4th Panzer Division (Japanese Empire)

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4th Panzer Division

Chi-Nu 4th Tank Division.JPG

Type 3 Chi-Nu and Type 3 Ho-Ni III tanks of the 4th Panzer Division.
active July 1944 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 36th Army
Location Chiba , Japan
Nickname Hagane ( 鋼 , "Steel Division")
Butcher Second World War
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Commanders Lieutenant General Nagura Shiori
Major General Prince Haruhito Kan'in

The 4th Panzer Division ( Japanese 戦 車 第 4 師 団 , Sensha Dai-yon Shidan ) was a tank division of the Imperial Japanese Army , which was established in 1944 and dissolved in 1945. Your Tsūshōgō code (military code name) was Hagane ( Japanese 鋼 , "steel").

General data

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

History of unity

The Panzer Division was set up in June 1944 under the command of Lieutenant General Nagura Shiori and consisted of the 28th, 29th and 30th Panzer Regiment, as well as other units. The division was under the 36th Army and was intended for home defense in anticipation of the Allied landing on Japan ( Operation Downfall ).

In September 1945 the 4th Panzer Division was disbanded.

structure

Listed in June 1944 as follows:

  • 4th Panzer Division headquarters
    • 28th Panzer Regiment
    • 29th Panzer Regiment
    • 30th Panzer Regiment
    • 4th Motorized Infantry Regiment
    • 4th Motorized Artillery Regiment
    • 4th tank reconnaissance unit
    • 4. Motorized anti-tank unit
    • 4th tank pioneer unit
    • 4th tank transport unit
    • 4. 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 978-1-58545-044-2

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Underwood, p. 90
  2. ^ Underwood, p. 89