The Order of Battle OOB of German Land

The OOB of German Land Combat Units: 22nd June to 4th July 1941

1. The Order of Battle (OOB) of German Land Combat Units from 22nd June to 4th July 1941

1) The German Deployment Matrix The Orders of Battle (OOB) of the German Army, Waffen SS and Luftwaffe flak combat units, in all areas of the Reich between 22nd June and 4th July 1941, are shown in the series of tables with the common title German Deployment Matrix (shown on pages 10 to 63). Together, these tables will henceforth be referred to as the ‘German Deployment Matrix’, and all combat units in the ‘German Deployment Matrix’ are classified as being in a Deployed (D) state in the German FILARM model. For the purposes of this work (i.e. the German FILARM model and the German Deployment Matrix), the terms ‘the East Front’ (or the Eastern Front or the East), ‘the Western Fronts’ (or the West), and ‘the Replacement Army’ are used. These are defined as: • The East Front: includes Army Group North, Army Group Centre, Army Group South, the Norway Army - Befehlsstelle Finnland (East Front only) and OKH Reserves. • The Western Fronts: includes Army Group D (also the Oberbefehlshaber West), the Norway Army (Norway occupation duties), the 12th Army (Yugoslavia-Serbia-Greece-Crete) and the German Africa Corps (Deutsches Afrika Korps - D.A.K). • The Replacement Army: includes all forces under the Chef Heeresrustung und Befehlshaber der Erstazarmee (Chef H.Rust. u. B.d.E. or Commander of the Replacement Army).1 The Commander of the Replacement Army controlled the German troops in Denmark (the Befehlshaber der deutschen Truppen in Danemark) and the Replacement Army troops (Erstazarmee Truppen) in the various military districts in Germany, Austria, and the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (the Wehrkreise). In addition, for the German FILARM model, the ‘Replacement Army’ includes the administration and security forces under Militarbefehlshaber (MB) Belgien & Nordfrankreich, MB Frankreich, MB Serbien and MB im General-Gouvernement (Poland), and any additional forces in Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia (e.g. the Luftwaffe Flak forces).2 *** All the combat units that existed between 22nd June and 4th July 1941, and that are identified in Volume IIA 3. (The Tables of Organisation and Equipment (TOE) for German Land Combat Units), are listed in the left hand column of the Deployment Matrix pages. The German Deployment Matrix lists each army group, separate army, separate corps (the DAK), OKH reserves, and major rear area commands in the Reich on 22nd June 1941. Within each army group the subordinate armies, panzer groups and army group reserves are shown as columns. In addition, within each army, panzer group and army group reserve, the subordinate corps, army reserves, panzer group reserves and rear-area commands are shown in further columns. The individual combat units assigned to each corps, army reserve, panzer group reserve, or rear-area command, are then listed. Relevant notes at the bottom of each column provide additional information on the combat units listed. Importantly, these notes also provide information on when units transferred from the Western Fronts or the Replacement Army, to the East Front during 1941 (also, refer to chapter Volume IIB 2. on German reinforcements to the East Front). The German Deployment Matrix indicates that on 22nd June 1941 there were 4 army groups, 4 panzer groups and 13 armies in the Reich. They controlled 34 infantry corps, 12 reduced strength special corps, 12 motorised (panzer) corps and 2 flak corps. The divisional forces in the German armed forces, including the Waffen SS, contained 208 ground divisions. These comprised 152 infantry divisions, 4 light infantry divisions, Extract1 SS police infantry division, 20 panzer divisions, 11 motorised divisions (including the 5th Light Division in Africa), 3 Waffen SS motorised divisions, 1 cavalry division, 6 mountain divisions, 1 parachute division and 9 security divisions.3 from 1 The commander of the Replacement Army was Colonel General Friedrick ‘Fritz’ Fromm until 20th July 1944. 2 MB Belgien &Volume Nordfrankreich (Military Commander Belgium and North France), and MB Frankreich (Military Commander France), also reported to the Oberbefehlshaber West. The MD Serbien (Military Commander Serbia) also came under the 12th Army. These were primarily administration (non-combat) HQs which controlled the district’s military security forces as well as local recruitment and initial indoctrination. 3 The 5th Light Division (inIIB the DAK in North Africa) was still classified as a motorised division in June 1941. It is therefore counted as motorised division in1. the Deployment Matrix despite having a panzer regiment attached.

The forces outside of the divisions included the following: • Signals (communication) forces with 12 army/army group signal regiments, 11 army/army group signal battalions and 4 panzer group signal regiments. • Motorised infantry forces with 5 motorised infantry brigades (including 4 Waffen SS brigades), 3 motorised infantry regiments and 3 motorised infantry battalions. • Mixed transport infantry forces with 5 infantry regiments and 9.33 infantry battalions (separate companies are each counted as one third of a battalion). The latter comprised 4 infantry battalions, 3 bicycle infantry battalions, 1 infantry battalion for special purpose (zbv), 1 naval infantry battalion and 1 separate mountain company. • Armoured forces with 2 tank brigades, 2 panzer battalions, 2 panzer companies, 18 assault gun (Sturmgeschutz) battalions, 5 independent assault gun batteries and 3 flame tank battalions.4 • Mixed transport security and army-militia forces (excluding military-police and order-police units) with 4 (Ersatz) security brigades, 45.33 Guard (Wach) battalions and 542 Army Militia (Landesschutzen) Battalions (separate companies are each counted as one third of a battalion). Of this force, the Ersatz brigades, 2.33 Wach battalions and 361 Landesschutzen Battalions, were in the Replacement Army (Ersatzarmee). • Artillery forces with 2 Harko HQs, 59 Arko HQs, 40 special artillery regiment HQs (including 1 horse- drawn and 3 railroad artillery HQs), 36 artillery observation battalions (with 6 balloon artillery observation batteries attached), 129 artillery battalions, 7 separate artillery batteries, 171 coastal artillery batteries and 22 railroad artillery batteries.5 • Rocket artillery forces with 4 special rocket launcher regiment HQs, 5 Nebelwerfer regiments, 7 Nebelwerfer battalions, 1 Nebelwerfer battery and 8 decontamination battalions (Entgiftungs- Abteilung).6 • Army flak forces with 10 anti-aircraft battalions, 14 light anti-aircraft battalions and 51 light anti-aircraft companies.7 21 of these self-propelled light AA companies were attached to panzer and motorised divisions, and 2 self-propelled light AA companies were attached to infantry divisions.8 • Luftwaffe flak forces with 59 Luftwaffe flak regiment HQs, 308 Luftwaffe mixed flak battalions and 46 Luftwaffe light flak battalions. • Anti-tank forces with 6 motorised anti-tank battalions, 10 self-propelled anti-tank battalions and 1 self-propelled heavy anti-tank company.9 • Machine gun forces with 6 motorised MG battalions and 2 semi-motorised MG battalions.10 • Cavalry forces with 2 SS cavalry regiments. • Combat engineer (Pionier) and engineer construction forces with 29 special engineer regiment HQs, 23 motorised combat engineer battalions, 31 semi-motorised combat engineer battalions, 6 assault boat companies, 1 armoured mine-clearing battalion, 29 bridge construction battalions (including 2 motorised), 1 bridge construction company and 11 bridge guard-engineer battalions.11 • Bridging forces with 120 motorised type B bridge columns, 49 type A-T bridge columns (including all heavy bridges) and 1 motorised heavy bridge transport battalion (the 800th). This does not include 59 type B bridge columns in panzer divisions (19), motorised divisions (10), motorised pionier battalions (25), Waffen SS motorised divisions (3), the LSSAH motorised brigade (1) and the 900th Lehr Brigade (1). Also, it does not include 23 type T columns in the infantry divisions: 16 in 2nd wave infantry divisions, 1 in the 72nd Infantry Division, 1 in the 262nd Infantry Division, and 5 in the 5th wave

4 The panzer companies are each counted as one third of a panzer battalion, and the assault gun batteries are each counted as Extractone third of an assault gun battalion, in the Deployment Matrix. 5 The separate artillery batteries are each counted as one third of an artillery battalion in the Deployment Matrix. The coastal artillery batteries are each counted as one third of a coastal artillery battalion in the Deployment Matrix. 6 The 8./222ndfrom Nebelwerfer Battery in Norway/Finland is counted as one third of a Nebelwerfer battalion in the Deployment Matrix. Includes 3 Road Decontamination Battalions. 7 Does not include the 606th AA Battalion in the 5th Light Division, or the new 616th AA Battalion which was still forming. 8 These AA companiesVolume were attached to the panzer and motorised divisions on a semi-permanent basis, but they were still corps units and were not part of these division’s TOEs. 9 Excludes the 605th Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Battalion which was permanently attached to the 5th Light Division (DAK). 10 Excluding the 2nd and 8th MG Battalions in the 5th Light Division (DAK). 11 The 4./17 Ersatz BridgeIIB Construction Company (11th Army Reserve) is counted as one quarter of a bridge construction battalion in the Deployment Matrix.1.

infantry divisions.12 In addition, it does not include 1 motorised type K bridge column attached to the 62nd Motorised Combat Engineer Battalion. • Army construction forces with 47 construction HQs and 147 construction battalions. This does not include any battalions from the Todt Organisation (Organisation Todt – OT) or the Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst – RAD). The construction HQs comprised 10 main construction HQs (Oberbaustab), 31 commander of construction troops HQs (Kommandeur Der Bautruppen), 4 fortress engineering construction HQs, 1 special purpose construction HQ (in the 4th Army) and 1 special snow clearing HQ in Norway. The construction battalions comprised 101 construction battalions, 23 road construction battalions (including 2 motorised), 7 bicycle road construction battalions, 1 marine construction battalion and 15 fortress construction battalions. • Railroad engineering and construction forces with 8 railroad engineering (Eisenbahn-pionier) regiment HQs, 8 railroad engineering battalion HQs, 53 railroad pionier companies, 13 railroad switching companies, 10 railroad engineer construction battalions and 27 railroad engineer construction companies. • Motorised Ordnungspolizei (order-police) forces with 12 motorised police regiment HQs and 41 police rifle battalions. The latter were motorised for the most part, particularly those deployed in the East. • Motorised Feldgendarmerie des Heeres (military field-police of the army) forces with 21 motorised military police battalions and 11 motorised traffic control battalions. • 16 armoured trains. *** From the German Deployment Matrix we can ascertain the German Army, Waffen SS and Luftwaffe flak combat units committed to support Operation Barbarossa (in the East) from 22nd June to 4th July 1941. These forces included those in Army Group North, Army Group Centre, Army Group South, the Norway Army - Befehlsstelle Finnland (East Front only) and OKH Reserves. The invasion forces used up to 4th July 1941 were as follows (refer to pages 52-53): • High level HQs consisting of 3 army-group HQs, 4 panzer group HQs and 8 army HQs. • Corps level HQs consisting of 31 infantry corps HQs, 3 reduced strength special corps HQs, 10 motorised (panzer) corps HQs, 3 army group rear-area HQs (RHG) and 2 flak corps HQs. • Divisional forces with 138 ground divisions. These consisted of 90 infantry divisions, 4 light infantry divisions, 1 SS police infantry division, 17 panzer divisions, 9 motorised divisions, 3 Waffen SS motorised divisions, 1 cavalry division, 4 mountain divisions and 9 small security divisions. All the forces listed below were outside of these divisions (note, they are not included in the TOE of these divisions, as shown in Volume IIA 3.) • Signals (communication) forces with 11 army/army group signal regiments, 6 army/army group signal battalions and 4 panzer group signal regiments. • Motorised infantry forces with 5 motorised infantry brigades (including 4 Waffen SS brigades), and one and a half motorised infantry regiments.13 • Mixed transport infantry forces with 3 security regiments, 2 bicycle infantry battalions, 1 infantry battalion for special purpose (zbv), 1 naval infantry battalion and 1 separate mountain (separate companies are each counted as one third of a battalion). • Armoured forces with 2 panzer battalions (deployed in Finland), 11 assault gun (Sturmgeschutz) battalions, 5 independent assault gun batteries and 3 flame tank battalions. • Mixed transport security and army-militia forces (excluding military-police and order-police units) with 37 Guard (Wach) battalions and 42 Army Militia (Landesschutzen) Battalions. • Artillery forces with 2 Harko HQs, 54 Arko HQs, 36 special artillery regiment HQs (including 1 horse- Extract drawn artillery HQ), 35 artillery observation battalions (with 6 balloon artillery observation batteries attached), 122 artillery battalions, 7 separate artillery batteries, 13 coastal artillery battalions and 11 railroad artillery batteries. from

12 17 of these wereVolume motorised. The type T bridge column in the 78th Infantry Division and the 5 type T bridge columns in the 5th wave infantry divisions were horse-drawn. 13 The LSSAH Brigade’s 4th battalion remained in Germany as Hitler's bodyguard unit. This brigade therefore counts as 7/8 brigade in the Deployment Matrix. In addition, only half of the Lehr Regiment Brandenburg (800 zbV) was initially committed to Operation Barbarossa.IIB The companies from this ‘Special Forces’ unit were distributed amongst the various army groups, and each company1. of the 800zbV is counted as one sixteenth of the regiment in the Deployment Matrix.

• Rocket artillery forces with 4 special rocket launcher regiment HQs, 5 Nebelwerfer regiments, 7 Nebelwerfer battalions, 1 Nebelwerfer battery and 8 decontamination battalions (Entgiftungs- Abteilung). • Army flak forces with 10 anti-aircraft battalions, 10 light anti-aircraft battalions and 47 light anti-aircraft companies. • Luftwaffe flak forces with 13 Luftwaffe flak regiment HQs, 41 Luftwaffe mixed flak battalions and 17 Luftwaffe light flak battalions. • Anti-tank forces with 6 motorised anti-tank battalions, 9 self-propelled anti-tank battalions and 1 self-propelled heavy anti-tank company. • Machine gun forces with 3 motorised MG battalions. • Cavalry forces with 2 SS cavalry regiments. • Combat engineer (Pionier) and engineer construction forces with 28 special engineer regiment HQs, 21 motorised combat engineer battalions, 30 semi-motorised combat engineer battalions, 5 assault boat companies, 1 armoured mine-clearing battalion, 27 bridge construction battalions (including 2 motorised) and 1 bridge construction company. • Bridging forces with 119 motorised type B bridge columns, 45 type A-T bridge columns (including all heavy bridges) and 1 motorised heavy bridge transport battalion (the 800th).14 • Army construction forces with 41 construction HQs and 126 construction battalions (excluding any battalions from the Todt Organisation (Organisation Todt – OT) or the Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst – RAD). The construction HQs comprised 7 main construction HQs (Oberbaustab), 31 commander of construction troops HQs (Kommandeur Der Bautruppen), 2 fortress engineering construction HQs and 1 special purpose construction HQ (in the 4th Army). The construction battalions comprised 94 construction battalions, 23 road construction battalions (including 2 motorised), 7 bicycle road construction battalions and 2 fortress construction battalions. • Railroad engineering and construction forces with 5 railroad engineering (Eisenbahn-pionier) regiment HQs, 7 railroad engineering battalion HQs, 47 railroad pionier companies, 10 railroad switching companies, 6 railroad engineer construction battalions and 16 railroad engineer construction companies. • Motorised Ordnungspolizei (order-police) forces with 3 motorised police regiment HQs and 22 motorised police rifle battalions. • Motorised Feldgendarmerie des Heeres (military field-police of the army) forces with 20 motorised military police battalions and 11 motorised traffic control battalions. • 12 armoured trains. ***

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The German Deployment Matrix: Abbreviations Used and Additional Notes Arm - Armoured Art - Artillery Batts - Battalions Cols - Columns Comp's - Companies Const - Construction Eng - Engineer Fr - Fortress G - Wach : Guard Units Grp - Group How - Howitzer Hvy - Heavy LS - Landesschutzen : Local Defence Units (Militia) Luft - Luftwaffe Mot - Motorised Ob - Oberbaustab HQ R - Road Regs - Regiments Sep - Separate SP - Self Propelled Spec P - Special Purpose 'Construction Reg HQs' and 'Construction Battalions': Excludes Reich Labour Service (RAD) Battalions, and Organisation Todt (OT) Labour Force Battalions. 'Sep Bridge Cols, Type (A-T)'* (refer text for detailed descriptions) A - Type A Combat Bridge B - Type B Medium Combat Bridge C - Type C Light Combat Bridge D - Light Reconnaissance Bridge on Trucks. FR - Captured French Br Equipment G - Mountain Bridging Device H - Herbert, Heavy Box Girder Floating Bridge K - Medium Bridge: Box Materials, Pontoons and Trestles le.Z. - Heavy Combat Bridge s.S. - Heavy Railroad Combat Bridge or Heavy Ships Bridge (Railway) T - Former Czech Combat Bridge * Only separate Bridge Columns are shown. Bridge Columns semi-permanently attached to Divisions or Motorised Pionier Battalions are not shown as separate Corps Units: these are included in the TOE of these units from 22nd June to 4th July 1941.

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/4 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 1./683 (Special Forces), 7th Company. 2xA, 2xle.Z 164 I./36, I./51, I./111 the 29th Infantry Division. *** Road (Str.) Battalion**^ Guard-Watch (Wach) and Landesschutzen (Local Defence) units, reporting to Korück 583. *^^ Motorised units to Korück reporting 583. for is abbreviation Korück Note, Armeegebietes: des rückwärtigen Kommandant (Commandant of Rear Army Area) Mobile^^^ units. zbV; 800 ^^* Brandenburg Reg Lehr *^ 403rd Bicycle Infantry Battalion attached 10^ 131 R***131 to the 291st Infantry Division 32 ^* 127th Construction Battalion was assigned to 127^*, 141, 562R, 591R II./3 8./3, 1./2, 2./6, 5./6, 305 172 106, 125 512 689*^^ 753*^^ 6 * 1./31st Lt AA Co was attached to 291st Inf Div. ^ 10th MG Battalion was attached to the 291st Inf Division 1/4 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 Rail Guns 185 519 1, 11, 21, 636 1xA Battery attached. kurz Bruno kurz 4./683 676 ^ I Corps also had the 4./4 31 Motorised Balloon Balloon Motorised 124, 257, 679R * Railroad 696th 2x280mm Battery had 1/2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 n Memel. 677 161, 401 1xA 563 660 2./683, 3./683 Infantry Battalion 108 equivalent; stationed 95, 100 i * 402nd Bicycle Infantry Battalion. ^ MSK and MST Naval Battalions Regiment HQs Regiments Battalions Battalions Extract Battalions Pionier Pionier P Anti-Tank Battalions Flame Tank Battalions Mot Eng Reg HQs (Spec P) Assault Boat Companies Mot Bridge Sep Cols B** BridgeSep Cols, Type (A-T) SP HvySP Anti-Tank Companies Assault Gun Battalions © Nigel Askey, 2014 Askey, Nigel © Anti-Tank Battalions S Nebelwerfer Nebelwerfer Nebelwerfer Entgiftungs Machine Gun Battalions Mot (Mixed) Bridge Const Battalions Arm Mine Clearing Battalions HQs Flak Corps Luft HQs Flak Reg Luft Luft Mixed Flak Battalions Luft Light Flak Battalions Construction Reg HQs Construction Battalions Railroad Eng Reg HQs Railroad Pionier Bat HQs Companies Pionier Railroad Comp's Switching Railroad Comp's Const Eng Railroad Railroad Eng Const Batts Mot Police Regiment HQ Battalions Rifle Police Mot Military Police Battalions Mot Traffic Control Battalions Armoured Trains from

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1/16 No 1 1 1 1 Description 4Pz Grp HQ Pz Group Reserve Group Pz 8.II./800zbV & HQ^* Bat 326*^ 4.PzGr SS T Division T SS No 1 1 1 1 1 1 Description 56 LVI Corps (Mot) 125 II./61 290 No 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 8 1 3 Army GroupArmy North 1942) January from 1st Army Group Panzer Panzer (4th 4th Description 41 XXXXI (Mot) Corps Deployment and Composition of the German Army, Waffen SS and Luftwaffe Flak Units, 22nd Units, 1941 Flak June SS and Luftwaffe Waffen Army, the German of and Composition Deployment 30 2 618 269 II./59, II./67 611 615 1, 6 36 & Arko & Battalions ) Battalions Wach Divisions Extract Army & Panzer Group HQs Army HQs Corps HQs Panzer Corps HQs Artillery Reg HQs (Spec P) Mixed Artillery Battalions Table German Deployment Matrix Fleiger Motorised Infantry Brigades Motorised Infantry Regiments Motorised Infantry Battalions (Mixed) Infantry Regiments (Mixed) Infantry Battalions Tank Brigades Tank Battalions Cavalry Regiments Brigades or Divisions Security Guard ( Landesschutzen Artillery HQs, Harko Art Observation Battalions Infantry Divisions Army Group Rear Area HQs Army & Army Grp Signal Regs Army & Army Grp Signal Batts Panzer Group Signal Regs 105mm Gun Battalions 150mm Gun Battalions 210mm How Battalions (1) 210mm How Battalions (2) 210mm Gun Battalions Hvy 240mm How Battalions Hvy 240mm Gun Battalions Super Hvy How Battalions Coastal Artillery Battalions Railroad Artillery Batteries 150mm How Battalions Panzer Divisions Panzer Motorised Divisions Motorised Cavalry Divisions Cavalry Divisions Mountain Divisions Light SS Motorised Divisions Motorised SS

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1 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 2 1 1 06 16 8th Company & II Battalion HQ. 9 62* 133 6 B Bridge Columns (1-3./62), Type 1 and K Bridge Column (62). It was attached directly to the 4th Panzer Group HQ. ^ Oberbaustab 32, (Brigade level HQ). ** Road Construction Bicycle Battalions. *^ Bicycle mounted with mot support columns. ^* Lehr Reg Brandenburg 800 zbV; Special Forces. 32 Ob^32 II./6 1./4, 3./4, 6./4, 7./6, 7./3 177 106, 125 106 521 * The 62nd Mot Pionier Battalion had 3 Type 507RBi**, 508RBi** 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 8 4 4./48* 2./412, 2./505, 649 559 678 II./23 92 attached to 8th Pz Div. 44, 55, 87 * 4./48 Lt AA Co was 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 52 52 3./46*, 2./59^ 1./430, 661, 2./406, 2./411 601 26 628 I./3 83, II./411 ^ 2./59th^ Lt AA Co was attached to 1st Pz Div. 71 attached to 6th Pz Div. 62, 254 * 3./46 Lt AA Co was Battalions Regiment HQs Regiments Battalions Battalions Battalions Pionier

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2 No 1 1 1 1 1 Army Reserve Army (562, 615)** Description 16 625 501 II./84 253 2 No 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 , 14^ II Corps Description 5 105, 111 I./106 603, 782, 803 506, 526 II./72 636, 809 12, 32, 121 No 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 Description XXVIII Corps XXVIII 19 19, 130 610 II./47, 843 153 28 122, 123 No 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 4, 135 Army GroupArmy North Army 16th X Corps Description Deployment and Composition of the German Army, Waffen SS and Luftwaffe Flak Units, 22nd Units, 1941 Flak June SS and Luftwaffe Waffen Army, the German of and Composition Deployment 2 38 785 846, 850 I./818 10 30, 126 & Arko & Battalions Harko Extract ) Battalions Wach Divisions

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1/3 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 1 6 1 1 8 2 2 1 1 1 2 680 *^ Motorised units reporting to Korück 584. Korück to reporting units *^ Motorised 3./566 280 1./406, 658 3./52*, 4./55, 4./59 1xH, 1xle.Z 151 I./13, I./291, I./411 I (Fr Ob)^ (Fr I 101, 120, 306, 510R, 677R, 680R 4 I./4 4./3, 1./7, 7./3, 3./5, 7./5, 3./6,306,397 182, 183 114, 122 15 561*^ 751*^ 26, 30 * 3./52nd Lt AA Co was Inf to Div. 253rd attached ^ Stab Fest.Pi.Kdr. I (Fortress Eng Redesignated 'Oberbaustab 21' on 1st Nov 41 ** Guard (Wach) and Landesschutzen units, reporting to Korück 584. 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 7 1 2 541 3 2, 9 659*,660*,666* Balloon Battery attached. 674 101 656, 671 44, 505 2, 12, 121, 652, 656, 663, 671 16 25, 121 which were attached to the 600th Assault Artillery Battalion HQ (600 zbV). Abt ^ II corps also 4./5 the mot had Construction Brigade 1 HQ), 2/3 1/3 1 3 2 5 1 2 514 665*, 667* 655, 657, 662 30, 126 1./566 5xA 98, 108 Gun Batteries were independent Batteries. Batteries were independent Batteries * 665, Assault 667 * 659, Assault 666 and 660 Gun 1/3 2 1 7 2 122, 123 2./566 35 78, 132 Battalions Extract Regiment HQs Regiments Battalions Battalions Battalions Pionier Pionier from Flame Tank Battalions Mot Eng Reg HQs (Spec P) Assault Boat Companies Mot Bridge Sep Cols B** Railroad Artillery Batteries Anti-Air Battalions Nebelwerfer Nebelwerfer Nebelwerfer Entgiftungs Machine Gun Battalions Anti-Tank Battalions Anti-TankSP Battalions HvySP Anti-Tank Companies Assault Gun Battalions Mot (Mixed) Bridge Const Battalions © Nigel Askey, 2014 Askey, Nigel © Light Anti-Air Battalions AA Companies Light SP Sep BridgeSep Cols, Type (A-T) Arm Mine Clearing Battalions HQs Flak Corps Luft HQs Flak Reg Luft Luft Mixed Flak Battalions Luft Light Flak Battalions Construction Reg HQs Construction Battalions Railroad Eng Reg HQs Railroad Pionier Bat HQs Railroad Pionier Companies Pionier Railroad Railroad Switching Comp's Switching Railroad Railroad Eng Const Comp's Const Eng Railroad Railroad Eng Const Batts Mot Police Regiment HQ Battalions Rifle Police Mot Military Police Battalions Mot Traffic Control Battalions Armoured Trains

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Copyright 2014, Nigel Askey 11 Volume IIB & Arko & Battalions ) Battalions Wach Divisions Fleiger Motorised Infantry Brigades Motorised Infantry Regiments Motorised Infantry Battalions Artillery HQs, Harko Art Observation Battalions (Mixed) Infantry Regiments Army & Panzer Group HQs Guard ( Landesschutzen Artillery Reg HQs (Spec P) (Mixed) Infantry Battalions Tank Brigades Tank Battalions Cavalry Regiments Army HQs Mixed Artillery Battalions Security Divisions or Brigades or Divisions Security Corps HQs 150mm How Battalions Panzer Corps HQs 105mm Gun Battalions Army Group Rear Area HQs 150mm Gun Battalions Army & Army Grp Signal Regs 210mm How Battalions (1) 210mm How Battalions (2) 210mm Gun Battalions Hvy 240mm How Battalions Army & Army Grp Signal Batts Hvy 240mm Gun Battalions Super Hvy How Battalions Panzer Group Signal Regs Infantry Divisions Panzer Divisions Panzer Motorised Divisions Motorised SS Motorised Divisions Motorised SS Divisions Cavalry Divisions Mountain Divisions Light 1/8 AG NORTH TOTAL 12 9 1 No 2 10 13 9 3 2 2 3 7 11 2 6 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 20 3 2 1 No 1 2 1 1 Reserves AGN HQ 47, 117 639 3 12 974 1 No 3 1 1 RHG 101 RHG 609, 706*^, 707^ (306, 636, 859, 860)*^, (564, 638, 853, 972)^^, (865, 868, 869, 960)^ Sich.Rgt 3* Description 207, 281, 285 RHG 101 207 1 1 No 1 3 Army GroupArmy North GroupArmy Reserve North Deployment and Composition of the German Army, Waffen SS and Luftwaffe Flak Units, 22nd Units, 1941 Flak June SS and Luftwaffe Waffen Army, the German of and Composition Deployment 24 122 XXIII Corps XXIII Description 23 Extract 206, 251, 254

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12 Copyright 2014, Nigel Askey The OOB of German Land Combat Units: 22nd June to 4th July 1941 Battalions Regiment HQs Regiments Battalions Battalions Battalions Pionier Pionier Nebelwerfer Nebelwerfer Nebelwerfer (Mixed) (Mixed) Bridge Const Battalions Coastal Artillery Battalions Entgiftungs Machine Gun Battalions Mot Assault Boat Companies Railroad Artillery Batteries Anti-Tank Battalions Mot Bridge Sep Cols B** Anti-Air Battalions Anti-TankSP Battalions HvySP Anti-Tank Companies Sep BridgeSep Cols, Type (A-T) Arm Mine Clearing Battalions HQs Flak Corps Luft Light Anti-Air Battalions Assault Gun Battalions Flame Tank Battalions Luft Flak Reg HQs Flak Reg Luft SP Light AA Companies Light SP Mot Eng Reg HQs (Spec P) Luft Mixed Flak Battalions Luft Light Flak Battalions Construction Reg HQs Construction Battalions Railroad Eng Reg HQs Railroad Pionier Bat HQs Railroad Pionier Companies Pionier Railroad Railroad Switching Comp's Switching Railroad Railroad Eng Const Comp's Const Eng Railroad Railroad Eng Const Batts Mot Police Regiment HQ Police Rifle Battalions Rifle Police Mot Military Police Battalions Mot Traffic Control Battalions Armoured Trains 1 1 2 8 5 4 2 1 5 1 2 1 26 2 2 14 2 2 2/3 3 10 7 8 3 10 29 2 3 18 4 7 3 1 6 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1xH 5./31 128 3 201 758 1 1 6 1 battalions. ^ Attached to 281st Security Division. ^^ Attached to 285th Security Division. * Includes bicycle Wach 620th mounted and 619th ** Police (& SS) Regiment Nord (refer text). ^* Attached to Pol.Rgt Nord. 207 Pol.Rgt Nord (& SS)** (53, 319, 321)^*, 105*^, 2^, 65^^ 691 1 143* Battalion, arriving 29th (mobile June 1941 unit). *^ Attached to 207th Security Division. Extract * 143rd Coastal Artillery

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