English Translation

Goesme Romimsituclache (fmnp3 Excerpt from the new "Scharnhorst" command. The tasks of the alarm units and the military situation have changed so that a new version of the "Scharnhorst"-command of 13.9.45 Tgb.No. 460/44 g.Kdos.requires. The previously issued MScharnhorst-commendations of the B.d.W.-4 B.u.M. are therefore invalidated with immediate effect and must be destroyed in accordance with HDv 99. I. General: a) In order to combat internal unrest, guerrillas and agents, air landings, broken-out enemy fighting groups for the preparation of defense measures, units from the Ausb. u. Ers., the schools and service units are set up under the heading "Sharnhorst". b) The 4-FHA instructs the BdW.4 BuM to form the alarm units of the weapons-i for the tasks listed under (a) in coordination with the measures of the WBv. c) The alarm groups "Scharnhorst" are divided into 1. alarm forces, 2. security forces. The alarm forces are under the direct control of the Bdw-b BuM (see paragraphs II and III for details). The security forces are subject to the sections, subsections or the fortification commanders of the Wehrmacht. 8EICO