Panzer Divisions and Infantry Divisions (motorized) Details for mid-1942 |
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Formation | Diagram [1] |
Commander [2] | Location | Assignment |
1. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Werner Krüger | East Front | XXIII. AK, 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte |
2. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Arno von Leski | East Front | Gruppe Esebeck, 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte |
3. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Hermann Breith | East Front | XXXX. AK (mot), 6. Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
4. Panzer Division | 01.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Edgar Hielscher | East Front | III. PzAK, 1. Pz Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
5. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Gustav Fehn | East Front | XXIII. AK, 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte |
6. Panzer Division | 01.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Erhard Raus | France | XXV. AK, 7.Armee, Heeresgruppe D |
7. Panzer Division | 01.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Hans Frh. von Funck | France | 1. Armee, Heeresgruppe D |
8. Panzer Division | 01.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Erich Brandenberger | East Front | XXXIX. AK, 16. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord |
9. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Johannes Baessler | East Front | XXIV. PzAK, 4 Pz Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
10. Panzer Division | 01.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Wolfgang Fischer | France | 15. Armee, Heeresgruppe D |
11. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Hermann Balck | East Front | XIII. AK, 4. Pz Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
12. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Walter Wessel | East Front | 18. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord |
13. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Traugott Herr | East Front | Gruppe v. Wietersheim, XIV. PzAK, Heeresgruppe Süd |
14. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Friedrich Kühn | East Front | III. PzAK, 1. Pz Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
15. Panzer Division | 27.05.42 | Oberst Eduard Crasemann | North Africa | DAK, Pz Armee Afrika |
16. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Lt. Hans Valentin Hube | East Front | III. PzAK, 1. Pz Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
17. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Rudolf-Eduard Licht | East Front | XXXVII. PzAK, 2. Pz Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte |
18. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Karl Frh. von Thüngen-Rossbach | East Front | XXXVII. PzAK, 2. Pz Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte |
19. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Gustav Schmidt | East Front | LVI. PzAK, 4. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte |
20. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Walther Düvert | East Front | XXXXVI. PzAK, 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte |
21. Panzer Division | 27.05.42 | Gen.Maj. Georg von Bismark | North Africa | DAK, Pz Armee Afrika |
22. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Wilhelm von Apell | East Front | III. PzAK, 1. Pz Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
23. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Hans Frh. von Boineburg-Lengsfeld | East Front | XXXX. AK (mot), 6. Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
24. Panzer Division | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Bruno Ritter von Hauenschild | East Front | XXXXVIII. PzAK, 4. Pz Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
25. Panzer Division [3] | 10.07.42 | Gen.Lt. Johann Haarde | Norway | Norwegen Armee |
90. leichte Afrika Division | 27.05.42 | Gen.Maj. Ulrich Kleemann | North Africa | Pz Armee Afrika |
GD Infanterie-Division (mot) | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Walter Hoernlein | East Front | XXXXVIII. PzAK, 4. Pz Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
3. Infanterie-Division (mot) | 28.06.42 | Gen.Maj. Helmuth Schlömer | East Front | XXIV. PzK, 4. Pz Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
10. Infanterie-Division (mot) | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. August Schmidt | East Front | LVI. PzK, 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte |
14. Infanterie-Division (mot) | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Heinrich Wosch | East Front | XXVII. AK, 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte |
16. Infanterie-Division (mot) | 10.07.42 | Gen.Lt. Sigfrid Henrici | East Front | VII. AK, 2. Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
18. Infanterie-Division (mot) | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Werner von Erdmannsdorf | East Front | X. AK, 16. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord |
20. Infanterie-Division (mot) | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Erich Jaschke | East Front | I. AK, 16. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord |
25. Infanterie-Division (mot) | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Anton Grasser | East Front | LIII. AK, 2. Pz Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte |
29. Infanterie-Division (mot) | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Max Fremerey | East Front | XXXX. AK (mot), 6. Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
36. Infanterie-Division (mot) | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Hans Gollnick | East Front | XXXXI. AK (mot), 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte |
60. Infanterie-Division (mot) | 10.07.42 | Gen.Maj. Otto Kohlermann | East Front | III. PzAK, 1. Pz Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd |
[1] Dates on the original divisional diagrams used to make the diagrams in this section. Source for diagrams:
Oberkommando des Heeres, Kriegsgliederung des Feldheeres 1941/42 (RA-MA RHD 18/55 and RHD 18/71). The tables of organization (Kriegstärkenachweisungen = KStN) are from the Budesarchiv-Militärarchiv in Freiburg i.Br., Germany. [RHD 11/1–11/53] Note that there are also many KStN, (but not all), at the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA. [Records Group 242, Publication T78, Roll 391–397]
[2] Commanders on 28.06.1942. Source::
Kurt Mehner, Die Deutsche Wehrmacht 1945–1945 — Führung und Truppe, Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, Germany, 1993.
[3] The 25. Panzerdivision had been activated on 25.02.1942 in Norway, and was still forming.
[4] This was the 90. leichte Afrika-Division.
Then on 01.04.42 redesignated as as 90. leichte Infanterie-Division,
and finally as 90. Africa-Division on 26.07.42. It was organizationally different from the Panzer divisions.
Initially not motorized, the regiments were converted to the Schnelle Truppe organizations,
although the authorized motor vehicles were on an ad-hoc basis, rarely conforming to standard KStN in number or type of vehicles.
Standard Schnelle Truppen Panzer division units — such as an artillery regiment, an antitank battalion, a tank battalion,
or service units — were not raised until 01.08.1942 in Germany. Supply units were never raised, the division being dependent on
superior headquarters for these services.
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