3rd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)

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3rd (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 3rd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .

history

The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 10, 11, 12, 16, 29, 30, 39 and 40 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 and the Infantry Regiment Deutsch Eylau and the Infantry Regiment Marienburg were formed.

Garrisons

Commanders

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
1. Colonel Hermann Reinicke January 1, 1921 March 31, 1922
2. Colonel Oidtman 1923 1926
3. Colonel Emil Fleck May 1, 1926 December 31, 1928
4th Colonel / Major General Hermann Franke January 1, 1929 March 31, 1931
5. Colonel Günther von Niebelschütz April 1, 1931 January 31, 1933
6th Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Otto Gabcke February 1, 1933 April 30, 1935

organization

Association membership

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

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 12,
2nd battalion with staff and news squadron, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 10, 11, 29 and 30,
III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 39 and 40,
Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 16.

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.

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