16th Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)
16th 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 16th Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .
history
The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 13, 14, 19, 31 and 110 of the transitional army. Since it was a mixed country team, only the respective battalions were given the country team designation "Hanseatisches", "Oldenburgisches" or "Prussisches" in addition to their names on May 29, 1922.
In the course of the expansion of the Reichswehr, the regiment was divided into the first wave in 1934 and the "Oldenburg" infantry regiment and the "Osnabrück" infantry regiment were formed.
The regiment's uniform was worn by General of the Infantry Leopold von Ledebur and General of the Infantry Hans Seutter von Lötzen.
Garrisons
- Oldenburg : Regimental Staff, III. (Oldenburg) battalion with staff and 13th ( MW ) company
- Bremen : 1st (Hanseatic) battalion with staff
- Hanover : 2nd (Prussian) battalion with staff
- Osnabrück : (Prussian) training battalion
Commanders
No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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1. | Colonel Leopold von Ledebur | January 1, 1921 | August 2, 1921 |
2. | Colonel Johannes Severin | August 3, 1921 | March 31, 1925 |
3. | Colonel Hans Seutter von Lötzen | April 1, 1925 | September 30, 1926 |
4th | Colonel / Major General Erich Gudowius | October 1, 1926 | March 31, 1928 |
5. | Colonel / Major General Hartwig von Platen | April 1, 1928 | September 30, 1929 |
6th | Colonel / Major General Karl von Roques | October 1, 1929 | September 30, 1931 |
7th | Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Gerhard Glokke | October 1, 1931 | September 30, 1933 |
8th. | Colonel / Major General Athos von Schauroth | October 1, 1933 | September 30, 1936 |
organization
Association membership
The regiment was subordinate to Infantry Leader VI of the 6th Division in Hanover.
structure
The regiment consisted of the regimental staff with a news relay
- 1st battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 31 and 110,
- 2nd battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 19,
- III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 110,
- Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 13 and 14.
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: Infantry Regiment "Bremen" (1st Hanseatic) No. 75
- 2. Company: Fusilier Regiment "General-Feldmarschall Graf Blumenthal" (Magdeburgisches) No. 36
- 3rd Company: Infantry Regiment "von Goeben" (2nd Rheinisches) No. 28
- 4th Company: 6th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 68
- 5th Company: Fusilier Regiment "General-Field Marshal Prince Albrecht of Prussia" (Hannoversches) No. 73
- 6th Company: 1st Hannoversches Infantry Regiment No. 74
- 7th Company: Infantry Regiment "von Voigts-Rhetz" (3rd Hannoversches) No. 79
- 8th Company: Infantry Regiment "Margrave Karl" (7th Brandenburgisches) No. 60
- 9th Company: 3rd Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 138
- 10th Company: Oldenburg Infantry Regiment No. 91
- 11th Company: 8th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 159
- 12th Company: 9th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 160
- 13th Company: Infantry Regiment "von Lützow" (1st Rheinisches) No. 25
- 14th Company: Infantry Regiment "Duke Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig" (East Frisian) No. 78
- 15th Company: Infantry Regiment "von Horn" (3rd Rheinisches) No. 29
- 16th Company: 5th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 65
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 occupation of the active infantry regiments and hunter battalions, military district commanders and training managers from the foundation or formation until 1939 . Osnabrück 1992. ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 . P. 501.
- ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, of August 24, 1921