Artillery regiments of the Reichswehr
The artillery regiments of the Reichswehr formed the artillery component of the Reichswehr of the German Reich from 1920/21 to 1934.
history
Due to the conditions of the Peace Treaty of Versailles , 7 artillery regiments were reorganized in the Reichswehr in 1920/21. In autumn 1934, the regiments were divided when the Reichswehr was expanded and then formed 22 artillery regiments, each named after their stationing locations.
structure
There were the following regiments, which were subordinate to the respective division of the Reichswehr with the same number:
- 1st (Prussian) artillery regiment in Königsberg (staff), Insterburg and Allenstein
- 2nd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment in Schwerin (staff, parts II. Department , training), Stettin (I.), Itzehoe (III.) And Güstrow (II. Department)
- 3rd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment in Frankfurt an der Oder (staff), Schweidnitz (I.), Jüterbog (III.) And Potsdam ( mounted division )
- 4th (Preuss.-Saxon) Artillery Regiment in Dresden (Staff, III.Department , Training), Halberstadt (I.) and Bautzen (II.)
- 5th (Hess.-Württ.) Artillery Regiment in Ulm (Staff, II. Department, Training), Fulda (I.) and Ludwigsburg (III.)
- 6th (Prussian) Artillery Regiment in Minden (Staff, II. Department, Training), Münster (I.), Hanover (III.) And Verden an der Aller (IV.)
- 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment in Nuremberg (Staff, III. Department, Training), Würzburg (I.) and Landsberg am Lech (II.)
Main armament
The Peace Treaty of Versailles only allowed the Reichswehr a total of 204 cannons 7.7 cm and 84 howitzers 10.5 cm. Since there were different gun models from the First World War , the batteries of the artillery were equipped differently.
The regiments usually had
- 20 7.5 cm field cannons (FK 16)
- 12 7.7 cm field cannons (FK 96/1)
- 4 7.7 cm field cannons (KW cannons 14)
- 12 10.5 cm light field howitzers 16
The 4th and 6th batteries of the 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment of the artillery barracks in Landsberg am Lech were equipped as mountain batteries with four 15 mountain cannons (7.5 cm caliber) each .
7.5 cm cannon at the Reichswehr autumn parade
literature
- Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 . P. 194ff.
- Edgar Graf von Matuschka: Organization of the realm army. in Handbook on German Military History 1648–1939. Ed. Military History Research Office . Freiburg (Breisgau). Part VI: Reichswehr and Republic (1918–1933). Bernard & Graefe Publishing House for Defense. Frankfurt am Main 1970. pp. 325-327.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 7 artillery regiments as well as 21 infantry and 18 cavalry regiments were permitted
- ↑ Overview No. 2 on Article 165 of the Treaty
- ↑ Motor vehicle gun, cannons on motorized self-propelled guns for anti-aircraft defense