SS Panzer Division order of battle
SS Panzer Division | |
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SS-Panzerdivision (1943) SS-PzDiv | |
Active | 1943 |
Country | Germany |
Branch | Waffen-SS |
Type | Panzer |
Role | Armoured warfare |
Size | Division, up to 20,000 soldiers |
Part of | Waffen-SS |
Engagements | World War II |
Military unit
An SS Panzer Division (German: SS-Panzerdivision, short: SS-PzDiv) was a Waffen-SS formation during World War II. The table below shows the order of battle to which an SS panzer division aspired.[1]
Unit[2] | Designation in German[3] | ||
Division headquarters | Divisionsstab | ||
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Quartermaster | Quartiermeister (Qu) | ||
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Panzer regiment | Panzerregiment (PzRgt) | ||
I Battalion |
| I. Abteilung |
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II battalion |
| II. Abteilung |
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Anti-tank battalion | Panzerjägerabteilung (PzJgAbt) | ||
3 companies of assault guns (1–3) | 3 Kompanien von Sturmgeschützen (1–3) | ||
Panzergrenadier regiment | Panzergrenadierregiment (PzGrenRgt) | ||
I battalion | 4 companies (1–4) | I. Bataillon | 4 Kompanien (1–4) |
II battalion | 4 companies (5–8) | II. Bataillon | 4 Kompanien (5–8) |
III battalion |
| III. Bataillon |
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Panzergrenadier regiment (as above) | Panzergrenadierregiment | ||
Armoured reconnaissance battalion | Panzeraufklärungsabteilung (PzAufklAbt) | ||
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Panzer artillery regiment | Panzerartillerieregiment (PzArtRgt) | ||
I battalion |
| I. Abteilung |
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II battalion |
| II. Abteilung |
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III battalion |
| III. Abteilung |
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Rocket launcher battalion | Werferabteilung | ||
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Anti-aircraft battalion | Flakabteilung (FlakAbt) | ||
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Armoured engineer battalion | Panzerpionierabteilung (PzPiAbt) | ||
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Armoured signals battalion | Panzernachrichtenabteilung | ||
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Divisional supply troops | Divisions-Nachschubtruppe | ||
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Panzer maintenance battalion | Panzer-Instandsetzungsabteilung | ||
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Provisioning battalion | Wirtschaftsbataillon | ||
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Medical battalion | Sanitätsabteilung | ||
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Replacement battalion | Feldersatzbataillon |
The 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend was organized according to the above table, and served as a standard for all other SS panzer divisions during World War II. The average complement was approximately 19,000. However, only two out of seven SS panzer divisions contained that strength. In the second half of the war in Europe, in particular close to the end of war, some divisions achieved only the complement of regiment sized units.
See also
- German heavy tank battalion German: "schwere Panzerabteilung"
- Panzer division
- List of Waffen-SS divisions
References
- ^ Willamson, Gordon (1994). The SS Hitler´s Instrument of the Power; appendix, p. 249, "Organisation of a SS Panzer Division", Brown Packaging Books Ltd., London.
- ^ MILITÄRISCHES STUDIENGLOSAR ENGLISCH Teil II/ Teil III, Deutsch – Englisch, Abkürzung Begriff, Bundessprachenamt (Stand Januar 2001).
- ^ Official designation as to "Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv" in Freiburg im Breisgau, stores of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.
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Waffen-SS divisions
- 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
- 2nd SS Division Das Reich
- 3rd SS Division Totenkopf
- 5th SS Division Wiking
- 9th SS Division Hohenstaufen
- 10th SS Division Frundsberg
- 12th SS Division Hitlerjugend
- SS heavy Panzer battalions
- 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland
- 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS
- 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen
- 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel
- 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland
- 6th SS Mountain Division Nord
- 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen
- 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)
- 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian)
- 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian)
- 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger
- 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer
- 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Division Maria Theresia
- 33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian)
- 37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow
- 1st Cossack Cavalry Division
- 2nd Cossack Cavalry Division
- 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)
- 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian)
- 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)
- 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian)
- 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian)
- 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian)
- 27th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Langemarck (1st Flemish)
- 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien
- 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS RONA (1st Russian)
- 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian)
- 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian)
- 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarusian)
- 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division
- 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar
- 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French)
- 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland
- 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS
- 38th SS-Grenadier-Division "Nibelungen"
- 26th SS Panzer Division
- 27th SS Panzer Division
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