New Company: Schutztruppe Erkundigungskommando

[oabee]

Had the Vocabulary of German Military Terms and Abbreviations on order, and it arrived today. Turns out it is a 1917 publication by the U.S. Army War College listed as a "reprint of a British Document." So, hey: maybe the Yanks messed it up.

Anyway, here is a copy of the page from which I chose the fateful term of Erkundigungskommando:



As you can see, there are listings for both Erkundung and Erkundigung in the context of reconnaissance.

Cherno may be interested to see this definition in the book:



I am gratified that my choice of "Kommando" has not been questioned: I wanted the Company to be a permanent command or detachment, not just a patrol (Patrouille). Do I have that correct, German-language-expert-guys?

Mike O

[Michi]

I am gratified that my choice of "Kommando" has not been questioned: I wanted the Company to be a permanent command or detachment, not just a patrol (Patrouille). Do I have that correct, German-language-expert-guys?

Itīs more a question to the German-military-language-expert-guys, but yet, you have that correct.
Kommando does not tell anything about size or duration of the detachment, it simply specifies a task force of unspecified kind. Patrol would have been "Streife" instead.