World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations

Last Updated 23.03.2005

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

 

Vol. 5/II Higher Headquarters and Mechanized GHQ Units 4 July 1943 New

Contents The Author General Introduction How to Read the Charts Germans Units and Symbols Organizational Symbols Abbreviations Order of Battle Army Group Headquarters 603rd Army Group Signal Battalion Army Group Signal Regiment Army Headquarters I./635th Army Signal Regiment Army Signal Regiment 550th Army Signal Regiment Panzer Army Headquarters Army Supply Commander Panzer Army Signal Regiment Infantry Corps Mountain Corps Panzer Corps Commander of Corps Supply Troops Corps Signal Battalion (motorized) Headquarters, Motorized Higher Artillery Command (Harko) Headquarters, Motorized Artillery Command (Arko) Headquarters, Motorized Special Artillery Regiment Motorized Light Artillery Observation Battalion Self-Propelled 194mm Gun Battery Motorized Recoilless Artillery Battalion Motorized Light Artillery Battalion Motorized Light Artillery Battalion (RSO) Motorized Heavy Artillery Battalion Motorized Heavy Gun Battalion Motorized Heavy 210mm Gun Battalion Motorized Heavy 210mm Howitzer Battalion Motorized Heavy 240mm Gun Battalion Motorized Heavy 240mm Howitzer Battalion Motorized Super Heavy Howitzer Battalion Motorized Heavy 420mm Howitzer Battery Self-Propelled Heavy 600mm Howitzer Battery Assault Gun Battalion Motorized Army Anti-Aircraft Battalion Commander of Rocket Troops Motorized Rocket-Launcher Regiment Motorized Independent Infantry Regiment Führer Escort Battalion Light Infantry Battalion (motorized) Machine Gun Battalion (motorized) Heavy Mortar Battalion (motorized) Light Anti-Aircraft Battalion (Motorized/Self-Propelled) Headquarters, Special Tank Brigade Headquarters, Special Motorized Infantry Brigade Tank Units (Captured Equipment) Medium Tank Regiment (Panther) Heavy Tank Battalion (Tiger) Assault Tank Battalion Tank Battalion (Radio Controlled) Mechanized Anti-Tank Battalion Self-Propelled Heavy Antitank Battalion (Hornisse) Self-Propelled Heavy Antitank Battalion (Tiger (P)) Headquarters, Motorized Special Engineer Regiment Motorized Combat Engineer Battalion Motorized Headquarters Detachment for Bridge Columns GHQ Bridge Columns - order of battle Heavy Bridge Columns Motorized Bridge Construction Battalion Armored Engineer Company (Goliath) Motorized Engineer Assault Boat Company 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