GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES

GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES

Volume 4/II MECHANIZED GHQ UNITS AND WAFFEN-SS FORMATIONS

(28th June 1942)

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 1st and 2nd Welle Army Infantry Divisions 1/II-2 01.09.39 3rd and 4th Welle Army Infantry Divisions 1/III 01.09.39 Higher Headquarters -- Mechanized GHQ Units -- Static Units (2nd Revised Edition) 2/I 10.05.40 Mechanized Army Formations and Waffen-SS Formations (2nd Revised Edition) 2/II 10.05.40 Higher Headquarters and Mechanized GHQ Units (2nd Revised Edition) 3/I 22.06.41 Mechanized Army Divisions - (2nd Revised Edition) 3/II 22.06.41 Higher Headquarters and Mechanized GHQ Units (2nd Revised Edition) 4/I 28.06.42 Mechanized Army Divisions - (2nd Revised Edition) 4/II 28.06.42 Mechanized GHQ Units and Waffen-SS Formations 5/I 04.07.43 Mechanized Army Formations 5/II 04.07.43 Higher Headquarters and Mechanized GHQ Units 5/III 04.07.43 Waffen-SS Higher Headquarters and Mechanized Formations

IN PREPARATION FOR PUBLICATION 2007/2008

7/I 06.06.44 Mechanized Army Formations 2/III 10.05.40 Army Infantry Divisions 3/III 22.06.41 Army Infantry Divisions

IN PREPARATION FOR PUBLICATION

01.09.39 Landwehr Division -- Mountain Divisions -- Cavalry Brigade 10.05.40 Non-Mechanized GHQ Units

Static Units 22.06.41 Mechanized Waffen-SS Formations

Static Units 28.06.42 Higher Headquarters

Army Divisions Static Units 04.07.43 Army Divisions Static Units 01.11.43 Mechanized Army Formations Mechanized GHQ Units Mechanized Waffen-SS Formations Army Divisions Static Units Higher Headquarters 06.06.44 Mechanized GHQ Units Mechanized Waffen-SS Formations Army Divisions Static Units Higher Headquarters 16.12.44 Mechanized Army Formations Mechanized GHQ Units Mechanized Waffen-SS Formations Army Divisions Static Units Higher Headquarters 1939 ? 45 Luftwaffen Ground Combat Forces 1944 ? 45 The 1944 Brigades 1939 ? 45 Organizational Handbook

GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES

by Leo W.G. Niehorster

Volume 4/II MECHANIZED GHQ UNITS AND WAFFEN-SS FORMATIONS

(28th June 1942)

GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES Volume 4/II

Mechanized GHQ Units and Waffen-SS Formations (28th June 1942)

First published by The Military Press in 2004 Reprinted by The Military Press in 2007

This and previous editions ? by Leo W.G. Niehorster

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Printed in the United Kingdom ISBN 978-0-85420-902-6 Hardback Edition ISBN 978-0-85420-907-1 Softback Edition

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CONTENTS

Mechanized GHQ Units and Waffen-SS Formations

1 Contents 2 Preface 3 General Introduction 4 How to Read the Charts 5 German Units and Symbols 6 Organizational Symbols 8 Terms and Abbreviations 9 Order of Battle 10 Sonderverband 288 (mot) 12 Higher Artillery Command (mot) 13 Arillery Command (mot) 14 Headquarters, Artillery Regiment (mot) 15 Artillery Observation Battalion (mot) 16 Recoilles Gun Battalion (mot) 17 Mixed Arillery Battalion (mot) 18 Heavy Howitzer Battalion (mot) 19 10cm Gun Battalion (mot) 20 15cm Gun Battalion (mot) 21 Heavy Mixed Gun Battalion (mot) 22 21cm Heavy Howitzer Battalion (mot) 23 21cm Heavy Howitzer Battalion (mot)(reduced mobility) 24 21cm Gun Battalion (mot) 25 24cm (t.) Gun Battalion (mot) 26 24cm Heavy Howitzet Battalion (mot) 27 Super Heavy Howitzer Battalion (mot) 28 42cm Super Heavy Howitzer Battery (mot) 29 60cm Super Heavy Howitzer Battery (mot) 30 Armored Gun Platoon (self-propelled) 31 Assault Gun Battalion 32 Army Antiaircraft Battalion (mot) 33 Rocket Launcher Battalion (mot) 34 Rocket Launcher Regiment (mot) 35 Rocket Launcher Regiment (mot) 36 100. Army Tank Brigade 37 Army Tank Regiment 38 Army Tank Battalion (Captured Equipment) 39 40th Special Tank Battalion 40 66th Special Tank Battalion 41 300th Remote Controlled Tank Battalion 42 Heavy Antitank Company (self-propelled) 43 Machine Gun Battalion (mot) 44 Antitank Battalion (mot) 46 Light Antiaircraft Units (motorized and self-propelled)

48 F?hrer-Begleit Battalion (mot) 49 Motorcycle Demonsrration Battalion 50 Headquarters, Engineer Regiment (mot) 51 Engineer Battalion (mot) 52 Headquarters Detachment for Bridge Columns (mot) 53 Bridge Columns ? Order of Battle 54 Heavy Bridge Columns (mot) 55 Bridge Construction Battalion (mot) 56 Engineer Assault Boat Company (mot) 57 Engineer Landing Boat Company (teil-mot) 58 Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler Division 59 SS-Das Reich Division 60 SS-Totenkopf Division 61 SS-Wiking Division 62 1. SS-Brigade (mot) 63 2. SS-Brigade (mot) 63 Headquarters SS-Division 64 Headquarters, SS-Brigade 66 SS Infantry Regiment (mot) 68 LSSAH Infantry Regiment (mot) 70 SS Infantry Regiment (mot) "Langemark" 71 SS Infantry Regiment (mot) "Westland" 72 SS-Freiwilligen-Legion (mot) 74 SS Artillry Regiment (mot) 76 SS Reconnaissance Battalion (mot) 77 LSSAH Reconnaissance Battalion (mot) 78 SS-Begleit-Bataillon Reichsf?hrer-SS (mot) 79 SS Tank Battalion 80 SS Assault Gun Battalion 81 SS Antitank Battalion (mot) 82 SS Engineer Battalion (mot) 83 LSSAH Engineer Battalion(mot) 84 SS Antiaircraft Battalion (mot) 85 SS Divisional Signal Battalion (mot) 86 LSSAH Divisional Signal Battalion (mot) 87 SS Support Services (mot) 88 Bibliography

i Introduction to Motor Vehicles ii Numbered Motorized Softskin Vehicles iv Special Motorized Vehicles x Military Trailers and Special Military Trailers xiii Horse-Drawn Vehicles: Wagons, Carts, Sleds xv Ranks and Billet Groups of the German Army xvi German Military Personnel Job Descriptions

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