10th (Saxon) 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 |
management | |
Commanders | See commanders |
The 10th (Saxon) Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .
history
The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 23 and 24 of the transitional army . On May 29, 1922, the regiment was given the national designation "Saxon" 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 Dresden Infantry Regiment and the Potsdam Infantry Regiment were formed.
Garrisons
- Dresden : Regimental Staff, I. (Jäger) Battalion
- Bautzen : 2nd battalion with staff
- Dresden: III. Battalion with staff and 13th ( MW ) company
- Löbau : Training Battalion
Commanders
No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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1. | Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Kretschmar | January 1, 1921 | 1923 |
2. | Colonel Georg Bock von Wülfingen | 1923 | January 31, 1925 |
3. | Colonel Alexander von Falkenhausen | February 1, 1925 | January 31, 1927 |
4th | Colonel Schroeder | February 1, 1927 | 1928 |
5. | Colonel Paul Hausser | 1928 | October 31, 1930 |
6th | Colonel / Major General Arthur Boltze | November 1, 1930 | September 30, 1933 |
7th | Colonel ??? | October 1, 1933 | ??? |
organization
Association membership
The regiment was subordinate to Infantry Leader IV of the 4th Division in Magdeburg .
structure
The regiment consisted of the regimental staff with a news relay
- 1st battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 23,
- 2nd battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 24,
- III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 23 and 24,
- Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 24.
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
Main armament
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 in four horses, the 2nd to 4th platoon consisted of three groups with three MG 08 heavy machine guns on a carriage, drawn in two horses.
The heaviest weapons in the regiment were the mortars in the 13th Company. The 1st platoon was equipped with two medium-sized launchers 17 cm, drawn in four horses; the 2nd and 3rd train with three light throwers 7.6 cm, driven in two horses.
Others
Takeover of tradition
In 1921 the regiment took over the tradition of the old regiments.
- 1st Company: 1st Royal Saxon Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 100
- 2. Company: Schützen- (Füs.) - Regiment "Prince Georg" (Royal Saxon) No. 108
- 3rd Company: Grenadier Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia" (2nd Royal Saxon) No. 101
- 4th Company: Saxon Air Force
- 5th and 8th company: Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich II. Of Baden" (4th Royal Saxon) No. 103
- 6th and 7th companies: 12th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 177
- 9th Company: 2nd Royal Saxon Jäger Battalion No. 13
- 10th Company: 1st (Royal Saxon) Pioneer Battalion No. 12
- 11th Company: 16th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 182
- 12th Company: 1st Royal Saxon Jäger Battalion No. 12
- 13th Company: Saxon Mine Thrower Troop
- 14th and 15th Company: Infantry Regiment “King Ludwig III. of Bavaria "(3rd Royal Saxon) No. 102
- 16th Company: 13th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 178
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 a manual 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 , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , p. 188
- ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, of August 24, 1921