3rd Panzer Division (Japanese Empire)

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3rd Panzer Division

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A Type 97 Shinhōtō Chi-Ha tank of the 3rd Panzer Division during a night operation during Operation Ichi-gō , December 1944
active June 1942 to September 1945
Country JapanJapan Japanese Empire
Armed forces JapanJapan (war flag) Japanese armed forces
Armed forces JapanJapan (war flag) Japanese army
Branch of service tank
Type Armored Division
Insinuation China Expeditionary Army
Location Mengjiang , Manchuria
Nickname Taki ( 滝 , "waterfall division")
Butcher Second Sino-Japanese War
Second World War
commander
commander GenLt Nishihara Isaku
commander GenLt Yamaji Hideo

The 3rd Panzer Division ( Japanese 戦 車 第 3 師 団 , Sensha Dai-san Shidan ) was a tank division of the Imperial Japanese Army , which was established in 1942 and dissolved in 1945. Your Tsūshōgō code (military code name) was Taki ( Japanese 滝 , "waterfall").

General data

The 3rd Panzer Division was, along with the 1st , 2nd and 4th , one of the Panzer divisions that were set up between 1942 and 1944. The headquarters of the Panzer Division was in Mengjiang , Manchuria .

History of unity

The Panzer Division was set up in June 1942 under the command of Lieutenant General Nishihara Isaku and initially consisted of the 5th Panzer Brigade (8th and 12th Panzer Regiments) and the 6th Panzer Brigade (13th and 17th tanks -Regiment), as well as the 3rd Motorized Infantry Regiment, the 3rd Motorized Artillery Regiment and other smaller units. The division was subordinate to the China Expeditionary Army and was deployed in Manchuria in order to counter potential attacks by the Soviet Union .

The 8th Panzer Regiment was transferred to Rabaul in New Britain in September 1942 , where it remained until the end of the war.

The remaining tank regiments remained in Manchuria and withdrew towards Korea towards the end of the war .

In September 1945 the 3rd Panzer Division was disbanded.

structure

Listed in June 1942 as follows:

  • 3rd Panzer Division headquarters
    • 5th Panzer Brigade
      • 8th Panzer Regiment
      • 12th Panzer Regiment
    • 6th Panzer Brigade
      • 13th Panzer Regiment
      • 17th Panzer Regiment
    • 3rd Motorized Infantry Regiment
    • 3rd Motorized Artillery Regiment
    • 3rd anti-aircraft unit
    • 3rd tank reconnaissance unit
    • 3. Motorized anti-tank unit
    • 3rd tank engineer unit
    • 3rd tank transport unit
    • 3rd tank maintenance unit
    • Tank telecommunications training unit

Web links

See also

literature

  • John Underwood: The Japanese Order of Battle in World War II, Vol I The Nafziger Collection, Inc., 1999, ISBN 978-1-5854-5044-2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Underwood, p. 89
  2. ^ Tank Formations of IJA. August 6, 2014, accessed August 20, 2014 . , English