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Infantry Division (7th Wave)
Infanteriedivision (7. Welle)

10 May 1940
 
Infanterie-Division (7. Welle)
 
1939 - 1940 Organizational Symbols
 
7. Welle Infantry Divisions
Division
  (Commander on 10.05.1940)
W.K. Infantry Other
Units
Heavy
Artillery
Battalion
Comments
161.
  Gen.Lt. Hermann Wilck
I 336 Regiment
364 Regiment
371 Regiment
241 – artillery equipped with leFH 18
162.
  Gen.Lt. Hermann Franke
II 303 Regiment
314 Regiment
329 Regiment
236 –  
163.
  Gen.Lt. Erwin Engelbrecht
III 307 Regiment
310 Regiment
342 Regiment
234 – artillery battalions all have three batteries.
164.
  Gen.Lt. Josef Folttmann
IV 382 Regiment
433 Regiment
440 Regiment
220 IV./Art Rgt 220 'Infanterie-Lehr-Division' (Demonstration Infantry Division) has 2 extra staffs for training:
  – Kdo. Stab Inf. Lehrgang,
  – Stab Pionier-Regiment z.b.V..
Rifle companies have 12 LMG and 3 light mortars; heavy companies have 12 HMG and 6 medium mortars (81mm); infantry gun companies have 2 heavy and 6 light guns; Art Rgt 220 has weather platoon and printing section; light artillery battalions equipped with leFH 18; heavy battalion with sFH 18; bicycle company has 12 LMG, 2 HMG (on motorcycles) and 3 light mortars; signal column is not motorized; 1 motorized and 2 horse-drawn light transport columns; no heavy transport columns; horse drawn bakery company is complete as type 'e'
167.
  Gen.Maj. Oskar Vogl
VII 315 Regiment
331 Regiment
339 Regiment
238 – artillery equipped with leFH 18
168.
  Gen.Lt. Hans Mundt
VIII 417 Regiment
429 Regiment
442 Regiment
248 –  
169.
  Gen.Maj. Heinrich Kirchheim
IX 378 Regiment
379 Regiment
392 Regiment
230 –  
170.
  Gen.Lt. Walter Wittke
X 391 Regiment
399 Regiment
401 Regiment
240 – artillery equipped with leFH 18
181.
  Gen.Lt. Kurt Woyrasch
XI 334 Regiment
349 Regiment
359 Regiment
222 – 1 motorized and 7 horse-drawn light transport columns; no heavy transport columns
183.
  Gen.Lt. Benignus Dippold
XIII 330 Regiment
343 Regiment
351 Regiment
219 – 1 motorized and 7 horse-drawn light transport columns; no heavy transport columns
196.
  Gen.Lt. Richard Pellengahr
XX 340 Regiment
345 Regiment
362 Regiment
233 – artillery equipped with leFH 18; 1 motorized and 4 horse-drawn light transport columns; 2 heavy transport columns
197.
  Gen.Lt. Hermann Meyer-Rabingen
XXI 321 Regiment
332 Regiment
347 Regiment
229 – infantry regiments with bicycle platoons instead of cavalry platoons; 1 motorized and 4 horse-drawn light transport columns; 2 heavy transport columns
198.
  Gen.Lt. Otto Roettig
Prag 305 Regiment
308 Regiment
326 Regiment
235 – infantry regiments with bicycle platoons instead of cavalry platoons; only 2 engineer companies
 
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