Appendix
(Lt-Gen. Schmalz)
Panzer Regiment HG (Oberst Roth)
HQ Company
II. Battalion
III. Battalion (StuG)
Tank Strength:
PzIV(Lang) i.e., long-barelled 7.5cm guns: 31
PzIIIL: 25
PzIIIN: 3
StuGIIIG: 16
StuH42: 6
PzBefehlwagen: 3
Panzergrenadier Regiment HG 1 (Oberst Kluge)
I. Battalion (Mechanized)
II. Battalion (Motorized)
III. Battalion (Motorized)
13. Company (6 × 150mm sIG, mechanized)
14. Company (Engineers, motorized)
Panzergrenadier Regiment HG 2 (Oberst von Necker)
I. Battalion (Motorized)
II. Battalion (Motorized)
III. Battalion (Motorized)
13. Company (6 × 150mm sIG, motorized)
15. Company (9 × Sdkfz 10/4)
Panzer-Artillery Regiment HG
I. Battalion (12 × Wespe + 6 × Hummel)
II. Battalion (12 × 105mm leFH, motorized)
III. Battalion (12 × 150mm sFH, mechanized)
IV. Battalion (12 × 150mm NbW41 + 4 × 150mm sFH, motorized)
FlaK Regiment HG
I. Battalion
1. Company (4 × 88mm Flak18 + 3 37mm Flak43)
2. Company (4 × 88mm Flak18 + 3 37mm Flak43)
3. Company (4 × 88mm Flak18 + 3 37mm Flak43)
4. Company (12 × Sdkfz 10/4, 4 × Sdkfz 7/1)
5. Company (12 × Sdkfz 10/4, 4 × Sdkfz 7/1)
II. Battalion
6. Company (4 × 88mm Flak18 + 3 37mm Flak43)
7. Company (4 × 88mm Flak18 + 3 37mm Flak43)
8. Company (4 × 88mm Flak18 + 3 37mm Flak43)
9. Company (12 × Sdkfz 10/4, 4 × Sdkfz 7/1)
10. Company (12 × Sdkfz 10/4, 4 × Sdkfz 7/1)
Führer Flak Abteilung
1. Company (12 × Sdkfz 6/2)
2. Company (12 × Sdkfz 6/2)
3. Company (12 × Sdkfz 6/2)
Armoured Recon Abteilung HG
1. Company (8 × Sdkfz.234/1, 6 × Sdkfz.222, 4 × Sdkfz.231/3)
2. Company (Infantry, motorized)
3. Company (Infantry, mechanized)
4. Company (2 × 75mm leIG, 3 × 50mmPak38, 4 × HMG)
Panzer Pioneer Abteilung HG (Hauptmann Bittig)
1. Company (Motorized)
2. Company (Motorized)
3. Company (Motorized)
LIST OF LUFTWAFFE FIELD DIVISION
1st Luftwaffe Field Division
2nd Luftwaffe Field Division
3rd Luftwaffe Field Division
4th Luftwaffe Field Division
5th Luftwaffe Field Division
6th Luftwaffe Field Division
7th Luftwaffe Field Division
8th Luftwaffe Field Division
9th Luftwaffe Field Division
10th Luftwaffe Field Division
11th Luftwaffe Field Division
12th Luftwaffe Field Division
13th Luftwaffe Field Division
14th Luftwaffe Field Division
15th Luftwaffe Field Division
16th Luftwaffe Field Division
Eventually transferred to the Heer as 16th Luftwaffe Infantry Division (later 16th Volksgrenadier Division)
17th Luftwaffe Field Division
18th Luftwaffe Field Division
19th Luftwaffe Field Division (later 19th Luftwaffe Sturm Division)
Eventually transferred to the Heer as 19th Grenadier Division (later 19th Volksgrenadier Division)
20th Luftwaffe Field Division (later 20th Luftwaffe Sturm Division)
21st Luftwaffe Field Division (previously the Meindl Division, an ad hoc collection of Luftwaffe resources)
22nd Luftwaffe Field Division - never formed, its sub-units were assigned to other divisions.
Luftwaffe Anti-Aircraft Guns
It should be noted that a number of these weapons were also used in a dual purpose role as well against not only aerial targets, but ground ones as well.
8.8cm FlaK 18
This entered production in Germany in 1933. Used the Sonderanhänger 201 trailer. Weight 7 tonnes. Rate of fire 15 to 20 rounds per minute. Later, fitted with a gun shield to protect the crew when engaging ground targets. Produced by krupp. The Flak 18 can be distinguished from the later Flak 36 by its more slender, barrel.
Mod 1938 II
Approximately 50 guns modified so a single man could adjust elevation and traverse.
8.8cm FlaK 36
Entered service 1936–37. It generally, but not always, used the redesigned trailer Sonderanhänger 202 enabling a faster set up time from the limbered position. The SdAnh 202 had twin wheels on two similar carriages. Could engage ground targets from its traveling position. Weight 7 tonnes. Rate of fire 15 to 20 rounds per minute. Produced by krupp. Later, fitted with a shield to protect the crew when engaging ground targets. The Flak 36 had a three, later two, piece barrel with a prominent securing nut that interrupted the smooth shape of the barrel. With hindsight, the change became unnecessary due to the switch to less corrosive propellant and sintered iron driving bands on the projectiles, which increased barrel life from about 9,000 to over 10,000 rounds. The use of a new barrel resulted in considerable and unnecessary industrial chaos. Eventually Flak 18 type barrels were slowly reintroduced. Many Flak 36 barrels used the earlier Sonderanhänger 102 trailer so this is not in itself a recognition feature.
8.8cm FlaK 37
An updated version of the Flak 36, the main difference being Übertragungsgerät 37 (a data transmission system). Produced by krupp. Last of the versions with the shorter 571 mm cartridge case.
8.8cm FlaK 41
Entered service 1943. Improved development, longer barrel and cartridge case. Fitted to the Sonderanhänger 202 as standard. Produced by Rheinmetall-Borsig.
8.8cm Gerät 42
Krupp design to fill the same role as the FlaK 41; did not enter service as an anti-aircraft gun. Further development of the weapon led to the Pak 43 anti-tank gun.
8.8cm PaK 43
Anti-tank model developed from krupp’s 8.8cm Gerät 42. New gun carriage the Sonderanhänger 204. Developed by krupp and manufactured in its different versions, including kwk 43, by among others Dortmund Hoerder-Hüttenverein, Henschel, Weserhütte and Fr. Garny. A 71.6 calibre long barrel and a 822 mm cartridge case.
12.8cm FlaK 40
This gun was built as the successor to the 8.8cm gun. Although it was not produced in large numbers, it was one of the most effective heavy AA guns of its era.
FlaK 30 (Flugabwehrkanone 30) and improved FlaK 38
These 2cm anti-aircraft guns widely used by Luftwaffe units. It was the primary German light anti-aircraft gun and was produced in a variety of models, notably the Flakvierling 38 which combined four Flak 38’s onto a single carriage. The 20cm weapons was a stop-gap measure for the improved 2cm Flakvierling 38.
3.7cm FlaK 43
This weapon was fully automatic and effective against aircraft flying at altitudes of 4200 metres and below. The cannon was produced in both towed and self-propelled versions. Flak crews used the Flak 43, among other anti-aircraft pieces, in ground support roles as well Comparatively few were built.
5cm FlaK 41 (Flugabwehrkanone 41)
This 50cm anti-aircraft gun produced for defending intermediate zones above the light, 3.7cm guns’ range, but below the ceiling of the heavy, 7.5cm and above, pieces. The gun proved inadequate and was produced in small numbers