Infantry Division 45

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"Infantry Division 45" was a new structure of the army of the German Wehrmacht that was decreed towards the end of the Second World War . On December 10, 1944, the Army High Command issued Order No. I / 21 000/44 g. Kdos. According to this, all infantry divisions, including the Volksgrenadier divisions of the field army, should take the structure of the "Infantry Division 45". The only exceptions were the six divisions stationed in Norway ( 210th , 230th , 270th , 274th , 280th , 295th ).

The nominal number of personnel was now 352 officers, 29 civil servants, 1947 NCOs and 9581 men (including 698 foreign volunteers ). The material equipment consisted of 7594 rifles, 1563 pistols, 462 light machine guns, 74 heavy machine guns, 79 grenade launchers, 10 3.7 cm flak, 11 7.5 cm PaK, 35 infantry guns, 25 light field howitzers, 12 heavy field howitzers, 14 assault guns, 138 motorcycles, 146 cars, 185 trucks, 32 caterpillar tractors East , 1273 hauled vehicles, 368 un hauled vehicles and 1456 bicycles.

Due to the collapsing fronts and the material and personnel shortages, however, this reclassification was only partially carried out.

structure

Division staff with

Three grenadier regiments each

  • Regimental Staff / Stabskp. with news, pioneer and bicycle trains.
  • 2 battalions with each
    • 3 Rifle Kp (9 le. MG, 2 platoons with assault rifles)
    • 1 heavy body weight (8 sMG, 6 mGrW, 4 light Inf.Gesch.)
  • Infantry gun Kp with 2 heavy infantry guns and 8 schw. Grenade launchers.
  • Tank destroyer company with 72 anti-tank missile rifles , 18 of which as equipment reserves without operating personnel

Fusilier Battalion (like Grenadier Btl, but made mobile on bicycles).

Panzerjägerabteilung with

  • 1. Kp to 12 Pak 7.5 cm (mot.Z.)
  • 2. Kp with 14 assault guns. This company was called Panzerjäger-Kp, from February 1945 as Jagdpanzer-Kp. The equipment with assault guns was not uniform, sometimes other anti-tank guns were also used.
  • 3rd Kp with 9 Flak 3.7 cm (mot.Z.)

Artillery regiment with

  • Stick battery
  • 3 easy sections with each
    • 1 stick battery
    • 2 batteries with 4 leFH each (covered)
    • 1 battery with 6 field cannons or anti-tank guns 7.5 cm (mot.)
  • 1 heavy section (15 cm sFH) with
    • 1 stick battery
    • 2 batteries with 6 guns each (hauled)

Engineer battalion with 3 companies (part mot.)

News department (abbreviated) with

  • Telephone company (part mot.)
  • Radio company (mot.)
  • Relay supply

Field Replacement Battalion

  • 4 companies
  • Division Combat School

Medical services

  • Medical company (part mot.)
  • Ambulance train

Divisional Supply Regiment with

  • Divisionsverwaltungs-Kp (part mot.), Therein bakery and butcher train
  • 1 motor company (120 t capacity, including fuel vehicles)
  • 2 driving squads (horse drawn, 30 t capacity)
  • 1 supply train (partially mot.)
  • 1 workshop company (part mot.)

Veterinary company (stringed)

Field post office (part mot.)

See also

literature

  • Burkhart Müller-Hillebrand : The Army 1933–1945 - Development of the organic structure.
  • Werner Haupt , "The Book of Infantry" , Podzun-Pallas Verlag.
  • Alex Buchner, "Das Handbuch der Infanterie 1939–1945" , Dörfler Verlag.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Werner Haupt: The German Infantry Divisions, Dörfler Zeitgeschichte, ISBN 3-89555-274-7 , p. 99.
  2. ↑ a b Werner Haupt: The German Infantry Divisions, Dörfler Zeitgeschichte, ISBN 3-89555-274-7 , p. 100.