Panzerdivision muncheberg began forming on 8 march 1945 in muncheberg, germany. It was recruited from foreign volunteers in denmark, norway, sweden, finland, estonia, the netherlands and belgium under the command of german officers. The ratio between panzer and panzergrenadier was down to 1. List of german divisions in world war ii wikipedia. German panzergrenadierdivision 44 and motorized infantry. On 23 march 1942 the artillery regiments in the panzer divisions were renamed panzer artillery regiments. German 9th panzer division december, 1944 33rd panzer regiment 10th panzer grenadier regiment x 5 x 1 x 1 x 1 x by greg moore december, 2008 x 4 x 3 i battalion x 6 x 3 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 12 ii battalion x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 11th panzer grenadier regiment i battalion x 6 x 3 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 12. Headquarters 16141453 division guards 00312 1 2ton truck 2 heavy machine guns motorpool 2 motorcycles 2 cars kfz 2 3 cars kfz 15 4 cars kfz 11 1 car kfz 21 3 2ton trucks 1 3ton truck 2 3ton ambulances 2 light buses 1 heavy bus motorcycle platoon. Like many german formations, the 9th ss had been caught in the falaise pocket in normandy and all but destroyed. Commander of german panzer divisions during world war ii. The lssah was amalgamated into the waffenss together with the ssvt and the combat units of the sstv prior to operation barbarossa in 1941. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online. Fire and fury games battlefront wwii consolidated orders. During the british operation epsom the panther battalion supported the forces defending against the british offensive and was credited with the destruction of 53 enemy tanks.
The wiener panzer division remained in the caumont area. The 1st panzer division was engaged in the southern sector of the eastern front to serve alternately within the 1st and 4th panzer army as an emergency force. The waffenss in allied hands volume two cambridge scholars. The backbone of the heer german army was the infantry division. Special vehicle unit markings used by the german army during and after the battle of kursk.
Organization german 15th panzer division 1 april 1941 8th panzer regiment. Panzer divisions were the key element of german success in the blitzkrieg operations of the early years of world war ii. Tatra panzer division was merged into the division. The 1st panzer division had the additional heavy battalion, but all three batteries were 150mm heavy field howitzers. The clausewitz panzer division fought the allies during the last months of wwii on the western front. Formed on 15 october 1935 in wurzburg, in the spring of 1938 it went to vienna. It served in operation barbarossa as part of panzer group 1 army group south, and it contributed to the successful encirclements of the soviet forces at kiev. The division was pulled out of the line to be refitted for the bulge campaign but was still seriously understrength in tanks and had extra attachments from korps to help make up the difference.
It was constantly thrown from crisis location to crisis location as the german front lines retreated, taking part in battles at kiev, zhitomir and cherkassy. Panzerdivision in normandy, june 1944 generalmajor. The germans, in effect, won the battle of france in four days because ofthe crossing of the. The panzer regiment contained only one hybrid panzer battalion and one panzergrenadierabteilung table 28, this organization was nearly the same as the shortlived panzer panzergrenadier. German 5th panzer division 10 may 1940 5th panzer division. Panzer division 1944 organization chart and kstn list. It was one of three tank divisions created at the time, the other two being the 2nd and 3rd panzer division. Panzer division, world war 19391945, world war, 19391945. Of the twentyeight formally established german army tank divisions, 1 the 22 nd panzer division has the dubious distinction of having lasted the shortest amount of time on the battlefield before being ordered. Ghost division the german 11th panzer division pobierz pdf z. On october 15, 1935, following germany s open rejection of terms of the treaty of versailles restricting germany s military, the division was designated the th infantry division.
Of the 154 divisions deployed against soviet union in 1941, including reserves, there were 100 infantry, 19 panzer, 11 motorised, 9 security, 5 waffenss, 4 light, 4 mountain, 1 ss police, and 1 cavalry. German 16th panzer division, field organization, 7 december 1942. Organizational history of the german armored formations 19391945. Organization and strength of the panzer regiments 10 may 1940 the information below is based on thomas l. Basic organization of panzergrenadierregiment in panzer. Altogether, a motley collection of armored and infantry divisions was stationed in italythe country that once was germanys most faithful ally. The status of the reorganization must be reported in the monthly status reports. Organization of german panzer divisions, may 1940 subject. Each military district had x1 panzer division and x2 panzer grenadier divisions, plus army support assets. It fought in the soviet union from 1941 to 1944 and, in the. During the winter of 194142 the 22nd, 23rd, and 124th panzer divisions were formed from new drafts. Download german units in normandy book pdf epub mobi tuebl. The following is the organization and equipment of a panzer division during this critical period.
Organization german 15th panzer division 1 april 1941. The purpose is also to analyse the impact the division commander, general. German 9th panzer division december, 1944 33rd panzer regiment 10th panzer grenadier regiment x 5 x 1 x 1 x 1 x by greg moore december, 2008 x 4 x 3 i battalion x 6 x 3 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 12 ii battalion x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 11th panzer grenadier regiment i battalion x 6 x 3 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 12 ii battalion x 3 x 3 x 3. Each infantry regiment also contained a pak antitank. The german panzer formations were undergoing reorganization prior to. The 9th ss hohenstaufen panzer division was an unusual ss division in that it was raised through conscription, rather than by volunteers. Adobe pdf oob 148k adobe pdf panzer regiments 17k zipped powerpoint presentation and msword 60k. Lessons to be derived from the wehrmachts experience in the east.
Clausewitz panzer division a 1945 wwii article for cp models by s. German 7th panzer division 10 may 1940 7th panzer division. German panzer division recon battalion summer 1942. Stefano di giusto this survey presents the unit insignia of panzer and panzer grenadierdivisionen, and of their panzertruppe subunits panzer regimenter and panzer abteilungen. The development of german doctrine and command and. British influence and the evolution of the panzer arm. At antitank battalion aa antiaircraft battalion gr grenadier regt regiment rpl replacement battalion. This corps held the line with three infantry divisions nm. German tank panzer division parades on streets of paris in. The german 7th panzer division hereafter referred to as. Pdf 90th light panzer division afrika 19411943 gustavo. Mar 02, 2021 german panzer and motorized infantry in barbarossa1941 these consist of a generic order of battle and a separate document with specific panzer types and strengths for the different panzer divisions.
Rommel and the german 7th panzer division in france 1940 kkrva. The elite division was a component of the waffenss which was found guilty of war crimes in the nuremberg trials. German panzer divisions were organized and trained to act as selfcontained. The questionandanswer session includes such topics as effectiveness of the u. Divisions the essential vehicle identification guide. Organizational history of the german armored formations. Also the early panzer iis had no vision cupola for the. By the end of world war ii it had been increased in size from a regiment to a panzer division. The 21st panzer division was organized in 1941 by the german army in africa. Sspanzerdivision wiking was a panzer division among the thirtyeight waffenss divisions of nazi germany. The 1st ss panzer division was organized into four specialized kampfgruppes for this battle, each named for its commander, and they are presented as. German 1st ss panzer division december, 1944 though short on tanks, the leibstandarte ss adolf hitler lah division contained an extra battalion of infantry in each of its two infantry regiments. Dacs working paper february 1996 the british and american.
These were grouped into two higher administrative formations the 3rd and 5th military districts. The collapse of the german army in the east in the. After the allies began operation cobra and brokethrough the thin lines of panzer lehr division and streamed south. Panzerdivision adopted combinedarms battlegroups immediately following the allied invasion of 6th june. Earlier in the year, germany had renounced the treaty of versailles, which had forbidden the country, among other things, from having tank forces, a treaty. The division was motorized during the winter of 19361937, and was accordingly. Tank losses had been heavy since the invasion in june of 1941 but new tanks were coming into service. Panzer lehr was heavily engaged near bastogne and ended the campaign a mere shadow of itself again. It was recruited from foreign volunteers in denmark, norway, sweden, finland, estonia, the netherlands and belgium under the command of german. For example, the updated version of the german doctrinal manual for defensive operations published in. Pages in category german panzer divisions the following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. I will include this later as part of a file on 1942 german east front tables of organization. The majority of the division s staff and panzer troops were drawn from the 103rd panzer brigade, 1 which had been dissolved three days before.
The leichte division motorisiert translated here as light mechanized divisions were in the process of being converted to panzer division armored divisions and were all in different stages of this process. The three battlegroups were formed using the panzer and panzer grenadier regiments as the nuclei. October 1942, was the 27 th panzer division, which existed about half a year before it was disbanded in march 1943 and its remaining elements absorbed into the 7 th panzer division. The 11th panzer division did not participate in the war until the invasion of yugoslavia. German panzer lehr division december, 1944 th panzer regiment 901st panzer grenadier regiment x 5 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 12 by greg moore december, 2008 x 3 x 3 i battalion x 5 x 3 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 11 ii battalion x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 902nd panzer grenadier regiment i battalion x 5 x 3 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 11.
Ghost division the german 11th panzer division dokument. A panzer division is one of the armored tank divisions in the wehrmacht of nazi germany during world war ii. Even though this division was not on the eastern front in 1942, i think, from what i have researched thus far, the organization gives a good idea of what one might find. German tank division 1939 organization and structure. Waffen ss panzer division 1944 unit strength in 193940 numbering system in panzer divisions strength of the most important division types of the german field army in 1939. On german military forces, facsimile of war department technical manual.
Emmet introduction this article is an attempt to briefly describe the short history of germany s last panzer division of wwii. March 2021 german panzer unit insignia 193945 part 1. There were lightly armored early panzer iii in poland but more panzer iii ef in france. Effective immidiately, the panzerdivision 44 table of organization and equipment applies to all tank divisions. On 18 august, 1944, three days after its hasty formation, 101.
The vintage footage in this video has been uploaded for research purposes, and is presented in unedited form. German units in normandy written by source wikipedia, published by which was released on 01 september 20. The division saw action on the eastern and western fronts during the second world war. German 16th panzer division, field organization, 7. Panzer divisions in the summer of 1942, the german wehrmacht had 19 panzer divisions fighting on the russian front. Panzergrenadier division battlegroup cwwg11 luftlandebrigade 27 x6 alouette ii observation helicopter cwwg77 x28 bo105p pah1 attack helicopter acwwg38 x16 ch53g transport helicopter cwwg40 x24 uh1d utility. The tank divisions are to be reorganized within the limits of the available personnel and materiel. The th panzer division was formed in vienna in october 1940 from the th motorized infantry division and was immediately sent to romania but was not part of the balkan campaign. German defense tactics against russian breakthroughs us army. Support my channel 5th ss panzer division wiking german.
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