2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)

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2nd (Prussian) 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 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .

history

The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 6, 39 and 40 and the Reichswehr Rifle Regiment 2 of the transitional army . On May 29, 1922, the regiment received the country team designation "Prussian" in addition to its name.

In the course of the expansion of the Reichswehr, the regiment was divided into the first wave in 1934, forming the Allenstein Infantry Regiment and the Rastenburg Infantry Regiment.

Garrisons

Commanders

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
1. Colonel Voigt 1921 1921
2. Colonel Robert Bürkner 4th August 1921 January 31, 1924
3. Colonel Reinicke February 1, 1924 November 30, 1925
4th Colonel / Major General Axel von Platen December 1, 1925 December 31, 1928
5. Colonel Waldemar Henrici January 1, 1928 January 31, 1929
6th Colonel Karl Held February 1, 1929 September 30, 1930
7th Colonel Siegfried Haenicke October 1, 1930 September 30, 1932
8th. Colonel / Major General Fritz Kühne October 1, 1932 September 30, 1934
9. Colonel Walter Model October 1, 1934 October 14, 1935

organization

Association membership

The regiment was subordinate to Infantry Leader I of the 1st Division in Königsberg .

structure

In addition to the regimental staff with a news relay, the regiment consisted of:

  • I. (Jäger-) Battalion with staff and news squadron, 1st and 3rd company, each with three platoons of three groups each, and 4th ( MG ) company, originated from Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 39,
  • 2nd battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Rifle Regiment 2 and the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 40,
  • III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 6,
  • Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 39.

Each battalion was divided into three companies of three officers and 161 non-commissioned officers and men (3/161) as well as one machine gun 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 by four horses, the 2nd to 4th platoon consisted of three groups with three MG 08 heavy machine guns on a carriage, drawn by 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.

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