6th Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)

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6th (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 s. u.
Location See garrisons
management
Commanders See commanders

The 6th Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .

history

The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 17 and 18 of the transitional army . Since it was a mixed country team, only the respective battalions received on May 29, 1922, in addition to their names, the country team designation "Hanseatisches", "Mecklenburgisches" or "Prussian".

In the course of the expansion of the Reichswehr, the regiment was divided into the first wave in 1934, forming the Lübeck Infantry Regiment, the Flensburg Infantry Regiment and the Neumünster Infantry Regiment.

Garrisons

  • Lübeck : Regimental staff, II. (Hanseatic) battalion with staff, 5th and 8th company
  • Schwerin : 1st (Mecklenburg) battalion with staff
  • Eutin : 6th and 7th companies
  • Flensburg : III. (Prussian) battalion
  • Ratzeburg : (Prussian) training battalion and 13th ( MW ) company

Regiment chief

After his departure at the end of 1922, Walter von Bergmann was appointed chief of the 6th Infantry Regiment in Lübeck on October 31, 1925 .

Commanders

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
1. Colonel Heftritz January 1, 1921 1921
2. Colonel Stoltz 1922 1923
3. Colonel Heinrich von dem Hagen November 1, 1923 December 31, 1924
4th Colonel Hartwig von Bülow January 1, 1925 November 30, 1926
5. Colonel Walter von Unruh December 1, 1926 February 28, 1927
6th Colonel / Major General Curt Ludwig von Gienanth March 1, 1927 February 28, 1928
7th Colonel Bodo von Witzendorff March 1, 1928 January 31, 1931
8th. Colonel Hubert Gercke February 1, 1931 January 31, 1934
9. Colonel Kuno-Hans von Both February 1, 1934 September 30, 1934

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 17,
2nd battalion with staff and news squadron, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 18,
III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 18,
Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 17.

Each field battalion was divided into three companies of three officers and 161 non-commissioned officers and men (3/161) and one machine gun 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.