We don't know about any reviews for this book Uniforms, Organization and History of the Afrikakorps (#) by Roger James Bender, Richard D. Law. The organization and equipment of these divisions changed considerably during the war to adapt to the current demands of armored warfare and the increasing shortage of men and material. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons. By January 1943 this number had risen to 226 and by the end of the war there were 240. Soldiers in special Motorized Infantry units wore the standard white piping of the Infantry. Kazakovsev, the chief of operations for the Khabarovsk-based Far Eastern Front, was not confident in the ability of his army group to stop an invasion if the Japanese committed to doing so (at least in 1941-1942), he told Grigorenko in 1941; If Japan enters the war on Hitlers side our cause is hopeless . Since this new organizational structure was issued only six weeks before the final surrender, it is quite unlikely that any Panzer Division 1945 ever saw major actions. Unlike traditional mechanized infantry, Panzergrenadiers do not use armoured personnel carriers (APCs) in their doctrine, as such per-design lack the ability for mounted combat, being intended as "armoured taxis". With the appearance of large Soviet artillery formations on the Eastern Front, the German leadership attempted to imitate the enemy by setting up an Artillery Division at the end of 1943. show more. The strength of armoured forces lies in attack, delay and defence. 127. It was introduced beginning in 2010, intended to replace the Schtzenpanzer Marder 1 IFV, with equipping to be completed by 2025. Ural front A soldier passes ammunition to the loader of a Leopard 2A6 MBT during exercise Heidesturm. Being mechanised, the armoured forces are the core and backbone of the German Army and thus the mainstay of mobile land operations. If you open a subpage that contains this kind of third-party content, your IP address will be transmitted to Facebook in order to allow the content to be displayed and/or the feature to be used. The history of the brigade began in 1990 with the dissolution of the GDR's National People's Army. For the wargaming series, see, La Guerre des Blindes, Eddy Bayer, Athens, 1964. The term "Waffen-Grenadier" was used to denote SS infantry divisions manned by personnel of other-than-German ethnicity. The new infantry battalion had a strength of slightly more than 700 men and was usually divided into three rifle companies of 140 men each, a heavy weapons squad of 200 men and a supply unit. Using state-of-the-art sighting equipment, the crew is able to continue a fire fight in adverse weather conditions, at night, and in limited visibility. But due to the severe shortage of production, only the first battalion of one regiment was carried by SdKfz 251 SPW in every Panzer-Division. You can find detailed information about data protection in our privacy policy. The Panzer Lehr Division's infantry and engineers were entirely mounted in Sd.Kfz. In 1942 these were redesignated as armoured infantry (Panzergrenadiere). Dismounted armoured infantry are particularly suited to attacking through heavily broken or overgrown terrain. SS have skulls on their caps Quora. The function of the armoured vehicles is then to give covering fire and mainly to engage enemy tanks, yet also to engage enemy forces in field fortifications. 10 155 10. Panzer-Division included III/Panzer-Regiment 204, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 140 and Artillerie-Regiment (mot.) [9] They are in use with Panzergrenadier troops. SIGINT), Geographic Information (incl. The operation was initially commanded by Major General John P. Lucas, of the U.S . Although the total number of infantrymen and infantry divisions had increased, the 1945 front units had only about half the number of a 1941 division. Armoured units together with armoured infantry form a combined-arms service. Combat can be conducted either from within the vehicle (so-called "mounted combat") using portholes in the walls or hatches on the roof, etc., or from outside the vehicle in its vicinity (so-called "dismounted combat") using dismount-hatches at the back of the vehicle. London: Amber Books Ltd, 2007. The British Army, though, had already established its own individual Royal Tank Corps. TOE strength of the most important division types of the German Army 1942-1945, Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume I IIIB (Nigel Askey), Kraftfahrzeuge und Panzer der Reichswehr, Wehrmacht und Bundeswehr (Werner Oswald), 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte-SS-Adolf Hitler, 9th SS Hohenstaufen from Arnhem to the end, Eastern Front 1941 and German Orders of Battle from September, Finnish Armed Forces in the Winter War 1939-40, German Orders of Battle Battle of France, German Orders of Battle Kursk July 1943, German Orders of Battle Operation Barbarossa, German Orders of Battle April 1942 and Soviet Counteroffensives, German Orders of Battle at the armistice with France, German Orders of Battle for September 1, 1939, German Orders of Battle for the campaign in the West, May 1940, German Orders of Battle May 1942 and Operation Blue, Luftwaffe and German Airborne Forces May 1940, Luftwaffe Orders of Battle September 1942, Luftwaffe Orders of Battle September 2, 1939, 8x7.7cm Mountain guns or 12x10.5cm mortar or 12x7.5cm gun, 1,221 (64 heavy) + 1,543 sub-machine guns, Light anti-tank weapons (Panzerschreck and Panzerfaust), 14 (2x7.5cm; 12x15cm including self-propelled guns), 14 (2x7.5cm; 12x15cm as self-propelled guns), 66 (24x7.5cm; 12x10.5cm; 12x15cm; 6x15cm and 12x10.5cm as self-propelled guns), 38 (8x15cm; 12x10.5cm; 6x15cm and 12x10.5cm as self-propelled guns), 134 or 201 (each battalion 5 Pz II, 44 Pz III, 22 Pz IV), (anti-tank guns from above partly also deployed as self-propelled guns), (anti-tank guns from above partly also deployed as self-propelled guns or tank destroyers). 1 Armored Reconnaissance Battalion Staff (3 LMGs) 1st Armored Reconnaissance Company (normal organization) . These formed the basis for the blitzkrieg tactics adopted by the German Wehrmacht in World War Two. Self-propelled ant-tank gun Marder with accompanying infantry on the Eastern Front.When the Soviet KV and T-34 tanks appeared more and more, self-propelled gun carriages with 7.5 cm Pak on chassis of obsolete tanks were introduced from 1942 onward, and then also assault guns and finally well armed and armored special tank destroyers were introduced to the anti-tank battalion. Panzer Division were half-equipped with armoured halftracks (Sd.Kfz. three 7.5 cm anti-tank guns Pak 40 and The protection provided by their infantry fighting vehicles enables them to alternate rapidly between engaging from under armour (mounted) and fighting on foot (dismounted), thus enhancing armoured forces striking power. in the hands of Germany. the excuse for the attack would have been that the Soviet Union was in chaos as a result of the Nazi invasion and that Japan needed to establish order in Siberia, however the real reason would have been to seize the territory in Eastern Siberia before it was dominated by the Germans through a puppet regime of their own and preventing the United States from assisting a Soviet government sheltering in the Far East that would have allowed American planes to establish bases in Vladivostok and other points from which they could bomb Tokyo. Sweden also adopted the Panzergrenadier doctrine in 1942, to some extent independently, although lacking dedicated infantry fighting vehicles until 1943.[1]. All medical units of the German Armed Forces fall under the Joint Medical Service of the Bundeswehr (Zentraler Sanittsdienst der Bundeswehr). six 7.5 cm infantry guns, 334 sub-machine guns, Instagram posts are incorporated into our website in order to offer you relevant content from this network, selected by our editorial staff. All mechanized and motorised infantry in the armoured force were reclassified as such in 1942, changing their classification from infantry to armoured unit. They have a broad spectrum of capabilities at their disposal. They are capable of conducting wide-area offensive actions as well as fast, powerful attacks on close-range objectives. A civil war would have started in Siberia. Fine color aerial pictures from the beginning of Operation Blue, the German summer offensive in Russia 1942.The sharp knife of the German army were the Panzer divisions, which played a key role especially on the Eastern front. The armored infantry element consisted of two regiments, one of which was equipped with armored infantry fighting vehicles and twelve assault guns Sturmgeschuetz with 7.5 cm guns. The tank crew comprises a commander, gunner, loader, and driver. 2). On 15 Mar 1944, Hitler ordered that three Panzer-Divisions be refitted or created in the West by using three (155., 179., and 273.) In conjunction with the armour they sustain mobility and striking power. The total strength of the motorized infantry division was fixed at 16,400 men with 2,800 motor vehicles. Panzergrenadier units were mounted in show more. The Nafziger Collection is online now, and a lot of the 1943 KStN tables are included in it. The organisation, equipment and operational doctrine of the newly formed tank divisions were geared to battle tanks being the primary weapon system. Germany lacked enough vehicles and fuel to fully mechanize the army, similar to British and Americans, but more could have been done to improve mobility. German battery with heavy cannon 18/49 (105 mm) in position in front of a former church in Ukraine.Within the framework of the German principles of decentralizing armament and equipment, most of the artillery was distributed among the divisions. Odessa front The primary task of main battle tanks is to engage enemy armoured units in open terrain. Far East Front The two brigade types the Panzergrenadiere were deployed to are the mechanized infantry brigade and the tank brigade. From 2012 onward, Army field units began to receive the Puma infantry fighting vehicle. 3. A Puma IFV traverses terrain during a demonstration exercise at the Bergen training area. ). All other weapons in these major units were required to act in synergy with battle tanks. The German Army uses Jger to denote its infantry formations. He was a German army officer and commander of major armoured formations. Their primary weapon systems are the Leopard 2 MBT and Puma IFV. Approximate TOE strength of the most important division types of the field army 1942-1945: Note about Luftwaffe Field Divisions: From November 1943 the German army took control of the Air Force Field divisions and these were reorganized like usual infantry divisions 1944, with the following differences: there was only one reconnaissance company with one battalion, the artillery regiment had 75 mm field guns instead of 105 mm field howitzers and the anti-aircraft guns were in a separate battalion. 14 September 1942, Amiens, France, half of Panzer-Brigade 100, Panzer-Regiment 202 with HQ personnel, personnel from the 6. Refer to the key below in reading the tables. The brigades under the new Army structure uniformly comprised two tank and two armoured infantry battalions each. In 1942, a tank battalion was added to the Panzergrenadier Division, although it became customary in the later course of the war for it to become a battalion of self-propelled anti-tank guns, assault guns or tank destroyers. Siberian Front (Central Siberia) As Pyotr Grigorenko pointed out, the Red Army came in with a huge advantage in technology, numbers, and firepower, but still suffered heavy losses, which he blamed on poor leadership. Their best-suited terrain is meant to be the mixed tank-friendly and infantry-friendly terrain such as in Northern Germany and in the Northeast NATO members. For example, on July 1, 1942, Soviet forces in the Far East consisted of 1,446,012 troops, 11,759 artillery pieces, 2,589 tanks and self-propelled guns, and 3,178 combat aircraft. Decide for yourself which data is recorded and customise your settings here. The major combat components in the 27. As an ideal three divisions were aimed at, which could rarely be kept under the fighting conditions. central, thus assembling such a force that the United States would lose all interest in Intervening. Furthermore, the Soviet agent Sorge informed the Red Army on September 14, 1941, that Japan would not attack the Soviet Union until: 2. Central Asia Front Mixed Panzergrenadier Platoon 17th SS Panzer Battalion (Detached to divisional reserve) 1 Panzer Flak Platoon (12 Flakpz 38) The Panzergrenadier-Regiment 140 with regimental HQ, first battalion, and one SPW company was transferred from Kempfgruppe Michakik of the 22. The term Panzergrenadier had been introduced in 1942, and was applied equally to the infantry component of Panzer divisions as well as the new divisions known as Panzergrenadier Divisions. . You can set your browser to block these cookies. Mounted combat in IFVs could also be used in advancing assaults on to the enemy flanks. In 1993 . More information on Twitters data processing and setting options for protecting your privacy is available at https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en. LLSAH Division Armored Signal Battalion SS Panzergrenadier Division Signal Battalion Motorized SS Brigade Signal Company SS Panzergrenadier Division Support Services . By the end of World War One the German military would also have a number of tanks in service, some of which had been captured. Any additional personal data that you enter will be processed by Flickr for the purposes of the requested content or the processing of your input. 3 x Sd.Kfz. For the Panzergrenadiere, he envisaged a special armoured vehicle, or infantry fighting vehicle, from which they would be able to fight, either mounted or dismounted. The German Army's 1944-45 panzer division used a streamlined version of the organization introduced in mid-1943: a single panzer regiment with two battalions; two panzer grenadier regiments, each with two battalions; an artillery regiment with one self-propelled and two towed battalions; an armored reconnaissance battalion; an antitank . From the end of 1942 the German army was confronted with an increasing problem of lack of replacement for the bloody losses. The second battalion had to be transported by trucks and was so called "Gummi Panzergrenadier" ("rubber Panzergrenadier") by German. A Leopard 2 MBT engages attacking enemy forces in a delaying action. The two new companies were motorized infantry gun company and self-propelled anti-aircraft company. One possible origin might be a mix of the colours as they used to be for the infantry (white) and the artillery (red), since both arms were closely associated with armour. 251/3) Antitank Section: 2 x Anti-tank Teams Each Containing: NCO/Section Leader & Gunner (MP40) Pvt/Loader (P38 Pistol) 2 x Panzerbchse 54s. Each Japanese division had the combat power equivalent to 2 Chinese divisions. The Sonderverband 288 was converted to the Panzergrenadier-Regiment Afrika. The 37th Panzergrenadier Brigade "Free State of Saxony" is a mechanised infantry brigade of the German Army (Bundeswehr Heer). The division also has administrative control of the German units in the Franco-German Brigade: Note: The Rapid Forces Division also has the Royal Netherlands Army's 11th Airmobile Brigade under its command. four 12 cm mortars, 93. Your email address will not be published. Organization The core of the mechanized infantry brigade s consisted of three mechanized infantry battalions plus one tank battalion. When you use Google Maps, Google also collects, processes and uses data about the use of Maps features by users of the websites. 4. the German army will capture any city on the Volga, On July 17, 1942, Tomoyuki Yamashita was reassigned from Singapore to Manchukuo again, having received a post in command of the First Area Army He was promoted to general in February 1943. German Military History Organization & Structure of a German Infantry Division in World War 2 Military History Visualized 738K subscribers Join Subscribe 3.5K 150K views 6 years ago Patreon:. A number of PzGren. As part of the Future Soldier-program, the German Infanterist der Zukunft program is also intended to be introduced into Panzergrenadier units and is already deployed with German soldiers in Afghanistan. German heavy long-range artillery firing at the Russian Front.The Wehrmacht, for example, tended to distribute the available independent artillery among the individual infantry divisions, which, of course, greatly strengthened them in their own hitting power, but this only brought local tactical advantages and did not consider the entire battlefield with its decisive focal points as a whole. If that December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the USSR instead of Pearl Harbor, the Kremlin could not have launched its winter counteroffensive at the gates of Moscow, this would have been simply deadly for the Red Army, The forces of the Japanese army in total were insufficient for a campaign in the vast maritime spaces of the Pacific, dispersed 5,000 km from their land bases, on the contrary, in Siberia they would have gained a greater concentration of fire and infantry with secure supplies as to attract and defeat at least 50 Soviet divisions and their effort would have been coordinated there with that of the German Army. At the outset of the war the motorised / armoured infantry units, referred to as rifles (Schtzen) or cavalry rifles (Kavallerie-Schtzen), were assigned to the armoured and motorised divisions. The failure of the German High Command to mechanize the German army led to the fact that the Panzer, Panzergrenadier and motorized infantry divisions were overstretched and the infantry divisions were dependent on the feet of their soldiers and horses. The name Panzergrenadier was first adopted in World War Two to describe the infantry units in the Wehrmachts armoured divisions. Basic organization of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 in 1942. In practice the PzGren. Early examples simply featured a pair of rifle-calibre machine guns. Unlike for many arms and services, the origin of rose pink as the arm-of-service colour is not definitively clear. Infanterie-Division, respectviely. The status of the reorganization must be included in the monthly status reports. The German military developed tanks as early as World War One, but employed them only sporadically. It consisted of a tank regiment consisting of two or three tank battalions of three tank companies each, a tank infantry brigade with two or sometimes three regiments, an artillery regiment and the usual support units at division level, which included strong battalions of anti-tank and reconnaissance troops. Originally, the term grenadier described infantrymen specially trained to throw grenades. This division consisted of three infantry regiments (about 2,000 men each), one artillery regiment (2,000 men) and the usual division services. Panzer Grenadier Battalion (Mechanized) (1940-1942) Battalion HQ (5 Officers, 27 men) o Battalion Commander, 2 Adjutants, Medical Officer, and a staff of around 27 runners and clerks. two 15 cm infantry guns, The role of the armoured infantry was to escort and protect the armoured force from enemy infantry, allowing allied armour to deal with heavier threats. This Heavy Tank Battalion was divided into four tank companies with additional support units, among them twelve 2-cm-Flak as well as in the year 1943 still 50 Panzer III Ausf N with short 7.5-cm-KwK for close support. Creation of the 164. leichte Afrika-Division (mot. ), Panzergrenadier-Regiment 125, 382 and 433. Armoured infantry are highly mobile. Kiev front The motorized anti-tank platoon was also upgunned from 3.7 cm Pak to 5 cm Pak. Comprising 1,400 military personnel, the multinational NATO eFPenhanced Forward Presence (enhanced forward presence) Battle Group in Lithuania rehearses delaying action. show more. This led to the development of the pbv 301 and 302 IFVs, featuring tracked chassises and enclosed troop compartments. 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