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Organization of German Divisions, 1916 Organization of German Divisions 1916 Alpine Corps: 1st Bavarian Jäger Brigade: 1st Bavarian Jäger Regiment Leib Infantry Regiment 2nd Jäger Brigade: 2nd Jäger Regiment 3rd Jäger Regiment Artillery: 2nd Mountain Field Artillery Battalion Det/187th Field Artillery Regiment Det/203rd Field Artillery Regiment Det/204th Field Artillery Regiment Engineers: 102nd Pioneer Company 105th Pioneer Company 106th Pioneer Company 175th Mountain Trench Mortar Company Attached: 201st Mountain Machinegun Detachment 202nd Mountain Machinegun Detachment 205th Mountain Machinegun Detachment 209th Mountain Machinegun Detachment Cyclist Battalion (dissolved in June) Bavarian Ersatz Division: 3rd Bavarian Reserve Brigade: 4th Bavarian Reserve Regiment 15th Bavarian Reserve Regiment 59th Landwehr Brigade: 28th Ersatz Regiment 81st Landwehr Regiment Cavalry: Ersatz Cavalry Det/1st Bavarian Cavalry District Engineers: 2nd Landwehr Pioneer Company (2nd Bavarian Cavalry Div) 3rd Landwehr Pioneer Company (3rd Bavarian Cavalry Div) 1st Bavarian Mining Company 1st Bavarian Trench Mortar Detachment 1st Guard Division: 1st Guard Brigade: 1st Guard Foot Regiment 2nd Guard Foot Regiment 4th Guard Foot Regiment Guard Cavalry 1/,2/,3/,4/Guard Cavalry Regiment (Massow) Leibgarde Hussar Regiment 2/6th Dragoon Regiment 1st Guard Artillery Brigade: 1st Guard Artillery Regiment 3rd Guard Artillery Regiment 1st Guard Engineering Battalion: 1st Guard Pioneers Company 1st Guard Trench Mortar Company 1 1st Guard Pontoon Engineers 1st Guard Telephone Detachment 1st Guard Reserve Division: 1st Guard Reserve Brigade: 1st Guard Reserve Regiment 2nd Guard Reserve Regiment 64th Reserve Regiment Cavalry: Guard Reserve Dragoon Regiment (2 sqns) Artillery 1st Guard Reserve Artillery Regiment 3rd Guard Reserve Artillery Regiment Engineers: 2nd & 3rd Field Companies, 28th Engineer Battalion 1st Guard Reserve Pontoon Engineers 1st Guard Reserve Telephone Detachment 5th Guard Trench Mortar Company Guard Ersatz Division: 1st Guard Mixed Brigade: 6th Guard Regiment 7th Guard Ersatz Regiment 5th Guard Mixed Brigade: 357th Regiment 358th Regiment Cavalry: 1/Guard Cavalry Regiment Artillery 7th Guard Field Artillery Regiment Engineers: 301st (Guard) Pioneer Battalion 302nd Pioneer Company 7th Guard Trench Mortar Company Attached; 81st Labor Battalion 1st Division: 1st Brigade: 1st Grenadier Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade: 3rd Grenadier Regiment 43rd Infantry Regiment 1st Artillery Brigade; 16th Field Artillery Regiment 52nd Field Artillery Regiment 1st Engineer Battalion (1 C. Dist) 271st Pioneer Company (Oct 1917) 1st Pontoon Engineers 1st Telephone Detachment 1st Trench Mortar Company 3rd Co., 1st Pioneers Attached: 100th Labor Battalion 1st Reserve Division: 1st Reserve Brigade: 1st Reserve Infantry Regiment 3rd Reserve Infantry Regiment 72nd Reserve Brigade: 18th Reserve Infantry Regiment 59th Reserve Infantry Regiment Attached: 1st Reserve Jäger Battalion Cavalry: 1st Reserve Uhlan Regiment 1st Artillery Brigade; 1st Reserve Field Artillery Regiment Engineers 4th Field Company, 2nd Pioneer Battalion 201st Trench Mortar Company 1st Reserve Pontoon Engineers 1st Reserve Telephone Detachment 1st Reserve Division: 34th Mixed Landwehr Brigade: 31st Landwehr Regiment 37th Landwehr Regiment 84th Landwehr Regiment Cavalry: 2/10th Dragoon Regiment 128th Artillery Command: 96th Field Artillery Regiment (401st) Engineer Battalion: 1st Co., 23rd Ersatz Pioneer Battalion 3rd Co., 36th Ersatz Pioneer Battalion 301st Trench Mortar Company 379th Searchlight Section 501st Telephone Detachment Medical: 215th Ambulance Company 2nd Landwehr Field Hospital 9th Landwehr Field Hospital 201st Veterinary Hospital Transport: Motor Transport Column 1st Bavarian Division: 2nd Bavarian Brigade: 1st Bavarian Regiment 2nd Bavarian Regiment 24th Bavarian Regiment Cavalry: 8th Bavarian Light Regiment (3 sqns) 1st Bavarian Artillery Brigade: 1st Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment 7th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment Engineers: 1/,3/1st Bavarian Engineer Battalion 1st Bavarian Trench Mortar Company 1st Bavarian Pontoon Engineers 1st Bavarian Telephone Detachment 3 1st Bavarian Landwehr Division: 5th Bavarian Landwehr Brigade: 4th Bavarian Landwehr Regiment 5th Bavarian Landwehr Regiment 9th Bavarian Mixed Landwehr Brigade: 6th Bavarian Landwehr Regiment 7th Bavarian Landwehr Regiment 13th Bavarian Landwehr Brigade: 8th Bavarian Landwehr Regiment 10th Bavarian Landwehr Regiment 60th Reserve Regiment Cavalry 1/2nd Bavarian Corps District Landwehr Regiment Artillery: 1st Bavarian Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment Engineers 18th Bavarian Reserve Pioneer Company 3rd Bavarian Landwehr Pioneer Company 301st Bavarian Trench Mortar Company Attached: 38th Railway Construction Company Rosenheim Landsturm Infantry Battalion 2nd Augsburg Landsturm Infantry Battalion 1st Naval Division: 1st Naval Brigade:1 organization unknown 2nd Brigade: organization unknown Cavalry: unknown Artillery: 1st Naval Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Naval Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Naval Field Artillery Regiment Torpedo-Matrosen Artillery Regiment Engineers: 1st Naval Pioneer Company 2nd Naval Pioneer Company 165th Trench Mortar Company Attached: 124th Labor Battalion 2nd Guard Division: 3rd Guard Brigade: 1st Grenadier Regiment 3rd Grenadier Regiment 4th Guard Brigade: 2nd Grenadier Regiment 4th Grenadier Regiment 1 In the 1st Naval Division, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Marine Fusilier Regiments and the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment alternated between the 1st and 2nd Naval Divisions. Cavalry 1/,5/2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment 1/6th Dragoon Regiment Ersatz Squadron, 2nd Uhlan Regiment Ersatz Squadron, 1st Jäger zu Pferd Regiment 2nd Artillery Brigade: 2nd Guard Field Artillery Regiment 4th Guard Field Artillery Regiment 1st Guard Engineer Battalion 2nd Company, Guard Pioneer Battalion 1st Company, 28th Pioneer Battalion 281st Pioneer Company 2nd Guard Trench Mortar Company 2nd Guard Pontoon Engineers 2nd Guard Telephone Detachment 2nd Guard Reserve Division: 26th Reserve Brigade: 15th Reserve Regiment 1 Machine Gun Company 662nd Machine Gun Replacement Platoon 73rd Machine Gun Sharpshooter Troop 58th Reserve Regiment 1 Machine Gun Company 633rd Machine Gun Replacement Platoon 38th Reserve Brigade: 77th Reserve Regiment 1 Machine Gun Company 331st Machine Gun Replacement Platoon 106th Machine Gun Sharpshooter Troop 91st Reserve Regiment 1 Machine Gun Company 352nd Machine Gun Replacement Platoon Cavalry: 2nd Reserve Uhlan Regiment (3 sqns) Artillery: 20th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (6 btrys) Engineers: 4th Company, 10th Pioneer Battalion 260th Searchlight Detachment 2nd Guard Trench Mortar Company 2nd Guard Reserve Divisional Bridging Train Attached: 58th Flak Platoon 2nd Telephone Detachment 222nd Fortress Signal Troop 223rd Fortress Signal Troop 2nd Reserve Medical Company Field Recruit Depot 2nd Division: 3rd Brigade: 4th Grenadier Regiment 33rd Fusilier Regiment 45th Infantry Regiment 3rd Landsturm Regiment Cavalry: 5 10th Jäger zu Pferd Regiment2 2nd Artillery Brigade: 1st Field Artillery Regiment 37th Field Artillery Regiment 1st Pioneer Battalion, No. 1 2nd Field Company, 1st Pioneer Battalion 2nd Trench Mortar Company 2nd Pontoon Engineers 2nd Telephone Detachment 2nd Landwehr Division: 53rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade: 124th Landwehr Regiment 125th Landwehr Regiment 120th Landwehr Regiment 122nd Landwehr Regiment 6th Reserve Jäger Battalion Cavalry: 3rd Landwehr Squadron, Landsturm Battalion (13th Corps District) 3rd Landsturm Squadron (13th Corps District) Artillery: 2nd Landwehr Regiment Engineers: 6th Company, 13th Pioneer Battalion 3rd Company, 18th Pioneer Battalion 302nd Trench Mortar Company, Pioneer Battalion 2nd Bavarian Division: 4th Bavarian Brigade: 12th Bavarian Regiment 15th Bavarian Regiment 20th Bavarian Regiment Cavalry: 3/4th Bavarian Light Cavalry Regiment 2nd Bavarian Artillery: 4th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment 9th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment Engineers: 2nd Field Company, 1st Bavarian Pioneer Battalion 4th Field Company, 1st Bavarian Pioneer Battalion 2nd Reserve Company, 19th Pioneers 2nd Bavarian Trench Mortar Company 2nd Bavarian Pontoon Engineers 2nd Bavarian Telephone Detachment 2 Presence of the 10th Jägers in the 2nd Division is uncertain, but probable. 2nd Naval Division: 3rd Naval Brigade: unknown3 4h Brigade: unknown Artillery: Marine E.A. Battalion Engineers: 3rd Naval Pioneer Company Attached 27th Labor Battalion 3rd Guard Division: 6th Guard Brigade: Guard Fusilier Regiment 1 Machine Gun Company 358th Machine Gun Replacement Platoon 270th Field Machine Gun Platoon Lehr (Instruction) Regiment 2 Machine Gun Companies 9th Grenadier Regiment 1 Machine Gun Company 359th Machine Gun Replacement Platoon Cavalry: Guard Reserve Uhlan Regiment (3 sqns with 2 Russian HMGs) 3rd Artillery: 5th Guard Field Artillery Regiment 2/6th Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment 75th Flak Platoon Engineers: 1st Company, 28th Pioneer Battalion 274th Pioneer Company 280th Searchlight Platoon 3rd Guard Trench Mortar Company 1st Medical Company Field Recruit Depot 3rd Guard Telephone Platoon 255th Fortress Signals Troop 256th Fortress Signals Troop 2nd Squadron Staff 320th Squadron Staff 3rd Division: 6th Brigade: 34th Fusilier Regiment4 42nd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,4/4th Landwehr Regiment 3 In the 2nd Naval Division, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Marine Fusilier Regiments and the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment alternated between the 1st and 2nd Naval Divisions. 4 34th and 42nd Regiments detached from the 3rd
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