the Arnhem Bridge, but were then encircled by the German forces. Moeller's Pioneers were then involved in the fighting on 18 September to reduce the British perimeter and retake the northern end of the Arnhem bridge. It was noted that the RAD troops had no combat experience. Captain Moeller's report concluded: "These men were rather skeptical and reluctant at the beginning, which was hardly surprising. But when they were put in the right place they helped us a lot; and in time they integrated completely, becoming good and reliable comrades." Ranks and insignia Equipment Luger pistol Gewehr 98 Stielhandgranate Model 39 grenade Schiessbecher Panzerfaust Sturmpistole Panzerbüchse 39 MP 3008 Einstossflammenwerfer 46 MG 08 Schwarzlose machine gun Teller mine S-mine Stock mine Schu-mine 42 Glasmine 43 Abwehrflammenwerfer 42 Topfmine Riegel mine 43 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling Volkswagen Kübelwagen Opel Blitz Mercedes-Benz L3000 Krupp Protze Sd.Kfz. 2 M42 Truppenfahrrad See also Bevin Boys Civilian Conservation Corps Deutscher Aufbaudienst Organisation Todt Forced labour under German rule during World War II Labour Army Labour battalion Assault pioneer Construction soldier (East Germany) Work Order Act Notes References Kiran Klaus Patel: Soldaten der Arbeit. Arbeitsdienste in Deutschland und den USA, 1933–1945, Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003. .English edition: "Soldiers of Labor. Labor Service in Nazi Germany and New Deal America", 1933–1945, Cambridge University Press, New York 2005, . External links The German Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labor Service) RAD-Abteilungen The Law on State Labor Service (Reichsarbeitsdienstgesetz) of 26 June 1935 Government of Nazi Germany Labor history 1934 establishments in Germany German words and phrases Economy of Nazi Germany Non-combatant military personnel Paramilitary organisations based in Germany Military engineering Military logistics of World War II