World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations

Last Updated 17.06.04

GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES Compiled by Leo W.G. Niehorster

 

Vol. 1/III Higher Headquarters – GHQ Units — Static Units 1 September 1939 (2nd Revised Edition)

Volume 1-III in this second, revised and expanded edition, has been amended and updated with further data discovered in the German Federal Military Archives in Freiburg/Breisgau. The Army Paket units have been amended, and missing ones added. Many other pages have also been amended and corrected, encompassing order of battle addtions as well as some new units within the existing pages. New pages encompass the 501st Army Signal Regiment, the Motor Transport Regiments, and the Fortress Pillau. The Border Guards – besides having been further detailed – now include those commands not mobilized in August 1939, namely the 4th, 10th, and 20th Border Command Sectors.

Contents The Author General Introduction How to Read the Charts Germans Units and Symbols Organizational Symbols Pictograms Depicting Individuals and Vehicles Abbreviations Order of Battle of the German Army on 1 September 1939 Typical Paket (Fully Constituted Army with Army Troops and attached GHQ Troops) Paket – Order of Battle Army Group & Army with Army Field Post and Commissary Services Army Signal Regiment 501st Army Signal Regiment Headquarters, Special Engineer Regiment (motorized) Combat Engineer Battalion (motorized) Bridge Construction Battalion (semi-motorized) Road Construction Battalion Motorized Antitank Battalion Army Medical Services Army Supply Services Army Veterinary Services Army Provost Marshal Services Infantry Corps Infantry Corps (motorized) Corps Signal Battalion (motorized) Motorized Corps Signal Battalion (motorized) Corps Transport Battalion (motorized) Corps Artillery Battalion (motorized) Corps Combat Engineer Battalion (motorized) Headquarters, Artillery Commander (motorized) (Arko) Headquarters, Special Artillery Regiment (motorized) Light Artillery Regiment (motorized) Motorized Heavy Artillery – Order of Battle Heavy Artillery Battalion (motorized) (s. FH & 10cm Kan.) Heavy Artillery Battalion (motorized) (15cm Kan. & 21cm Mörs.) Heavy Artillery Battalion (motorized) (21cm Mörs. & 30,5cm Mörs.) Heavy Artillery Battalion (motorized) (24cm Kan.) Rocket Battalion (motorized) Machine Gun Battalion (motorized) Headquarters, Independent Panzer Brigade Panzer Regiment Panzer Regiment (LTM 35) Tank Demonstration Battalion Motorized Anti-Tank Battalion Reconnaissance Demonstration Battalion Headquarters, Special Engineer Regiment (motorized) Blocking Column (motorized) Combat Engineer Battalion (motorized) + Headquarters Engineer Company (motorized) + Engineer Column (motorized) Type B Bridge Column (motorized) + Order of Battle Engineer Bridge Construction Battalion (semi-motorized) + Headquarters Bridge Construction Company + Bridge Construction Company (motorized) Equipment Platoon (motorized) + Construction Park Company (motorized) Motor Transport Regiment Higher Construction Headquarters Construction Sector Headquarters Construction Battalion Survey Company (motorized) 1st Border Guard Sector Command 2nd Border Guard Sector Command 3rd Border Guard Sector Command Border Guard Sector Command Schweidnitz Border Guard Corps Command Oberrhein Border Guard Corps Command Eifel Border Guard Sector Command Trier Border Guard Sector Command Aachen 9th Border Guard Sector Command 10th Border Guard Sector Command Border Guard Corps Command Saarpfalz 12th Border Guard Sector Command 13th Border Guard Sector Command 14th Border Guard Sector Command 15th Border Guard Sector Command 20th Border Guard Sector Command 30th Border Guard Sector Command Group Brand Fortress Lötzen Fortress Königsberg Goldap Brigade Fortress Pillau Group Eberhard Border Guard Sector Command Border Guard Sector Border Guard Engineer Blocking Battalion Bibliography Annex     Introduction to German soft-skinned motor vehicles     German numbered motorized soft-skinned vehicles     German special military vehicles     German military trailers and special military trailers     German horse-drawn vehicles: wagons – carts — sleds     German Army ranks and Stellengruppen (billet groups)     German military personnel job descriptions