20th (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)
The 20th (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .
history
The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 45, 47 and 48 of the transitional army . On May 29, 1922, the regiment was given the regional designation "Bavarian" in addition to its name.
It took part in the suppression of the Hitler coup . The III. For security reasons, the battalion remained in Munich until the end of November 1923. All other troops had previously been withdrawn from the state capital and returned to the garrisons .
In the course of the expansion of the Reichswehr, the regiment was divided into the first wave in 1934 and the Regensburg Infantry Regiment and the Amberg Infantry Regiment were formed.
General of the Infantry Arnold Ritter von Möhl wore the regiment's uniform .
Garrisons
- Regensburg : Regimental staff, 1st battalion with staff and 13th ( MW ) company
- Ingolstadt : 2nd battalion with staff
- Passau : III. Battalion with staff
- Amberg : Training Battalion
Commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Colonel Ludwig Leupold | January 1, 1921 | October 31, 1921 |
| 2. | Colonel Adolf Herrgott | November 1, 1921 | October 31, 1923 |
| 3. | Colonel Johann Ritter von Schmidtler | November 1, 1923 | January 31, 1927 |
| 4th | Colonel Hugo von Wenz zu Niederlahnstein | February 1, 1927 | October 31, 1928 |
| 5. | Colonel Albrecht Steppuhn | November 1, 1928 | June 30, 1929 |
| 6th | Colonel Friedrich Ritter von Kieffer | July 1, 1929 | January 31, 1931 |
| 7th | Colonel Maximilian Schwandner | February 1, 1931 | January 31, 1933 |
| 8th. | Colonel Fritz Willich | February 1, 1933 | October 31, 1934 |
organization
Association membership
The regiment was under Infantry Leader VII of the 7th (Bavarian) Division in Munich.
structure
The regiment consisted of the regimental staff with a news relay
- 1st battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 48,
- 2nd battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 48,
- III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 45,
- Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 47.
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 and 2nd company: 11th Infantry Regiment "von der Tann"
- 3rd Company: 23rd Infantry Regiment "King Ferdinand of the Bulgarians"
- 4th Company: 23rd Infantry Regiment "King Ferdinand of the Bulgarians" and Bavarian Machine Gun Division
- 5th Company: 10th Infantry Regiment "King Ludwig"
- 6th Company: 2nd Jäger Battalion
- 7th Company: 13th Infantry Regiment "Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary"
- 8th Company: 15th Infantry Regiment "King Friedrich August of Saxony"
- 9th and 12th Company: 16th Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany"
- 10th and 11th company: 22nd Infantry Regiment "Prince Wilhelm von Hohenzollern"
- Training battalion: 6th Infantry Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia"
literature
- Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 . P. 194ff.
- 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.
- ^ Kai Uwe Tapken : The Reichswehr in Bavaria from 1919 to 1924. Verlag Dr. Kovac. Hamburg 2002. ISBN 3-8300-0646-2 . P. 402.
- ↑ 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 directors from the foundation or list until 1939. Osnabrück 1992. ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 . Pp. 503-504.
- ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, of August 24, 1921
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