21st (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)
The 21st (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .
history
The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 45, 46 and 47 of the transitional army . On May 29, 1922, the regiment was given the regional designation "Bavarian" in addition to its name.
During the Hitler putsch , the regiment stood united behind the Reichswehr leadership in Berlin.
In the course of the expansion of the Reichswehr, the regiment was divided into the first wave in 1934 and the Nuremberg Infantry Regiment and the Bayreuth Infantry Regiment were formed.
Garrisons
- Nuremberg : regimental staff, 2nd battalion with staff
- Würzburg : 1st battalion with staff
- Bayreuth : III. Battalion with staff
- Erlangen : Training Battalion
- Fürth : 13th ( MW ) company
Commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Colonel Leonhard Haussel | January 1, 1921 | November 30, 1922 |
| 2. | Colonel Albert von Beckh | December 1, 1922 | July 31, 1925 |
| 3. | Colonel Otto Ritter von Saur | November 1, 1925 | January 31, 1927 |
| 4th | Colonel / Major General Nikolaus Schemmel | February 1, 1927 | January 31, 1929 |
| 5. | Colonel Friedrich Dümleim | February 1, 1929 | October 31, 1930 |
| 6th | Colonel Wilhelm Ritter von Reitzenstein | November 1, 1930 | October 31, 1932 |
| 7th | Colonel Paul Otto | November 1, 1932 | March 31, 1934 |
| 8th. | Colonel Karl Weisenberger | April 1, 1934 | September 14, 1935 |
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 45,
- 2nd battalion with staff and news squadron, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 47,
- III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 46,
- 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 4th Company: 9th Infantry Regiment "Wrede"
- 2nd Company: 18th Infantry Regiment "Prince Ludwig Ferdinand"
- 3rd Company: 4th Infantry Regiment "King Wilhelm of Württemberg"
- 5th and 8th Company: 14th Infantry Regiment "Hartmann"
- 6th Company: 21st Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin"
- 7th Company: 17th Infantry Regiment "Orff"
- 9th and 12th Company: 7th Infantry Regiment "Prinz Leopold"
- 10th Company: 5th Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse"
- 11th Company: 8th Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden"
- Training Battalion: 19th Infantry Regiment “King Viktor Emanuel III. from Italy"
literature
- Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , pp. 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, Frankfurt am Main 1970, pp. 320–322.
- Walter Rosenwald (Hrsg.): The 21st (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment. From January 1, 1921 to September 30, 1934. Prussian military publishing house, Reutlingen 1991, ISBN 978-3-927292-04-8 .
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. 398.
- ↑ 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 . P. 504.
- ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, of August 24, 1921
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