7th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)

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7th (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 See organization
Location See garrisons
management
Commanders See commanders

The 7th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .

history

The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 11, 15 and 16 of the transitional army . On May 29, 1922, the regiment received the country team designation "Prussian" in addition to its name.

In the course of the expansion of the Reichswehr, the regiment was divided into the first wave in 1934 and the Schweidnitz Infantry Regiment and the Breslau Infantry Regiment were formed.

Garrisons

  • Schweidnitz : regimental staff and training battalion
  • Brieg , later Opole : 1st battalion with staff, 1st and 2nd company
  • Neisse : 1st Battalion, 3rd and 4th Companies
  • Hirschberg : II. (Jäger-) Battalion with staff, 7th and 8th companies
  • Glatz : II. (Jäger) Battalion, 5th, 6th Company and 13th ( MW ) Company
  • Wroclaw : III. Battalion with staff

Commanders

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
1. Colonel Karl von Keizer January 1, 1921 March 31, 1923
2. Colonel / Major General Lothar Fritsch April 1, 1923 March 31, 1927
3. Colonel Otto von Stülpnagel April 1, 1927 1929
4th Colonel / Major General Metz 1929 March 31, 1931
5. Colonel Paul Gerhardt April 1, 1931 September 30, 1933

organization

Association membership

The regiment was subordinate to Infantry Leader III of the 3rd Division in Potsdam .

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 16,
2nd battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 11,
III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 11 and 16,
Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion, emerged from the 15th Reichswehr Infantry Regiment.

Each field battalion was divided into three companies of three officers and 161 non-commissioned officers and men (3/161) as well as an MG 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 a light machine gun 08/15 .

In the machine gun companies, the 1st platoon consisted of three groups with three MG 08 heavy machine guns on a carriage, drawn by four horses, the 2nd to 4th platoon consisted of three groups with three MG 08 heavy machine guns on a carriage, drawn by 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 a manual on German military history 1648–1939 , published by the 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