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Austrian Armed Forces
1938 Infantry Division
11 March 1938
 
1938 Infantry Division
 
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Infantry Division Units
Headquarters (Garrison)
   Commander
Infantry (subordinate Battalions) Artillery
Regiment
Antitank
Battalion
(motorized)
Engineer
Battalion
(semi-motorized)
Signal
Battalion
(semi-motorized)
Supply
Battalion
(motorized)
1. Division (Vienna)
   GM. Heinrich Stümpfl
1. Inf.Rgt. (II.) [Note 1]
2. Inf.Rgt. (II., III.) [Note 2]
13. Inf.Rgt. (I., III.)
III./12. Inf.Rgt. [Note 3]
III./Tiroler-Jäger-Rgt. [Note 4]
2. Feldjäger-Btl. [Note 5]
1. lei.Art.Rgt. 1. Pion.Btl. 1. Tel.Btl. 1. DKF-Abt.
2. Division (Vienna)
   FMLt. Theodor Haselmayer
Garde-Btl.
3. Inf.Rgt. (I.—III.)
4. Inf.Rgt. (I., II.) [Note 6]
15. Inf.Rgt. (I.—III.)
2. lei.Art.Rgt. 2. Inf.Kan.Abt. 2. Pion.Btl. 2. Tel.Btl. 2. DKF-Abt.
3. Division (St. Pölten)
   GM. Valentin Feurstein
5. Inf.Rgt. (I.—III.)
6. Inf.Rgt. (II., III.)
16. Inf.Rgt. (I., II.) [Note 7]
3. lei.Art.Rgt. 3. Inf.Kan.Abt. 3. Pion.Btl. 3. Tel.Btl. 3. DKF-Abt.
4. Division (Linz)
   GM. Anton Kienbauer
8. Alpenjäger-Rgt (II., III.)
14. Inf-Rgt. (I.—III.)
17. Inf.Rgt. (I., II.)
4. lei.Art.Rgt. 4. Inf.Kan.Abt. 4. Pion.Btl. 4. Tel.Btl. 4. DKF-Abt.
5. Division (Graz) [Note 8]
   GM. Rudolf Schaffarz
9. Alpenjäger-Rgt. (I.—III.)
10. Alpenjäger-Rgt. (I.—III.)
11. Inf.Rgt. (I., II.)
I./Inf.Rgt. 1 [Note 1]
5. lei.Art.Rgt. 5. Inf.Kan.Abt. 5. Pion.Btl. 5. Tel.Btl. 5. DKF-Abt.
6. Division (Innsbruck)
   GM. Adalbert Szente
Tiroler-Jäger-Rgt. (I., II.) [Note 4]
Tiroler-Landeschützen-Rgt. (I., II.)
4. Alpenjäger-Btl.
III./Inf.Rgt. 4 [Note 6]
6. lei.Art.Rgt. 6. Tel.Btl. 6. DKF-Abt.
7. Division (Klagenfurt)
   GM. Eduard Barger
7. Inf.Rgt. (I.—III.)
1. Alpenjäger-Btl.
3. Alpenjäger-Btl.
5. Alpenjäger-Btl.
7. lei.Art.Rgt. 7. Pion.Btl. 7. Tel.Btl. 7. DKF-Abt.
NOTES:
   [1] I./Inf.Rgt. 1 detached from 1. Div. to 6. Div.
   [2] I./Inf.Rgt. 2 detached from 1. Div. to 8. Brigade
   [3] III./Inf.Rgt. 12 detached from 8. Brig. to 1. Div.
   [4] III./Tiroler-Jäger-Rgt. detached from 6. Div. to 1. Div.
   [5] Bicycle Reconnaissance Battalion
   [6] III./Inf.Rgt. 4 detached from 2. Div. to 6. Div.
   [7] 16. Inf.Rgt. raised from IV./Inf.Rgt. 6 in March 1938.
   [8] Additional elements attached to the 5th Division were:
       - 2nd Motor Infantry Battalion (Mobile Division)
       - 3rd Motor Infantry Battalion (Mobile Division)
       - 1 battery/9th Motorized Artillery Regiment (Mobile Division)
       - half of one tank company of the Armored Battalion (Mobile Division)
       - 1st Antiaircraft Battalion (Air Defense Command) [24×20mm AA guns]
       - 2nd Antiaircraft Battalion (Air Defense Command) [24×20mm AA guns]
 
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