4th Württemberg Field Artillery Regiment No. 65

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4th Württemberg Field Artillery Regiment No. 65

active 1899 to 1919
Country Kingdom of Württemberg Kingdom of Württemberg
Armed forces Württemberg Army
Branch of service artillery
Type Artillery Regiment
structure See outline
Location See garrison
management
Commanders See list of commanders

The 4th Württemberg Field Artillery Regiment No. 65 was an artillery association of the Württemberg Army .

history

The regiment was established on April 1, 1899 (Foundation Day) and on October 1, 1899 from the III. and IV. Division of the Field Artillery Regiment (2nd Württembergisches) No. 29 and a newly established battery were formed. It was stationed in Ludwigsburg and received its replacement staff on August 17, 1914 by the Deputy General Command of the XIII. (Königlich Württembergisches) Army Corps established 2nd replacement division of the regiment.

First World War

With the beginning of World War I , the regiment mobilized on August 2, 1914 and was subsequently deployed on the Western and Eastern Fronts and in the Balkans:

  • 1914 France, Belgium, Russia (now Poland)
  • 1915 Russia (today's Poland), Serbia, Belgium
  • 1916 Belgium, France
  • 1917 France, Belgium, France
  • 1918 France

During the war the regiment suffered losses of 379 fallen soldiers.

Whereabouts

After the armistice of Compiègne , the association was demobilized in Ludwigsburg on December 23, 1918 . The volunteer battery "Wuppermann" was formed from parts, which was merged into the 49th Infantry Gun Battery when the Provisional Reichswehr was formed.

The tradition in the Reichswehr was adopted by the 9th battery of the 5th artillery regiment in Ulm by decree of the chief of the army command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt . In the Wehrmacht , the III. Department of Artillery Regiment 25 in Ludwigsburg continues the tradition.

organization

Association membership

Until June 8, 1917, the association was subordinate to the 26th Field Artillery Brigade (1st Royal Württembergische) and thus part of the 26th Division (1st Royal Württembergische) . Then the regiment left the division and remained with the army field artillery until the end of the war.

structure

The association was divided into two departments with six batteries. In October 1916 the batteries were reduced to four guns. According to the ordinance of the Württemberg War Ministry of December 5, 1916, a III. Department set up.

Structure August 1917:

  • Regimental staff
  • Staff I / 65 with 1st, 2nd, 3rd battery and light ammunition column I.
  • Staff II / 65 with 4th, 5th, 6th battery and light ammunition column II

Outline June 1918

  • Regimental staff
  • Staff I / 65 with 1st, 2nd, 3rd battery and light ammunition column I.
  • Staff II / 65 with 4th, 5th, 6th battery and light ammunition column II
  • Staff III / 65 with 7th, 8th, 9th battery and light ammunition column III

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Prussia. Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Karl Ludwig Lang 0October 1, 1899 to March 21, 1902
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Ulysses from Tognarelli March 22, 1902 to April 20, 1908
Lieutenant colonel Erwin Heimerdinger April 21 to November 18, 1908 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Erwin von Heimerdinger November 19, 1908 to March 21, 1913
Colonel Konradin from Sunday March 22, 1913 to September 8, 1914
Major general Friedrich von Schippert September 11 to October 16, 1914 (substitute)
Lieutenant colonel Karl Wencher October 17, 1914 to December 10, 1916
major Alfred Triebig December 11, 1916 to January 24, 1918
major Gustav Brauer January 25, 1918 until demobilization

Armament and equipment

Main armament

In January and February 1918, the 1st and 2nd divisions were converted to the field cannon 16 and the light field howitzer 16 .

Other equipment

In early 1918 the regiment received heavy machine guns.

References

swell

  • Main State Archives Stuttgart: holdings M 173, M 413, M 433/2, M 452, M 521

literature

  • Hans-Joachim Harder: Military history handbook Baden-Württemberg. 1987.
  • Württembergisches Kriegsministerium (Hrsg.): Military manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg, large edition, as of May 6, 1913. 1913
  • Jürgen Kraus : Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part IX: Field Artillery. Volume 1, Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902526-15-1 , pp. 280-281.
  • Hermann Neeff: The 4th Württ. Field Artillery Reg. No. 65 in World War . Belser, Stuttgart 1925. (Volume 35 of the series The Württemberg Regiments in World War I , available digitally at urn : nbn: de: bsz: 24-digibib-bsz4080122506 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 3: The occupation of the active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or list up to August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 . P. 285.