supplies
- bandages of all types
- oil of turpentine
- glycerin
- caffeine
- fats and oils
- silver nitrate salt
- nicotine
Motor vehicles:
- +armoured cars
- +halftrack tractors and prime movers
- +tires
- +auto repair equipment
- fueling equipment
- cargo equipment
- +cars of all types
- +fuel and lubricant
- +spare parts of all types
- +empty barrels of all types
- +railway cisterns
Equipment, uniforms, camp equipment, sports equipment, and supplies
- +rations of all types
- +boots and any leather equipment
- +leather (cut, treated, raw)
- +complete uniforms and underwear
- equipment (if similar to ours)
- textiles (wool, cotton fiber)
- +materials for fixing POW uniforms
- clothing, blankets, mess tins, underwear, and sporting equipment of all kinds
Sanitary equipment:
- full medic kits
- quinine
- vaseline
- soap
- sulfur
- water boilers
- disinfection equipment
- full sets of medicine and bandages
- oils
- ointments
- iodine
- injection equipment
- disinfectants
- hospital tents
Chemical protection and poisons:
- gas masks
- oxygen devices
- +chemical protection for horses of all types
- +degassing equipment of all types, especially for disinfecting the skin
- +spraying devices
- +gas mask filters
- chemical protection suits
- long and short lasting poisons of all types
Translated by Technician-Intendant 2nd Class Ilyukhin.
- September 1941"
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