GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES

GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES

Volume 5/I MECHANIZED ARMY DIVISIONS

(4th July 1943)

THE GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES

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GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES

by Leo W.G. Niehorster

Volume 5/I MECHANIZED ARMY DIVISIONS

(4th July 1943)

GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES Volume 5/I

Mechanized Army Divisions (4th July 1943)

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

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

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CONTENTS

Mechanized Army Divisions

2 The Author 3 General Introduction 4 How to Read the Charts 6 Organizational Symbols 7 German Units and Symbols 8 Terms and Abbreviations 9 Order of Battle 10 The 1943 Panzer Division, with all authorized changes 11 The 1943 Panzergrenadier Division, with all authorized changes 12 1. Panzer-Division 13 2. Panzer-Division 14 3. Panzer-Division 15 4. Panzer-Division 16 5. Panzer-Division 17 6. Panzer-Division 18 7. Panzer-Division 19 8. Panzer-Division 20 9. Panzer-Division 21 11. Panzer-Division 22 12. Panzer-Division 23 13. Panzer-Division 24 14. Panzer-Division 25 16. Panzer-Division 26 17. Panzer-Division 27 18. Panzer-Division 28 19. Panzer-Division 29 20. Panzer-Division 30 21. Panzer-Division 31 23. Panzer-Division 32 24. Panzer-Division 33 25. Panzer-Division 34 26. Panzer-Division 35 Panzer-Grenadier-Division Grossdeutschland 36 3. Panzer-Grenadier-Division 37 10. Panzer-Grenadier-Division

38 15. Panzer-(Grenadier-)Division 39 16. Panzer-Grenadier-Division 40 18. Panzer-Grenadier-Division 41 20. Panzer-Grenadier-Division 42 25. Panzer-Grenadier-Division 43 29. Panzer-Grenadier-Division 44 Panzer-Grenadier-Division Feldherrnhalle 45 Division Sardinien 46 Headquarters / Panzer & Panzer-Grenadier Division 47 Panzer-Regiment 48 100. Panzer-Regiment (21. Panzer-Division) 49 Panzer (Sturmgeschutz) Battalion & Panzer Battalion 50 Sturmgesch?tz Battalions 51 Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment (Panzer-Division) 56 Panzer-Grenadier and Grenadier-Regiment (motorized) 58 Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment (21. Panzer-Division) 59 Grossdeutschland Regiment 60 Panzer-Artillery Regiment 62 Artillery Regiment (motorized) 64 Anti-Aircraft Battalion 65 Anti-Tank Battalion 66 Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 68 Armored Combat Engineer Battalion 69 Motorized Combat Engineer Battalion 70 Divisional Signal Battalion ? Panzer-Division 71 Divisional Signal Battalion ? Panzergrenadier-Division 72 Divisional Services 74 Armored Fighting Vehicle Stengths 75 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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