1st (Prussian) Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)
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| active | 1921 to 1934 |
| Country | German Empire |
| Armed forces | Reichswehr |
| Armed forces | Imperial Army |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Type | Infantry Regiment |
| structure | See organization |
| Location | See garrisons |
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| Commanders | See commanders |
1. (Prussian) Infantry Regiment was the name of a regiment of the Reichswehr .
history
The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Rifle Regiments 1, 2 and 9 of the transitional army . On May 29, 1922, the regiment received the country team designation "Prussian" in addition to its name.
In the course of the expansion of the Reichswehr, the regiment was divided into the first wave in 1934 and the Königsberg Infantry Regiment and the Gumbinnen Infantry Regiment were formed.
Garrisons
- Königsberg : Regimental Staff, 1st Battalion , 13th ( MW ) Company and Training Battalion
- Tilsit : 2nd battalion with staff, 5th and 8th companies
- Insterburg : 2nd battalion, 6th and 7th companies
- Gumbinnen : III. battalion
Commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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| 1. | Colonel van den Bergh | 1921 | 1922 |
| 2. | Colonel Paul Fischer | 1922 | 1926 |
| 3. | Colonel Hermann Wülfing | February 1, 1926 | January 31, 1928 |
| 4th | Colonel Kurt Fischer | February 1, 1928 | January 31, 1929 |
| 5. | Colonel Woldemar Freiherr Grote | February 1, 1929 | January 31, 1931 |
| 6th | Colonel Ernst Schaumburg | February 1, 1931 | January 31, 1933 |
| 7th | Colonel Rudolf Lüters | February 1, 1933 | May 31, 1935 |
organization
Association membership
The regiment was subordinate to Infantry Leader I of the 1st Division in Königsberg.
structure
The regiment consisted of the regimental staff with a news relay
- 1st battalion with staff and news squadron, 1st to 3rd company, each with three platoons of three groups each and 4th ( MG ) company, emerged from the Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 1,
- 2nd battalion with staff and news squadron, 5th to 7th company and 8th (MG) company, emerged from the Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 2,
- III. Battalion with staff and news squadron, 9th to 11th company and 12th (MG) company, emerged from the Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 9,
- 13th (MW) company,
- Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion with 15th and 16th (recruit) companies, emerged from the Reichswehr Rifle Regiment 1.
Each field battalion was divided into three companies of three officers and 161 non-commissioned officers and men (3/161) as well as an MG company (4/126). In total, a battalion consisted of 18 officers and officials (including medical officers) and 658 men.
Armament and equipment
The shooters were equipped with the K98a carbine . Each platoon had an MG 08/15 light machine gun .
In the machine gun companies, the 1st platoon consisted of three groups with three MG 08 heavy machine guns on a carriage, drawn by four horses, the 2nd to 4th platoon consisted of three groups with three MG 08 heavy machine guns on a carriage, drawn by two horses.
The heaviest weapons in the regiment were the mortars in the 13th Company. The 1st train was equipped with two medium-sized launchers 17 cm, drawn in four horses, the 2nd and 3rd train with three light launchers 7.6 cm, driven in two horses.
Others
Takeover of tradition
In 1921 the regiment took over the tradition of the old regiments.
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd Company: Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm I." (2nd East Prussian) No. 3
- 4th Company: Prussian Air Force
- 5th and 8th company: Infantry Regiment "von Boyen" (5th East Prussian) No. 41
- 6th Company: 8th East Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 45
- 7th Company: Infantry Regiment "Graf Dönhoff" (7th East Prussian) No. 44
- 9th Company: 7th West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 155
- 10th and 12th company: Fusilier Regiment "Graf Roon" (East Prussian) No. 33
- 11th Company: Infantry Regiment "Graf Kirchbach" (1st Lower Silesia) No. 46
- 13th, 14th and 15th companies: 1st Grenadier Regiment "Kronprinz" (1st East Prussian) No. 1
- 16th Company: Infantry Regiment "Duke Karl von Mecklenburg-Strelitz" (6th East Prussian) No. 43
Personalities
The regiment's uniform with the general badges wore a. D. Colonel General Wilhelm Heye .
literature
- Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918-1939, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , pp. 187ff
- Edgar Graf von Matuschka: Organization of the Reichsheeres in Handbook on German Military History 1648–1939 , Ed. Military History Research Office , Freiburg (Breisgau), Part VI: Reichswehr and Republic (1918–1933) , Bernard & Graefe Verlag für Wehrwesen, Frankfurt am Main 1970 , Pp. 320-322.
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Tessin : German Associations and Troops, 1918–1939. Old army. Volunteer associations. Reichswehr. Army. Air force. National Police . Edited on the basis of the documents of the Federal Archives-Military Archives; published with the support of the Federal Archives and the Defense Research Working Group . Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , p. 188 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, of August 24, 1921
- ↑ Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1931, p. 27