The demise of the field artillery brigade soon followed the adoption by divisions of a single field artillery regiment from 1916 in place of the two-regiment organization that had existed from 1914. The organization of the XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of World War I, … It was also substantially larger than could be supported by the dwindling supply of manpower after four years of war. However it is unclear which of the batteries were so equipped, although it appears that 1., 2., 4., 5., 7., and 8. are the most likely. In total strength and number and variety of combat units, the static divisions bore little resemblance to one another. German Divisions and their Regiments and Field Artillery & Engineer Battalions Units in Italy after July 1944 This page lists the units for each of the German divisions that was in Italy after July 1944. and three 76.2-mm. The parachute division had only one battalion of light artillery (twelve 70-mm. Sep 24, 2018 - Explore walter's board "German Towed Artillery WW2", followed by 129 people on Pinterest. The policy of equipping west divisions primarily with captured materiel was laid down in December 1941 when ten divisions were ordered so equipped. Even after the 1944-type division had been standardized, experimentation continued. In late 1943, therefore, Guderian proposed and Hitler approved a scheme to form a ten-division strategic armored reserve while at the same time trying to bring all armored divisions up to strength in equipment. The Wehrmachts habit of forming combined arms battlegroups, with the artillery battterys temporarily seperated from the parent regiment encouraged this. JAK Member Posts: 76 Joined: 01 Mar 2005, 13:42 Location: Finland. The medium battalion is composed of 2 batteries of 150-mm. One result was to curtail the production of prime movers and parts. Personnel strength of the army divisions ranged from 12,768 (9th Panzer) to 16,466 (2nd Panzer). guns, and operates in general support of the division. GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES Volume 5/III WAFFEN-SS HIGHER HEADQUARTERS AND MECHANIZED FORMATIONS (4 July 1943) All volumes are available in hardback and softback editions THE GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES 1/I 01.09.39 Mechanized Army Formations and Waffen-SS Formations (3rd Revised Edition) 1/II-1 01.09.39 1 st and 2 nd Welle Army … howitzers, which ordinarily operate in direct support of the three infantry regiments, and one medium battalion. Under Rundstedt’s command on 1 June, 1944 were 58 combat divisions of which 33 were either static or reserve, suitable only for limited defense employment. Study No. By May 1940, the number of divisions in the German army was This list may not reflect recent changes (). The strength of the 6th Parachute Regiment with fifteen companies was 3,457. Its original form in 1934 consisted of two infantry regiments, an artillery regiment, a pioneer battalion, and a signals unit. Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily primary operator. Very little on doctrine or tactics. Various other divisions were dubbed "Light" for other reasons, and are listed among the Infantry Series Divisions. 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division (Goetz von Berlichingen). Organization charts of the new-style division (with 13,656 men)comprising three regiments of two battalions each had only just been published when further slashes were ordered. They were to be an elite arm and were put on an equal status with the SS units in recruiting, armament, equipment, and training. A typical infantry division in June 1941 had 17,734 men organized into the following sub-units:[4]. The division had also an antitank and a reconnaissance battalion. Its reconnaissance battalion usually uses bicycles for transportation and is therefore highly mobile. "Organization and Equipment of Field Artillery Units." Rifle strength in the German division was about 1,200 less than in the American but the total division firepower was superior. The type of organizational tables for both army and SS divisions called for a tank regiment with one battalion of Mark IV and one battalion of Mark V tanks. German division artillery was thus roughly equal to that of a U.S. division. Furthermore, the division had one artillery brigade, which consisted of 2 artillery regiments, which consisted of 2 artillery battalions each. Most were experienced in the West and Russia. The 91st Division went into combat with an attached parachute regiment. German Heavy Field Artillery in World War II: 1934-1645 (Schiffer Military/Aviation History) by Joachim Engelmann. There are a total of [ 56 ] WW2 German Artillery (1939-1945)entries in the Military Factory. All the panzer divisions were thus much larger than their American counterparts, the 1st SS being more than twice as large. A total of 823, moreover, compared to a planned build-up of l,226. 178 (previously Division Nr. The reduction from nine infantry battalions to six was partly alleviated by the substitution of a Füsilier battalion for the old reconnaissance unit. German Artillery. The Mortar Company in the 6th Parachute Regiment actually contained the nine heavy (120-mm.) The best infantry units in the 1944 German Army were the parachute divisions, administratively under the Luftwaffe but tactically always subordinated to Army command. Top. The two-regiment infantry division, therefore, did not operate in T/O form in the invasion area, and for the German Army as a whole, it may be regarded as experimental and eccentric, designed further to conserve manpower but not accepted as a generally satisfactory solution. Re: German artillery. M World War II mortars of Germany‎ (1 C, 6 P) W World War II anti-tank guns of Germany‎ (23 P) Pages in category "World War II artillery of Germany" The following 107 pages are in this category, out of 107 total. The east continued to enjoy priority on new equipment until the end of 1943, and although German-made tanks and assault guns were shipped to OB WEST during that time the deliveries were often more than outweighed by the transfer of armored units. Battalions had 2×105mm light field howitzer batteries and 1×150mm heavy field howitzer battery, each. Both were thus considerably larger than the normal corresponding infantry units. This article lists divisions of the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces), including the Army, Luftwaffe, and Kriegsmarine, active during World War II. Their strength and organization varied so widely that it is impossible to talk of a type. After being reorganized as the 26th Panzer Division, some of the 23rd Infantry Division's original components were used to create a new 23rd Infantry Division. The miscellaneous tank armament of the panzer divisions was typical of the weaponing of nearly all units in the west and reflected the long drain on the German war economy of the Russian war and the increasing production difficulties imposed by the accelerating Allied air offensive. Enjoy.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ww2freak001Instagram: ww2freak001 German Organization for Combat, 1944 Between 1939 and 1943 the German standard infantry division contained three regiments with a total of nine rifle battalions. GERMAN ARMY WW2. Each of the divisions had a separate and slightly different organization which in no case conformed to the type. The 6th Parachute Regiment, for instance, had only seventy trucks, and these comprised fifty different models. On the other hand, they all had fewer tanks. Theoretically, about on a par with the parachute divisions were the Panzergrenadier divisions which, by American standards, were infantry divisions with organic tank battalions, some armored personnel carriers, and some self-propelled artillery. Background of Artillery Divisions in World War II 59. Chiefly because of the antitank and reconnaissance units, on the other hand, the division with 17,00 men was substantially larger than its U.S. counterpart. All divisions in the Waffen-SS were ordered in a single series up to 38th, regardless of type. The design, adapted in 1938, weighed about 9,600 pounds and was towed by a prime mover. At the end of December, the number had risen only to 823, the increase being largely in the lighter Mark IV tank. The artillery battery sets up in a fairly safe place such as behind a woods. But the combined pressure of the Allied air offensive and Russian ground attack was rapidly creating an economic quagmire in which the harder the enemy struggled the deeper he sank. Naval artillery is not included. German Orders of Battle for the campaign in the West, 10 May 1940. The problem (set in January 1944 by Hitler) was to trim the personnel to something like 11,000 without affecting the combat strength. There was a series of 5 Light divisions; the first four were pre-war mechanized formations organized for use as mechanized cavalry, and the fifth was an ad hoc collection of mechanized elements rushed to Africa to help the Italians and organized into a division once there. Besides lopping off three battalions, the new division pruned out the rifle squad and company while at the same time increasing the proportion of automatic weapons. A panzer division is one of the armored (tank) divisions in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.This is a more restricted meaning than the German-language equivalent Panzerdivision (short: PzDiv), still used in the modern German Army of the Bundeswehr (for example the 1. The planned total for the end of May was 1,994. The army panzer divisions included, in addition to the two regiments (four battalions) of infantry and one tank regiment, a self-propelled antitank battalion (armed more often with assault guns), an armored reconnaissance battalion, a towed antiaircraft battalion, and an artillery regiment with one light self-propelled battalion, one light towed battalion, and one medium towed battalion. The most famous artillery gun of World War II was the Flak 88 cannon, an 8.8 cm high-velocity weapon equally applicable for antiaircraft and antitank use. Complete with collar and cuff insignia, shoulder boards and radio communications proficiency badge. Standard Panzer division artillery regiments had two battalions (Ist and IInd) of 105mm light field howitzers. There were 24 divisions classified as fit for duty in the east by reason of their relative mobility and high-grade personnel. They included 13 infantry divisions, 2 parachute divisions, 5 army panzer divisions, and 4 SS panzer and panzer grenadier divisions. Mittler & Sohn, 1969, pp. As long as the Russian front was the main theater of war and the west was not immediately threatened, it was natural to ship the bulk of the best material to the east and arm the west as well as possible with what was left. Against the background of the disintegrating German war economy, the tank buildup in the west was a notable achievement that strikingly revealed the importance assigned to the forthcoming struggle with the Western Allies. guns. howitzers). divisions in name only. This new technology reduced the amount of resources required to deploy one artillery gun. It was equipped and organized along standard lines for a German infantry division. SS divisions had an additional towed light battalion. Attempts in 1943 and early 1944 to rehabilitate the units and fill their ranks chiefly with 0st battalion resulted in virtual abandonment of tables of organization in favor of improvisation that reflected both the particular nature of the coastal assignments and the vicissitudes of the long struggle for manpower and equipment. by Ian V. Hogg . Heavy guns and howitzers were kept a corps level. German Artillery Tactics in World War 2 are a rather obscure subject, very little is written about it. According to Davies, the Cavalry divisions were mounted infantry and the Cossack divisions were "true cavalry", modelled on the Russian cavalry divisions. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). Here again, individual variations were enormous. In English, Ian Hogg's 'German ARtillery of WWII' is a good technical refrence for the models of cannon and ammunition. In reality four of the battalions had improvised motor transport (partly Italian), two being equipped with bicycles. With a muzzle velocity of 3,700 feet per second … Not related to the 18th Infantry Division. They lacked the füsilier battalion and had three instead of four artillery battalions. At the beginning of World War II, the U.S. Army’s primary field artillery pieces were the French-designed M1897 75mm gun and M1918 155mm howitzer (above). A-I. Königlich Sächsisches) Armeekorps) was a Saxon corps of the Imperial German Army. The table of organization for the 2d SS Panzer Division, on the other hand, called for 75 assault guns of which 33 were on hand on 1 June; 7 Mark III tanks, none on hand; 57 Mark IV tanks, 44 on hand; and 99 Mark V’s, 25 on hand. January showed only a slight increase, but thereafter the deliveries to the west were sped up. The parachute units were also much better armed than corresponding army units. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2.We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. II, E.S. Exponents of the theories of Blitzkrieg, like Generaloberst Heinz Guderian, the Inspector General of Panzer Troops, believed that without a large armored striking force Germany could not hope to return to offensive operations essential for ultimate victory. Infantry divisions were raised in waves, sets of divisions with a standardized table of organization and equipment. WW2 German engineers came up with the idea of mounting an artillery gun on top of a tank chassis. In near mint condition with one tiny moth nip as photographed. See more ideas about Artillery, German army, Ww2. The first I just ordered and hope it lives up to reviews. Both were first-rate fighting units. guns as well as guns of smaller caliber, but lacked almost a fifth of its personnel. Many of the higher-numbered units were small battle groups (Kampfgruppen), i.e. It came from a loop of wire that members of a wiretapping squad had set out two weeks before to intercept Soviet field telephone conversations. 161-162. They were superior not only in numbers but in quality. [1], The designation "Light" (leichte) had various meanings in the German Army of World War II. Army planners rejected this sleight of hand as impossible and contented themselves with a further cut from 13,656 to 12,769. By the time U.S. ground forces entered combat in 1942, both of these pieces were being replaced by modern and much more effective guns. Infantry regiments had gun companies with 75mm and 150mm infantry guns and anti-tank platoons were issued with the 37mm PaK 36. This is a list of Imperial German artillery regiments before and during World War I.In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 100 regiments of Field artillery (plus the Lehr instruction unit) and 24 regiments of Foot artillery (plus another Lehr instruction unit) who manned the heavier pieces. The German Comint Organization in World War II A German interpreter hunched over and listened intently to the Russian voice in his earphones. Some 1944 German infantry divisions had 9 battalions and numbered about 15,000 men, but most infantry divisions were organized in 3 regiments with only 2 battalions per regiment. The Füilier battalion, still charged with reconnaissance duties, was organized like a rifle battalion except that one company was equipped with bicycles and the unit had slightly more horse-drawn vehicles and some motor transport. The table lists the Infantry Regiments and Field Artillery Battalions and the Engineer Combat Battalion associated with each division. K007584 AUXILIARY CRUISER WAR BADGE. guns. It had in fact the full complement of assault guns but only 88 tanks in all, including 50 IVs and 38 Vs. There are a total of [ 56 ] WW2 German Artillery (1939-1945) entries in the Military Factory. Upgrades and reorganizations are shown only to identify the variant names for what is notionally a single unit; other upgrades and reorganizations are deferred to the individual articles. Those tagged with nationalities were at least nominally recruited from those nationalities. The four armies were the First holding the Atlantic coast of France, the Seventh occupying Brittany and most of Normandy, the Fifteenth along the Kanalküste, and the Nineteenth defending the French Mediterranean coast. Although the static divisions were expressly designed as permanent garrison troops for the west, they were by no means safe from the periodic troop collection for the east. A fair ammount of information on the development of indivsdual models. In general the later waves (i.e., the higher-numbered divisions) were of lower quality than the earlier ones. German Artillery. In practice, the Füsilier battalion came to be reckoned as a seventh rifle battalion. Of the new parachute units created during the early months of 1944, OB WEST received the 3rd and 5th Divisions and the 6th Parachute Regiment (from the 2nd Parachute Division). Deployment, army groups, armies, corps, divisions, organization and equipment, tanks. Most of these divisions trained in Berlin, which is also where new military technology was kept and tested. One panzer division (the 21st), being still equipped in part with captured materiel, was not considered suitable for service in Russia, although in other respects it was ready for offensive use, and in fact had exceptional strength in heavy weapons. Even the 2nd Panzer Division, the best prepared of the armored divisions on D Day, had less than its authorized number of the heavier MarkV’s. Between 1939 and 1943 the German standard infantry division contained three regiments with a total of nine rifle battalions. On the first of the month, Guderian estimated that the tanks and assault guns awaiting repair equaled about nine months’ new production. Each brigade also had an AT squadron equipped with 47mm Böhler model 1935 towed by Tatra 93 T trucks or Malaxa UE light armoured tracked vehicle. The German Order of Battle: Panzers and Artillery in World War II . This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. The Germans, as well as several other nations, used a method derived from World War I methods and limited by their lack of radios. They lacked the reconnaissance battalion and had only three battalions of artillery. Luftwaffe Field Divisions were ordinary infantry divisions organized from Luftwaffe personnel made available after mid-war due to the manpower crunch. howitzer or gun) battalions with a total armament of forty-eight pieces. By 1939 they decided to equip their artillery regiments with new 105mm and 150mm howitzers. The organization of the German divisional artillery, like that of our own, includes three battalions of 105-mm. During February, moreover, only 145 damaged tanks were actually returned to the front. 178), three infantry regiments with staff and communications units, three companies (each with twelve 3.7 cm guns), Supply, medical, veterinary, mail, and police. The basic unit, the Rifle Company, was cut to 140 enlisted men and 2 officers, as compared with the U.S. Company of 187 enlisted men and 6 officers. Certain divisions (notably the 77th and 91st in Seventh Army area) organized their six rifle battalions in two regiments. Mueller-Hillebrand B., Das Heer, 1933-1945. vol. All the infantry divisions were committed on or directly behind the coast under the command of one of the four armies or the German Armed Forces Commander Netherlands. J009284 (IJA) SOLDIER'S PERSONAL NATIONAL FLAG WITH KANJI. Nebelwerfer. Language; Watch; Edit; This is a list of artillery of the Second World War ordered by name. These were headquarters for controlling aggregates of flak ("anti-aircraft artillery") assets rather than ordinary combined arms divisions organized for ground combat. During April and May, the division was able to constitute its antiaircraft battalion which had, besides light antiaircraft artillery, twelve 88-mm. The result was the so-called 1944-type infantry division. The Germans tried to find an answer in diverting additional men, materials, and factory space into the manufacture of tanks. The static divisions were formed at the request of Rundstedt in 1942 in order that he would have a nucleus of divisions not subject to transfer to the east. The fact was quite different. In June 1943 the Germans had 2,569 operational tanks with 463 in process of repair. The … The backbone of the Heer (German Army) was the infantry division. All the Hornets and Tiger (Mark VI)tanks had been shipped out to the Russian front, and the stock of assault guns was considerably decreased. C029884 BRITISH WWI RFC LEATHER FLIGHT HELMET. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). During the interwar period German army was still using the old 75mm FK 16 and 150mm sFH 13/02. The 6-battalion divisions numbered about 12,500 men. The “tank” battalion had thirty-seven assault guns, five less than authorized. These designations are normally not translated and used in the German form in the unit name or description. The latter contained twelve towed 88-mm. The average age of the enlisted men of the 6th Parachute Regiment was 17l/2. Also Panzer Division Kempf, a temporary unit of mixed Heer and Waffen-SS components. Original WW2 German Artillery Parade tunic for an NCO in 25th regiment. antitank guns (called “Hornets”). mortars and 105-mm. Post by JAK » 03 Feb 2009, 08:54 Hei, Carl and Moikka Saska! A still more important by-product of concentrating on tank manufacture at the expense of a balanced production program was the increasingly serious lack of spare parts. Artillery Regiment Artillery Battalion; Artillery Battalion; Artillery Battalion Note: Not all units were structured this way, since it is an ideal structure. The rifle companies of the 6th Parachute Regiment had twice as many light machine guns as the infantry division rifle companies. General Guderian, at last, pointed out that there was little sense in producing more tanks and guns if they were to be thus recklessly sacrificed. By 1939 they decided to equip their artillery regiments with new 105mm and 150mm howitzers. It was formed on April 1, 1867 and was headquartered in Dresden, Saxony.. THE GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES Available now: 1/I: 01.09.1939: Mechanized Army Formations and Waffen-SS Formations - (3rd Revised Edition) View: Contents | Sample 1 | Sample 2 1/II-1: 01.09.1939: 1st and 2nd Welle Army Infantry Divisions - New View: Contents | Sample 1 | Sample 2 1/II-2: 01.09.1939 About equal in artillery, the German division enjoyed a slight preponderance in infantry howitzers and a heavy superiority in automatic weapons. There was a 10th Battery with rocket launchers. While the 716th Division, for instance, had six battalions and only one regimental headquarters under its control on D Day, the 709th, occupying two and a half times as long coastline, had eleven battalions under three regiments. Organic artillery consisted of one regiment of one medium (150-mm. This book covers the development and use of this new weapon between 1939 and 1945. In the case of the 77th Division, this organic lack was partly made up by the attachment of an 0st battery and a Volga-Tatar rifle battalion. The forward observer moves forward a distance, stringing field telephone wire between the battery and his Observation Post (OP).When he gets there the distance and angle to the battery are carefully measured.When the observer sees a target of opportunity, he rings up the battery's fire control and give… The only such division in the west during the invasion period was the 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division (Goetz von Berlichingen). Thank you … L005284 FLAK ARTILLERY FELWEBEL'S SERVICE TUNIC. Actually, by the end of 1943, most of the divisions had lost their third regiments. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. As such I used mostly primary sources for this video. mortars) but this, too, was apparently not complied with. 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