Basic
Organization of Panzergrenadier-Regiment in Panzer-Division During 1944
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Table 16. Panzer-Division 44
Table 17. Panzergrenadier-Regiment 44
Table 18. Panzergrenadier-Regiment (mot) 44
Table 19.
Firepower of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 44
Table 20. Firepower of Panzergrenadier-Regiment (mot) 44
Table 21. Panzer-Lehr Division in 1944
Panzergrenadier-Regiment in SS and Luftwaffe Panzer-Division
Facing the fierce fighting in all front
lines, the Panzer-Divisions were once again reorganized. It was not until 3 Aug 1944, that
all the Heeres Panzer-Divisions (with the exception of the Panzer-Lehr
Division and the 21. Panzer-Division) were immediately reorganized in accordance with
the standardized "Gliederung Panzer-Division 44", so called the famous
"Type 44 Panzer-Division" (Table 16).
Panzer-Division
44
 Panzer-Regiment |
I. Abteilung |
 II. Abteilung |
 Panzergrenadier-Regiment |
I. Bataillon |
 II. Bataillon |
| Panzergrenadier-Regiment (mot) |
I. Bataillon |
| II. Bataillon |
 Panzer Jaeger-Abteilung |
 Panzer Aufklaerung-Abteilung |
 Heeres Flak Artillerie-Abteilung |
 Panzer Artillerie-Regiment |
| Panzer Pioniere-Bataillon |
Table 16. Major combat components of
"Type 44 Panzer-Division".
The "Type 44 Panzer-Division"
remained the same structure as before, many armored fighting vehicles were upgunned and
upgraded. There were still four battalions of Panzergrenadiers in two regiments, but at
least three differences were observed in regimental organization as compared to previous
one (Table 17 and Table 18). First, due to
the shortage of manpower, the company size in the regiment was reduced to ten, rather than
previous eleven. Second, the Flak-Kompanie was disbanded and the self-propelled 2 cm flaks
were integrated into heavy company. Third, the supply section within each company was
concentrated into a supply company under the battalion command.
Panzergrenadier-Regiment
44
Table 17. Basic organization of
Panzergrenadier-Regiment in "Type 44 Panzer-Division".
Panzergrenadier-Regiment
(mot) 44
Table 18. Basic organization of
Panzergrenadier-Regiment (mot) in "Type 44 Panzer-Division".
The firepower of
Panzergrenadier-Regiment in 1944 was reduced due to removal of all anti-tank guns as
compared to previous one (Table 19 and Table 20).
Its anti-tank guns were given over to the Panzer Jaeger-Abteilung but the Panzergrenadiers
were equipped with Panzerschrecks and Panzerfaust (anti-tank bazookas).
Firepower of
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 44
| |
LMG/HMG |
2 cm Flak/FT |
7.5 cm/15 cm IG |
8 cm/12 cm Mortar |
| Stab |
15/0 |
|
|
|
| I. Bataillon |
105/12 |
21/0 |
12/0 |
6/4 |
| II. Bataillon |
60/12 |
6/0 |
|
6/4 |
| 9. Kompanie |
7/0 |
|
0/6 |
|
| 10. Kompanie |
27/2 |
1/24 |
|
2/0 |
| Total |
214/26 |
28/24 |
12/6 |
14/8 |
Table 19. Firepower distribution of
Panzergrenadier-Regiment in "Type 44 Panzer-Division", LMG: light machine gun,
HMG: heavy machine gun, FT: flame thrower, IG: infantry gun.
Firepower of
Panzergrenadier-Regiment (mot) 44
| |
LMG/HMG |
2 cm Flak/FT |
7.5 cm/15 cm IG |
8 cm/12 cm Mortar |
| Stab |
4/0 |
|
|
|
| I. Bataillon |
60/12 |
6/0 |
|
6/4 |
| II. Bataillon |
60/12 |
6/0 |
|
6/4 |
| 9. Kompanie |
7/0 |
|
0/6 |
|
| 10. Kompanie |
12/2 |
0/18 |
|
2/0 |
| Total |
143/26 |
12/18 |
0/6 |
14/8 |
Table 20. Firepower distribution of
Panzergrenadier-Regiment (mot) in "Type 44 Panzer-Division", LMG: light machine
gun, HMG: heavy machine gun, FT: flame thrower, IG: infantry gun.
The Panzer-Lehr Division was the
strongest one among the Heeres Panzer-Divisions. It was formed on 10 Jan 1944 from staff,
instructors and demonstration units of various panzer training school, thus the formation
naturally made it something of a crack unit. Although it had only two panzer battalions,
nevertheless equipped all its Panzergrenadiers and engineers with SdKfz 251 SPW, and had
all its artillery self-propelled (Table 21).
Panzer-Lehr
Division in 1944
| Panzer-Lehr Regiment 130 |
I. Abteilung |
| II. Abteilung |
| Panzergrenadier-Lehr Regiment 901 |
I. Bataillon |
| II. Bataillon |
| Panzergrenadier-Lehr Regiment 902 |
I. Bataillon |
| II. Bataillon |
 Panzer Jaeger-Lehr Abteilung
130 |
| Panzer Aufklaerung-Lehr Abteilung 130 |
| Heeres Flak Artillerie-Abteilung 311 |
| Panzer Artillerie-Regiment 130 |
| Panzer Pioniere-Lehr Bataillon 130 |
Table 21. Major combat components of
Panzer-Lehr Division in 1944.
The organization of Panzer-Lehr Division
demonstrated the ideal equipments of Panzergrenadier-Regiment with all half-tracked SdKfz
251 SPW to cooperate with panzers across country. As Guderian was to argue: "It is
better to have a few strong divisions than many partially equipped ones. The later type
needs a large quantity of wheeled vehicles, fuel and personnel which is quite
disproportionate to their effectiveness; they are a burden, both to command and to
supply." The Panzer-Lehr Division was the best example.
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