12th Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)

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12th Infantry Regiment

The Imperial War Flag of the Weimar Republic with the Iron Cross, 1921–1933
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 12th Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .

history

The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Rifle Regiments 7 and 8 and the Reichswehr Jäger Regiments 31 and 32 of the transitional army . Since it was a mixed country team, only the respective battalions were given the country team designation “Anhaltinisches” or “Prussian” on May 29, 1922 in addition to their names.

In the course of the expansion of the Reichswehr, the regiment was divided into the first wave in 1934 and the Halberstadt Infantry Regiment and the Glogau Infantry Regiment were formed.

Garrisons

Commanders

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
1. Colonel Georg Siehr January 1, 1921 January 31, 1923
2. Colonel Rudolf Schniewindt February 1, 1923 January 31, 1926
3. Colonel Paul Oppermann February 1, 1926 March 31, 1928
4th Colonel Adolf von Brauchitsch April 1, 1928 January 31, 1929
5. Colonel Ivo von Trotha February 1, 1929 February 28, 1932
6th Colonel Erich Lüdke February 1, 1932 January 31, 1934
7th Colonel Albrecht Schubert February 1, 1934 October 5, 1936

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-Schützen-Regiment 8,
II. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 7,
III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 8 and from the Reichswehr-Jäger-Regiment 32,
Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion, emerged from the Reichswehr Jäger Regiments 31 and 32.

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 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.

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.
  • The 12th Infantry Regiment of the German Reichswehr - 1 January 1921 to 1 October 1934 , AW Zickfeldt Verlag, Osterwieck / Harz & Berlin, 190 pages.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Tessin : German Associations and Troops 1918–1939 , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , p. 188
  2. ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, of August 24, 1921

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