18th Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)
The 18th Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .
history
The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 13 and 14 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 "Prussian" or "Lippisches" in addition to their name on May 29, 1922.
In the course of the expansion of the Reichswehr, the regiment was divided into the first wave in 1934, forming the Paderborn Infantry Regiment (IR 18) and the Münster Infantry Regiment (IR 39).
Garrisons
- Paderborn : Regimental staff, 1st (Prussian) battalion with staff and 13th ( MW ) company
- Münster : II. (Prussian) battalion with staff
- Bückeburg : Staff of the III. Battalion, 11th (Schaumburg-Lippe) and 12th (Prussian) company
- Hameln : 9th (Prussian) and 10th (Prussian) company
- Detmold : (Lippe) training battalion
Commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Colonel Karl Felsch | January 1, 1921 | June 15, 1921 |
| 2. | Colonel / Major General Georg von Stillfried-Rattonitz | June 16, 1921 | January 31, 1923 |
| 3. | Colonel Hans Kloebe | February 1, 1923 | March 31, 1925 |
| 4th | Colonel Gerd von Rundstedt | April 1, 1925 | September 30, 1926 |
| 5. | Colonel Walter von Schleinitz | November 1, 1926 | February 28, 1928 |
| 6th | Colonel Hugo Zeitz | March 1, 1928 | April 30, 1931 |
| 7th | Colonel Hubert Schaller-Kallide | May 1, 1931 | September 30, 1933 |
| 8th. | Colonel Emil Reischle | October 1, 1933 | November 30, 1935 |
| 9. | Colonel Eccard von Gablenz | December 1, 1935 | November 23, 1938 |
| 10. | Colonel Alexander Edler von Daniels | November 24, 1938 | December 10, 1940 |
organization
Association membership
The regiment was subordinate to Infantry Leader VI of the 6th Division in Hanover, and in the Wehrmacht to the 6th Infantry Division in Bielefeld.
structure
The regiment consisted of the regimental staff with a news relay
- 1st battalion with staff and news squadron, emerged from the Reichswehr Jäger Regiments 31 and 32,
- 2nd battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 13,
- III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 14,
- Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 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 "Graf Barfuß" (4th Westphalian) No. 17
- 2nd Company: 2nd Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 131
- 3rd Company: 1st Upper Rhine Infantry Regiment No. 97
- 4th Company: 7th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 158
- 5th Company: Infantry Regiment "Herwarth von Bittenfeld" (1st Westphalian) No. 13
- 6th Company: Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39
- 7th Company: Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Sparr" (3rd Westphalian) No. 16
- 8th Company: 5th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 144
- 9th Company: 7th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 69
- 10th Company: 4th Hannoversches Infantry Regiment No. 164
- 11th Company: Westphalian Jäger Battalion No. 7
- 12th Company: Westphalian Jäger Battalion No. 7
- 13th Company: 9th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 173
- 14th Company: Infantry Regiment "Graf Bülow von Dennewitz" (6th Westphalian) No. 55
- 15th Company: 5th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 53
- 16th Company: Infantry Regiment "Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands" (2nd Westphalian) No. 15
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. 502.
- ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, of August 24, 1921
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