8th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)
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| 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 |
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| Commanders | See commanders |
The 8th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .
history
The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 9, 10, 12, 30 and the Reichswehr Rifle Regiments 7, 9, 12, 47 and 58 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 Infantry Regiment Frankfurt (Oder) and the Infantry Regiment Görlitz were formed.
Garrisons
- Frankfurt (Oder) : Regimental Staff, 1st Battalion and 13th ( MW ) Company
- Liegnitz : 2nd battalion with staff, 7th and 8th companies
- Glogau : 5th and 6th companies
- Görlitz III. Battalion with staff
- Lübben : Training Battalion
Commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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| 1. | Colonel Ernst von Forstner | January 1, 1921 | June 5, 1922 |
| 2. | Colonel / Major General Friedrich von Esebeck | June 6, 1922 | January 31, 1925 |
| 3. | Colonel von Steffen | February 1, 1925 | January 31, 1926 |
| 4th | Colonel / Major General Max von Schenckendorff | January 1, 1926 | December 31, 1928 |
| 5. | Colonel Hans Petri | January 1, 1929 | September 30, 1931 |
| 6th | Colonel Erwin von Witzleben | October 1, 1931 | September 30, 1933 |
| 7th | Colonel Hugo Sperrle | October 1, 1933 | February 28, 1934 |
| 8th. | Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel / Major General Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt | March 1, 1935 | February 28, 1938 |
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 10,
- 2nd battalion with staff and news squadron, emerged from the Reichswehr Rifle Regiments 7, 9, 12, 47 and 58,
- III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 12 and 30,
- Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 9.
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 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.
- 1st company: Leib Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm III." (1st Brandenburg) No. 8
- 2nd company: Grenadier Regiment "Prince Carl of Prussia" (2nd Brandenburg) No. 12
- 3rd Company: Infantry Regiment "von Stülpnagel" (5th Brandenburg) No. 48
- 4th Company: Infantry Regiment "von Alvensleben" (6th Brandenburgisches) No. 52
- 5th Company: Infantry Regiment “King Ludwig III. von Bayern "(2nd Lower Silesian) No. 47
- 6th Company: 3rd Posen Infantry Regiment No. 58
- 7th and 8th company: Grenadier Regiment "King Wilhelm I." (2nd West Prussian) No. 7
- 9th Company: Queen Augusta Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4
- 10th Company: Grenadier Regiment "Graf Kleist von Nollendorf" (1st West Prussian) No. 6
- 11th Company: Infantry Regiment "von Courbière" (2nd Posensches) No. 19
- 12th Company: Kaiser Franz Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 2
- 14th Company: Fusilier Regiment "von Steinmetz" (West Prussian) No. 37
- 15th Company: Metz Infantry Regiment No. 98
- 16th Company: Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3
In 1926 the regiment took over the tradition of the protection force for Cameroon
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
- ^ Georg Tessin : German Associations and Troops 1918–1939 , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , p. 188
- ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, of August 24, 1921
- ^ Klemm, Bernhard: Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte. in: Mitteilungen des Historisches Verein Frankfurt / Oder eV, 1/1997 pp. 8–21