4th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)
4th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment |
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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 4th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .
history
The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 15 and 102 and the Reichswehr Rifle Regiment 4 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 Kolberg Infantry Regiment and the Stargard Infantry Regiment were formed.
Garrisons
- Kolberg : Regimental Staff, II. (Jäger) Battalion and 13th ( MW ) Company
- Stargard : 1st Battalion
- German crown : III. Battalion with staff, 9th and 10th companies
- Schneidemühl : III. Battalion, 11th and 12th companies
- Neustettin : Training Battalion
Commanders
No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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1. | Colonel Gottfried Edelbüttel | January 1, 1921 | March 19, 1922 |
2. | Colonel Adolf Herrgott | April 1, 1922 | October 31, 1922 |
3. | Colonel Edwin von Stülpnagel | November 1, 1922 | May 31, 1926 |
4th | Colonel / Major General Fedor von Bock | June 1, 1926 | October 31, 1929 |
5. | Colonel / Major General Friedrich Roese | November 1, 1929 | March 31, 1931 |
6th | Colonel Adolf Strauss | October 1, 1932 | August 31, 1934 |
7th | Colonel Fritz Büchs | September 1, 1934 | March 31, 1937 |
organization
Association membership
The regiment was subordinate to Infantry Leader II of the 2nd Division in Schwerin .
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 15,
- II. (Jäger-) Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 102,
- III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 4,
- Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 102.
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: Colberg's Grenadier Regiment "Graf Gneisenau" (2nd Pomeranian) No. 9
- 2nd and 3rd company: Infantry Regiment "Keith" (1st Upper Silesia) No. 22
- 5th and 6th Company: Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 5
- 7th and 8th companies: Pomeranian Jäger Battalion "Fürst Bismarck" No. 2
- 9th and 10th company: Infantry Regiment "Graf Schwerin" (3rd Pomeranian) No. 14
- 11th Company: 4th West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 140
- 12th Company: 6th West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 149
- 13th Company: Infantry Regiment "von der Goltz" (7th Pomeranian) No. 54
- 14th Company: Infantry Regiment "Generalfeldmarschall von Mackensen" (3rd West Prussian) No. 129
- 15th Company: 8th West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 175
- 16th Company: Danzig Infantry Regiment No. 128
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
- ^ Georg Tessin : German Associations and Troops 1918–1939 , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , p. 188
- ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, of August 24, 1921