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Antitank Battalion, Panzer Division
late 1941 through mid-1942
Panzerjäger-Abteilung
 
1941 – 1942 Organizational Symbols Abbreviations and Terms Used
 

 Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
    [D] Headquarters, Antitank Battalion
    [D] Motorized Antitank Company
    [D] Self-Propelled Antitank Company
    [D] Antiaircraft Company (Mechanized)

Notes:
[D] = Diagram with vehicle manning
[T] = Text with organization and personnel billets
 
Organization of the Panzer Divisions' Antitank Battalions
28.06.1942
Pz.Div. AT Bn   1st Antitank Company   2nd Antitank Company   3rd Antitank Company   Antiaircraft Company
      1     37    6× 7.62mm (SP'd)    6× 50mm; 4× 37mm (mot)    –    4./55 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× mono-mot plt) [4]
      2     38    6× 7.62mm (SP'd)    6× 50mm; 4× 37mm (mot)    –    2./47 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
      3   543    9× 50mm (mot)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    6./59 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
      4     49    6× 7.62mm (SP'd)    6× 50mm; 4× 37mm (mot)    6× 50mm; 4× 37mm (mot)    5./66 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
      5     53    6× 7.62mm (SP'd)    3× 50mm; 8× 37mm (mot)    –    2./55 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
      6     41    9× 7.62mm (mot)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    3./46 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
      7     42    9× 75mm (mot)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    3./59 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
      8     43    6× 76.2mm (SP'd)    6× 76.2mm (SP'd)    –    4./48 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
      9     50    9× 50mm (mot)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    3./47 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
    10     90    9× 50mm (mot)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    3./55 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
    11     61    9× 50mm (mot)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    1./608 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
    12       2    9× 50mm (mot)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    4./52 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
    13     13    9× 75mm (mot)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    4./66 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
    14       4    6× 75mm (SP'd)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    2./608 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
    15     33    6× 76.2mm (SP'd)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    –
    16     16    6× 75mm (SP'd)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    6./66 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
    17     27    3× 50mm; 8× 37mm (mot)    3× 50mm; 8× 37mm (mot)    6× 76.2mm (SP'd)    1./66 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
    18     88    6× 76.2mm (SP'd)    3× 50mm; 8× 37mm (mot)    3× 50mm; 8× 37mm (mot)    631 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× mono-mot plt) [4]
    19     19    9× 50mm (mot)    6× 76.2mm (SP'd)    6× 76.2mm (SP'd)    –
    20     92    6× 76.2mm (SP'd)    6× 76.2mm (SP'd)    6× 50mm; 4× 37mm (mot)    –
    21     39    6× 76.2mm (SP'd)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    –
    22   140    6× 76.2mm (mot)    6× 76.2mm (mot)    –    632 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
    23   128    9× 50mm (mot)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    633 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
    24     40    9× 50mm (mot)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    634 (2× mono-SP'd + 1× quad-SP'd plt)
    25     [1]      9× 50mm (mot)    –    –    –
    90 [2]     [3]    9× 50mm (mot)    9× 50mm (mot)    –    1./613 (3× mono-mot plt) [5]
   GD    GD    6× 76.2mm (SP'd)    9× 50mm (mot)    9× 50mm (mot)    –
  [1] Only the 514. Panzerjäger Company
  [2] This was the 90. leichte Afrika Division.
  [3] No battalion headquarters, just two independent companies (1./190 and 2./190) at this time. The headquarters for the 190. Panzerjäger-Abteilung was being raised in Germany.
  [4] The third platoon was motor-towed by light trucks.
  [5] All platoons were motor-towed by light trucks.