German
Close-Order Drill
Transcribed
by Heidi Breedon
The
following was taken from the March 1944 issue of The
Intelligence Bulletin. This publication was
issued by the U.S. War Department to military
personnel with the intention of providing helpful
information concerning the enemy.
The figure
below illustrates the methods of executing a number of
commands in German close-order drill, which differs in
a number of respects from that used by the United
States Army. All German soldiers are accustomed to
these commands, which are listed below, together with
a pronunciation guide. The unit depicted below is a basic German squad of nine men (usually commanded
by an Unteroffizier, a rank roughly equivalent
to the U.S. corporal).
| THE
COMMANDS |
|
HOW
TO PRONOUNCE THEM |
| "Marschordnung
rechts ohne Tritt — Marsch! — Im
Gleichschritt! |
1. |
"Marsh-órd-noong
REKTS oh-neh tritt, MARSH! Im glýke-shritt! |
| "In
Linie zu einem Gliede links marschiert auf —
Marsch! Marsch! — Im Gleichschritt!" |
2. |
"In
léen-yeh tsoo eýe-nem gléedeh linx mar-shéert
owf, MARSH-MARSH! Im glýke-shritt!" |
| "Reihe
rechts!" |
3. |
"Rý-uh
REKTS!" |
| "Links
schwenkt — Marsch! Gerade aus!" |
4. |
Linx
shvenkt. MARSH! Gráh-deh owss!" |
| "In
Marschordnung links marschiert auf — Marsch!
Marsch!" |
5. |
"In
marsh-órd-noong linx mar-shéert owf,
MARSH-MARSH!" |
| "Links
schwenkt — Marsch! — Gerade aus!" |
6. |
"Linx
shvenkt, MARSH! Gráh-deh owss!" |
| "Reihe
rechts!" |
7. |
"Rý-uh
REKTS" |
| "In
linie zu einem Gliede rechts marschiert auf
— Marsch! Marsch! — Im Gleichschritt!" |
8. |
"In
léen-yeh tsoo eýe-nem glée-deh rekts mar-shéert
owf, MARSH-MARSH! Im glýke-shritt!" |
| "Links
um!" |
9. |
"Linx
OOM!" |
| "Abteilung
halt — Links um!" |
10. |
"Opp-tíe-loong
HAHLT! Linx OOM!" |
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