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Dave Zimmer
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posted 06-09-2002 04:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Dave Zimmer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Looking for a Gliederung of a Infantry Division for this time frame. I'm trying to find out what type of Company's where in each unit.

Thanks Dave

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Rich
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posted 06-10-2002 10:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rich     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Do you need the KAN/KsTN numbers? They would be those in effect for the Infanterie Division Typ-44, which went into effect in late 1943. I can put them together and post them if you like.

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posted 06-10-2002 02:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rich     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The Infanterie-Division (n.A.) [neuer Arte, or new pattern], later termed the Infanterie-Division Typ-1944, consisted of the following KStN/units.

21n/Div.Stab (n.A.), division headquarters
2076n/Div.Kartenstelle, division map section
2033n/Feld.Gend.Tr.c(t.mot.), military police troop, partly motorized
101n/Inf.Rgt.Stab (n.A.), regimental headquarters (3 of them)
130n/St.Kpn.Inf.Rgt. (n.A.) regimental headquarters company (3)
111n/Inf.Btl.Stab (n.A.), battalion headquarters (6)
151n/M.G.Kpn. (n.A.), machinegun company (6)
171n/I.G.Kpn. (n.A.), infantry gun company (3)
188an/(TE)Fuhr.Inf.Pz.Jg.Zge.(t.mot..)(n.A.), headquarters platoon, infantry AT company, partly motorized (3)
188cn/(TE)Inf.Pz.Jg.Zge.(besp.), infantry AT platoon, horse-drawn (9)
188fn/(TE)Inf.Pz.Jg.Zge.(mot.), infantry AT platoon, motorized (3)
111n/Div.Fus.Btl.Stab (n.A.), division fusilier battalion headquarters
151n/M.G.Kpn.
149n/Schtz.Kp.auf Fahrrd.(n.A.), bicycle rifle company
1140n/Pz.Jg.Kp.(mot.)(n.A.), AT company, motorized
401n/Art.Rgt. Stab(n.A.), artillery regiment headquarters
575n/Stbs.Bttr.Art.Rgt., artillery regiment headquarters battery
403n/Art.Abt. Stab, artillery battalion headquarters (4)
582n/Stbs.Bttrn.le.Art.Abt., light artillery battalion headquarters battery (3)
433n/le.F.H.Bttr., light field howitzer battery (9)
590n/Stbs.Bttr.s.Art.Abt., heavy artillery battalion headquarters battery
???/s.F.H.Bttr., heavy field howitzer battery, horse-drawn (3)
702n/Stab Pi.Btl. (n.A.), engineer battalion headquarters
711n/Pi.Kpn.(n.A.). engineer company (2)
723n/Pi.Kp.auf Fahrrd.(n.A.), bicycle mounted engineer company
805n/Div.Nachr.Abt.(t.mot.). division signal company headquarters, partly motorized
831n/I.D.Fernsp.Kp.(t.mot.), infantry division telephone company, partly motorized
859p/I.D.Fu.Kp.(mot.), infantry division radio company, motorized
871an/le.Nachr.Kol.(t.mot.), signal company light transport column, partly motorized
125a/St.Feld.Ers.Btl., replacement battalion headquarters
125b/Div.Kmpf.Sch., division combat school
1202n/St.Kdr.Div.Nachsch.Tr., division supply headquarters
1242n/Fahrschwadr. 60 to, horse-drawn transport column, 60 ton capacity (2)
1217a/Kraftf.Kp. 90 to, motorized transport column, 90 ton capacity
1052/Werkst.Kp., repair company
1277n/Backerei Kp., bakery company
1282n/Schlacterei Kp., butchery company
2066n/Verpfl.Amt(n.A.), rations office
1309/San.Kp.b (n.A.), medical company
1314n/San.Kp.b (mot.), medical company, motorized
1365n/Kranken Kw.Kp.(n.A.), ambulance company
1415n/Vet.Kp., veterinary company
2251/Fp.Amt a, field post office

Note that this is the first organization, with the ‘mixed’ fusilier/panzerjaeger battalion that was also known as the ‘Schnell Batallion.’ In later 1943 the organization was changed, with a separate panzerjaeger battalion being formed from the former ‘schnell’ battalion. Typically the change was made by transferring the panzerjaeger company from the fusilier battalion to a new ‘mixed’ panzerjaeger battalion. In theory the panzerjaeger company was replaced in the fusilier battalion by a second bicycle-mounted rifle company, but many divisions never had the time or manpower available to do so. The new separate panzerjaeger battalions formed were organized as:

1106/Stb.u.Stbs.Kp.Pz.Jg.Abt.(gem.)., headquarters and headquarters company, mixed panzerjaeger battalion
1140n/s.Pz.Jg.Kp.(mot.), heavy AT company, motorized (KStN 1140 was also used)
1149/Pz.Jg.Kp.(Stu.G.), assault gun company (variations with different KStN numbers were utilized, depending on whether the company was equipped with 10 or 14 guns, and according to which type of equipment, Stu.G. or Pz.Jg.38t, was used).
198/Fla.Kp.(mot.), AAA company, motorized (this was the standard 9-gun 3.7cm company mounted on half-tracked chassis, other variations with different KStN were utilized with towed guns and some companies were equipped with 2cm guns).

Some infantry divisions in France and the Low Countries organized stronger battalions, with a fourth company equipped with Marder-type panzerjager. These companies often appear to have been organized to take advantage of the availability of the locally produced modifications based upon captured French tank chassis. Virtually all were destroyed in the battles in France in summer and fall of 1944 and were not reconstituted. Finally, under an order from the Organization Section of the Army General Staff (OKH/Gen.St.d.H./Org.Abt.) issued on 10 October 1944, all panzerjaeger battalions were to form a Grenadier Begleitzug (infantry escort platoon) to provide close infantry support and protection for the assault gun company. Very few of these apparently ever completed organization and it appears that a formal KStN was never assigned.

Please note that these are the ‘standard’ KStN numbers. Many individual variations existed for divisions formed at different times and locations, and with different equipment.

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Dave Zimmer
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posted 06-10-2002 06:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Dave Zimmer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Outstanding information, thank you for taking the time to post it. I will now have to go get Tessin's Vol.15 to find out what each KStN had.

Reason I have asked for this information is that I'm trying to apply the data from your KOSAVE study to each Infantry Div in the KOSAVE study. At the moment I have hit a wall. Through your research you have gathered all the Data one could ever ask for on each Division. I'm trying to break the data down and apply it to each company/Battery within the Division. The wall I talk about is what each Abteilung, Battalion or Regiment had. Some of it is straight forward like the Arty units. Example 168 Infantry Div III Pz.K. It has bike Recon Battalion of HQ Co and 3 other Companies. My question is What where each of these 3 company's? Did it have a Heavy Weapon Co.? These are the answers I'm try to find for each unit.

Thanks again for the information I will put together a Org chart so I can better visualize it.

Dave

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