Organisation of a SS Panzer Division
The SS Panzer Division (German: SS-Panzerdivision, short: SS-PzDiv) was an SS formation during World War II. The table below shows the organisation structure that an "SS Panzer division" aspired to contain.[1]
| Designation (lang-en: ...)[2] | Designation (lang-de: ...)[3] | ||
| Division Headquarters | Divisionsstab | ||
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| quartermaster | Quartiermeister (Qu) | ||
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| Panzer regiment | Panzerregiment (PzRgt) | ||
| I battalion |
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I. Abteilung |
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| II battalion |
|
II. Abteilung |
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| antitank battalion | Panzerjägerabteilung (PzJgAbt) | ||
| 3 companies of assault guns (1–3) | 3 Kompanien von Sturmgeschützen (1–3) | ||
 | Panzergrenadierregiment (PzGrenRgt) | ||
| I battalion | 4 companies (1–4) | I. Bataillon | 4 Kompanien (1–4) |
| II battalion | 4 companies (5–8) | II. Bataillon | 4 Kompanien (5–8) |
| III battalion |
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III. Bataillon |
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| Panzer grenadier regiment (as above) | Panzergrenadierregiment (wie oben) | ||
| Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion | Panzeraufklärungsabteilung (PzAufklAbt) | ||
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| Panzer artillery regiment | Panzerartillerieregiment (PzArtRgt) | ||
| I battalion |
|
I. Abteilung |
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| II battalion |
|
II. Abteilung |
|
| III battalion |
|
III. Abteilung |
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| Rocket launcher battalion | Werferabteilung | ||
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| anti-aircraft battalion | Flakabteilung (FlakAbt) | ||
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| Armoured engineer battalion | Panzerpionierabteilung (PzPiAbt) | ||
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| Armoured Signals Battalion | Panzernachrichtenabteilung | ||
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| divisional supply troops | Divisions-Nachschubtruppe | ||
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| Panzer maintenance battalion | Panzer-Instandsetzungsabteilung | ||
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| provisioning battalion | Wirtschaftsbataillon | ||
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| medical battalion | Sanitätsabteilung | ||
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| replacement battalion | Feldersatzbataillon | ||
| SS Panzer Division (1943) | |
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| SS-Panzerdivision (1943) — SS-PzDiv — XX | |
 NATO (tactical symbol Panzer unit) | |
| Active | 1943 |
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| Branch |  |
| Type | Panzer |
| Role | Armoured warfare |
| Size | Division, up to 20,000 soldiers |
| Part of |  |
| Engagements | World War II |
The structure and organisation of the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" is equivalent to the table above and served as a standard for all other "SS Panzer Divisions" during World War II. The average complement was approximately 19,000. However, only two out of 7 SS Panzer Divisions contained that strength. In the second half of the war in Europe, in particular close to the end of war, some divisions achieved only the complement of regiment sized units.
See also
- Heavy Panzer battalion (German: "schwere Panzerabteilung")
- List of Waffen-SS divisions
- Panzer division (Panzerdivision, PzDiv)
References
- Willamson, Gordon (1994). The SS Hitler´s Instrument of the Power; appendix, p. 249, "Organisation of a SS Panzer Division", Brown Packaging Books Ltd., London.
- MILITÄRISCHES STUDIENGLOSAR ENGLISCH Teil II/ Teil III, Deutsch – Englisch, Abkürzung Begriff, Bundessprachenamt (Stand Januar 2001).
- Official designation as to "Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv" in Freiburg im Breisgau, stores of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.
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