7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment (Reichswehr)

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The 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment was an association of the Reichswehr .

history

The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Artillery Regiments 21, 23 and 24 of the transitional army . On May 29, 1922, the regiment was given the regional designation "Bavarian" in addition to its name.

It was the only Reichswehr artillery regiment stationed in Bavaria . Individual parts of the association took part in the suppression of the Hitler putsch in November 1923.

In the course of the expansion of the Reichswehr, the regiment was divided into thirds in the first wave on October 1, 1934. Each old division with three batteries and twelve guns now formed a new regiment with eight batteries. From this point on, the artillery regiment "Nuremberg" (AR 7), artillery regiment "Amberg" (AR 10) and artillery regiment "Munich" (AR 17) were created.

Garrisons

Commanders

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
1. Colonel Georg vonöffelholz von Kolberg January 1, 1921 August 30, 1923
2. Colonel Karl Theysohn September 1, 1923 January 31, 1926
3. Colonel Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb February 1, 1926 February 28, 1928
4th Colonel Karl Eberth March 1, 1928 January 31, 1929
5. Colonel Oskar Vogl February 1, 1929 November 30, 1930
6th Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm Brandt December 1, 1930 September 30, 1932
7th Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Oskar van Ginkel October 1, 1932 September 30, 1934

organization

Association membership

The regiment was subordinate to Artillery Leader VII of the 7th (Bavarian) Division in Munich.

structure

The regiment had a strength of 85 officers and 1,300 NCOs and men . It was structured as follows:

I. Department with staff, emerged from the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 23,
2nd division with staff, emerged from the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 21,
III. Department with staff, intelligence train and trumpeter corps, emerged from the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 24,
Supplementary battery, from March 23, 1921 a training battery, emerged from the Reichswehr Artillery Regiments 21, 23 and 24.

The strength of a battery was six officers and 120 non-commissioned officers and men.

Armament and equipment

Main armament

The association was equipped with guns of 7.5 cm and 7.7 cm caliber as well as some howitzers. The 3rd battery had the light field cannon 96/16.

The 4th and 6th batteries were mountain batteries, each with four mountain cannons 15 (caliber 7.5 cm).

Others

Takeover of tradition

The regiment took over the tradition of the old regiments by decree of the Chief of the Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt , on August 24, 1921 .

Known members of the regiment

  • General of the flak cartillery Walther von Axthelm : from 1921 to 1923 as a department adjutant, from 1923 to 1932 platoon leader and battery chief
  • Colonel General Friedrich Dollmann : from 1927 to 1928 in the 1st department, from 1928 to 1929 commander of the 1st department
  • General of the Artillery Karl Eberth : from 1922 to 1923 commander of the III. Department, from 1923 to 1928 in the regimental staff, from 1928 to 1929 commander of the regiment
  • General of the Artillery Theodor Geib : from 1925 to 1927 on the staff of the II. Department
  • General of the flak cartillery Friedrich Heilingbrunner : from 1920 to 1923 battery officer, from 1923 to 1927 battery chief, from 1932 to 1933 on the regimental staff
  • General of the flak cartillery Friedrich Hirschhauer : from 1920 to 1925 on the staff of III. Department, from 1928 to 1930 in staff assignment, from 1930 to 1932 commander of the III. Department, from 1932 to 1934 in the regimental staff
  • Colonel-General Alfred Jodl : from 1921 to 1923 chief of the 4th Mountain Battery, from 1927 to 1928 chief of the 5th battery
  • General of the Artillery Leonhard Kaupisch : 1923 in the staff of the I. Department, then until 1926 commander of the I. Department
  • General of the artillery Emil Leeb : from 1929 to 1931 commander of the 2nd division
  • Lieutenant General Wilhelm Raithel (1894–1960): from October 1920 to October 1923, from March 1928 to October 1932 as chief of the 2nd battery, from October 1932 to October 1934 in the staff of the 1st department
  • General of the artillery Oskar Vogl : from 1925 commander of the 1st division, from 1929 to 1930 commander of the regiment
  • Lieutenant General Karl Zwengauer : from 1929 to 1931 commander of the 2nd division

literature

  • Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 . P. 194ff.
  • Edgar Graf von Matuschka: Organization of the realm army. in Handbook on German Military History 1648–1939. Ed. Military History Research Office . Freiburg (Breisgau). Part VI: Reichswehr and Republic (1918–1933). Bernard & Graefe Publishing House for Defense. Frankfurt am Main 1970. pp. 325-327.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 . P. 188.
  2. ^ Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 . P. 249f.
  3. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. P. 488.