15th Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)
15th Infantry Regiment |
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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 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
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 |
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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.
- 1st Company: Life Guard Infantry Regiment (1st Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 115
- 2nd Company: Infantry Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm" (2nd Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 116
- 3rd Company: Infantry Regiment "Prinz Carl" (4th Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 118
- 4th Company: Infantry Regiment "Prinz Carl" (4th Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 118
- 5th Company: 2nd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 32 and 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95
- 6th Company: 3rd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 71
- 7th Company: Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke of Saxony" (5th Thuringian) No. 94
- 8th Company: 7th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 96
- 9th Company: Infantry Regiment "von Wittich" (3rd Kurhessisches) No. 83
- 10th Company: Infantry Regiment Landgrave Friedrich I. von Hessen-Cassel (1st Kurhessisches) No. 81 and 5th Grand Ducal Hessian Infantry Regiment No. 168
- 11th Company: 5th Grand Ducal Hessian Infantry Regiment No. 168
- 12th Company: Fusilier Regiment "von Gersdorff" (Kurhessisches) No. 80 and Infantry Body Regiment "Grand Duchess" (3rd Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 117
- 13th Company: 1st Upper Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 167
- 14th Company: 1st Nassau Infantry Regiment No. 87 and Infantry Body Regiment "Grand Duchess" (3rd Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 117
- 15th Company: 2nd Nassau Infantry Regiment No. 88 and Infantry Body Regiment "Grand Duchess" (3rd Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 117
- 16th Company: Kurhessisches Jäger Battalion No. 11
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
- ^ Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 . P. 188.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, of August 24, 1921