English Translation

B.No. 604/39 Prague, 10th October 1939. - Subject : Armament and equipment of the service in Prague. Based on a report of the criminal commissioner Guckenberger v. 3.4.39 to the command, the experience of the services of the leader and the Reich Minister was used when the service was established. The special conditions in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia were only partially taken into account. The special conditions in the Protectorate make it imperative that the department be equipped with special weapons.These weapons must be hand-held at the office's seat in order to be able to cope with all possibilities in all cases. The precise handling of these weapons must be achieved by a continuous overhaul of the training of the personnel of the service. Thus, the department is required to equip them with the following weapons and equipment: 1. Two machine guns with accessories, 2. Eight rifles, 3. 60 hand grenades, 4. Two light guns with gas ammunition, 5. 3ooo shot belted S - ammunition, 6. l000 shot S - ammo, ee d 8. Eight pieces of cartridge bags, 9. Gun cleaning material. The number of weapons was chosen so that in the given case - as intended - persons from the vicinity of the Lord d det can be attracted. The armament and equipment must be a defense in the castle against. in the Czernin Palace until further units of the police or Wehrmacht can be used and deployed.