World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations

Last Updated 16.10.2005

GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES Compiled by Leo W.G. Niehorster

 

Vol. 3/II Higher Headquarters – Mechanized GHQ Units 22 June 1941 (2nd Revised Edition)

This second edition has been thoroughly revised, amended, and updated. It now includes the higher headquarters, trains (including maintenance units) of all the company-sized units and headquarters, as well as the support services of the various GHQ formations. The diagrams and order of battle have been corrected where necessary. New units have been added.

Contents The Author General Introduction How to Read the Charts Germans Units and Symbols Organizational Symbols Abbreviations Order of Battle Army Group Headquarters Army Headquarters Army Medical Regiment Signal Regiment, Army Group / Army Signal Battalion, Army Group / Army Panzer Group Motorized Supply Commander, Panzer Group Motorized Signal Regiment, Panzer Group Motorized Combat Engineer Battalion, Panzer Group Infantry Corps Motorized Infantry Corps Reduced-Strength Special Corps Command Signal Battalion (motorized), Infantry Corps Signal Battalion (motorized), Motorized Corps Signal Battalion (motorized), Reduced-Strength Special Corps Command Transport Battalion (motorized) Combat Engineer Battalion (motorized) 900. Lehr Brigade (motorized) Gross-Deutschland Infantrie-Regiment (motorized) Headquarters, Motorized Higher Artillery Command (Harko) Headquarters, Motorized Artillery Command (Arko) Headquarters, Motorized Special Artillery Regiment Motorized Artillery Observation Battalion Motorized Balloon Battery Motorized Heavy 150mm Field Howitzer and 105mm Gun Battalion Motorized Heavy 150mm Gun Battalion Motorized Heavy 210mm Gun Battalion Motorized Heavy 210mm Howitzer Battalion Motorized Heavy 210mm Howitzer Battalion (Reduced Mobility) Motorized Heavy 240mm Gun Battalion Motorized Heavy 240mm Howitzer Battalion Motorized Super Heavy Howitzer Battalion Motorized Super Heavy Howitzer Battalion (Karl) Assault Gun Battalion Motorized Army Anti-Aircraft Battalion Headquarters, Motorized Special Rocket Launcher Regiment Motorized Rocket-Launcher Battalion Motorized Rocket-Launcher Regiment Motorized Decontamination Battalion Motorized Road Decontamination Battalion Führer Escort Battalion Mechanized Light Anti-Aircraft Units Infanterie-Bataillon z.b.V. 100 Machine Gun Battalion (motorized) Independent Tank Brigade Flame Tank Battalion Armored Mine-Clearing Battalion  40 . Panzer-Abteilung z.b.V. 211. Panzer-Abteilung Motorized Anti-Tank Battalion Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Battalion Self-Propelled Heavy Anti-Tank Company Armored Self-Propelled 105mm Gun Platoon Headquarters, Motorized Special Engineer Regiment Motorized Combat Engineer Battalion Heavy Bridge Columns Motorized Type B Bridge Column Bibliography Annex     Introduction to German soft-skinned motor vehicles     German numbered motorized soft-skinned vehicles     German special military vehicles     German military trailers and special military trailers     German horse-drawn vehicles: wagons – carts — sleds     German Army ranks and Stellengruppen (billet groups)     German military personnel job descriptions