15th Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)

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15th 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 15th Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .

history

The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Rifle Regiment 22 and the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 21 and 22 of the transitional army . Since it was a mixed national association, only the respective battalions received on May 29, 1922, in addition to their names, the national team designation "Hessian", "Thuringian" or "Prussian".

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

Garrisons

  • Giessen : Regimental staff, 1st (Hessian) battalion with staff
  • Eisenach : 2nd (Thuringian) battalion with staff, 7th and 8th companies
Sondershausen , from 1925 Weimar : 5th and 6th company
  • Kassel : III. (Prussian) battalion and 13th ( MW ) company
  • Marburg : (Hessian) training battalion

From 1925 the regimental headquarters were in Kassel.

Commanders

With a few exceptions, the respective regimental commander also acted as the state commander of Hesse .

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
1. Colonel Friedrich Kumme January 1, 1921 June 15, 1921
2. Colonel Erich Wöllwarth June 16, 1921 October 31, 1922
3. Colonel Karl von Stockhausen November 1, 1922 November 30, 1922
4th Colonel / Major General Ernst Bethcke December 1, 1922 January 31, 1924
5. Colonel / Major General Albert Fett February 1, 1924 January 31, 1928
6th Colonel / Major General Cordt Freiherr von Brandis February 1, 1928 January 31, 1930
7th Colonel / Major General Erich von Schickfus and Neudorff February 1, 1930 March 31, 1932
8th. Colonel Werner Kienitz April 1, 1932 September 30, 1934
9. Colonel Walter Behschnitt October 1, 1934 October 11, 1937

organization

Association membership

The regiment was subordinate to Infantry Leader V of the 5th Division in Stuttgart .

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 22,
2nd battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 21,
III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 21,
Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 22.

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 Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 . P. 193ff.
  • 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. 320-322.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 . P. 188.
  2. ↑ Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 2: The staffing of the active infantry regiments as well as the hunter battalions, military district commanders and training managers from the foundation or formation until 1939 . Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992. ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 . Pp. 500-501.
  3. ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, of August 24, 1921