7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment (Reichswehr)
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
- Nuremberg : Regimental Staff, III. Department with staff, 7th, 9th and training battery
- Erlangen : 8th battery
- Würzburg : I. Department with staff, 1st to 3rd battery
- Landsberg am Lech ( artillery barracks ): 2nd division with staff, 4th and 6th mountain battery
- Munich : 5th battery
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 .
- 1st battery: 2nd field artillery regiment "Horn" and 11th field artillery regiment
- 2nd battery: 2nd foot artillery regiment
- 3rd battery: 5th field artillery regiment "King Alfons XIII. of Spain ” and 12th Field Artillery Regiment
- 4th battery: 4th field artillery regiment "König" and 9th field artillery regiment
- 5th battery: 1st foot artillery regiment "vacant Bothmer"
- 6th battery: 1st field artillery regiment "Prinzregent Luitpold" and 7th field artillery regiment "Prinzregent Luitpold"
- 7th battery: 3rd field artillery regiment "Prinz Leopold"
- 8th battery: 6th field artillery regiment "Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon, Duke of Calabria" and 10th field artillery regiment
- 9th Battery: 3rd Foot Artillery Regiment
- Training battery: 8th field artillery regiment "Prince Heinrich of Prussia"
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
- ^ Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 . P. 188.
- ^ Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 . P. 249f.
- ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. P. 488.