Panzer-Grenadier-Division Grodeutschland

The Panzer Grenadier Division Grodeutschland[notes 1] (also commonly referred to simply as

Grodeutschland[notes 2] or Grossdeutschland or
Grodeutschland Division or Grossdeutschland
Division or Panzergrenadier Division Grossdeutschland) was an elite combat unit of the German Army
(Heer) that fought on the Eastern Front in World War
II. The Grodeutschland was considered to be a premier
unit of the German Army and as such it was one of the
best-equipped units of the army, receiving equipment
before almost all other units.

ary 1942, Rie Battalion Grodeutschland (all that was

left of the original regiment) was disbanded and two battalions formed a new Grodeutschland Regiment out of
reinforcements arriving from Neuruppin. The Regiment
later moved to Orel after, and on 1 Apr 1942, arising out
of the need for new motorized formations for the summer
oensives of 1942, an announcement was made at a regimental parade at Rjetschiza: Eective immediately, the
former Infantry Regiment Grodeutschland is expanded
to the Infantry Division Grodeutschland.[1]

1.2 Infanterie-Division Grodeutschland

(mot.)

History

Main article: Infantry Regiment Grodeutschland

While resting and retting near Orel, the Infantry Reg-

The unit originally started out as a ceremonial guard unit

in the 1920s and by the late 1930s had grown into a regiment of the German Army. The regiment would later be
expanded and renamed Infantry Division Grodeutschland in 1942, and after signicant reorganization was
renamed Panzergrenadier Division Grodeutschland in
May 1943. And later in November 1944, while the division retained its status as a panzergrenadier division,
some of its subordinate units were expanded to divisional
status, and the whole group of divisions were reorganized
as Panzerkorps Grodeutschland.

1.1

Early history

The roots of the unit go back to 1921 when the guard Map courtesy of deutschesoldaten.com.
unit of the city of Berlin (Wachregiment Berlin) was
created. The unit was used for ceremonial and representative duties such as parades and guard duties in the
capital. The unit was later reformed as Kommando der
Wachtruppe[notes 3] . The unit grew in size, function and
responsibility throughout the 1930s. In the rst week of
1939, Hitler ordered that the unit be renamed InfanterieRegiment Grodeutschland.[notes 4] The unit was now
a permanent cadre, and unlike other regiments of the
German Army (which were raised from a particular region), the recruits of the Grodeutschland were to be
drawn from across the nation. The unit was ocially activated on 14 June 1939, and the occasion was marked by
a parade through the streets of the capital.
iment Grodeutschland reorganized and expanded to
become Infanterie-Division Grodeutschland (mot.).
The existing Regiment became Infanterie-Regiment
Grodeutschland 1, and was joined by the newly formed

The regiment saw action in France in 1940. It was attached to Panzer Group 2 in the opening phases of Barbarossa, and was nearly annihilated in the vicious ghting
outside of Moscow in late 1941. On the last day of Febru1

1 HISTORY

Infanterie-Regiment Grodeutschland 2. Supporting

units in the form of a Panzer battalion, an assault gun
battalion and increased ak, artillery and engineers were
added with the upgrade to divisional status.
After the reorganization, the Grodeutschland Division
was assigned to XLVIII. Panzerkorps during the opening
phases of Fall Blau, the assault on Stalingrad. The division took part in the successful attacks to cross the upper
Don river and to capture Voronezh. In August, the division was pulled back to the north bank of the Donets
and held as a mobile reserve and re-brigade counterattack force. During the combined Soviet winter oensives Operation Uranus and Operation Mars, the Division Grodeutschland Division soldiers, Kursk, July 1943
was involved in heavy winter ghting near Rzhev. The
Division sustained heavy losses in the Rzhev salient, effectively making the division combat ineective. It was Citadel - the German oensive to sever the Kursk salient.
During the buildup period, a brigade of two battalions
pulled out of the lines and retted.
equipped with the new tanks, Panther Ausf. D, was integrated into the OOB of Grodeutschland Division. After
the launch of Operation Citadel, the division was heavily
engaged in the ght to penetrate the southern shoulder of
the salient. The new Panthers were plagued by technical problems, suering from engine res and mechanical
breakdowns, with many becoming disabled before reaching the battleeld. The Grodeutschland Division did not
Distinctive unit markings of the Panzer Battalion Grodeutsch- take part in the tank battle of Prokhorovka, and the Panland Division based on photos taken in September 1942 of ther tanks were not engaged as most were broken down
PzKpfw IVs of the Panzer Abteilung Grodeutschland Division. by the time the battle started. The division fought on until
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it was pulled back to Tomarovka on 18 July 1943.

1.3

Kharkov

1.6 Defensive battles after Operation

Citadel

In JanuaryFebruary 1943, Grodeutschland and

XLVIII.Panzerkorps, along with the II SS Panzer Corps
took part in the Third Battle of Kharkov. The division
fought alongside the 1.SS Division Leibstandarte SS
Adolf Hitler, 2.SS Division Das Reich and 3.SS Division
Totenkopf during these battles. After the fall of Kharkov,
the Grodeutschland was again pulled back and retted.

After the Kursk oensive was cancelled, the division was

transferred back to Heeresgruppe Mitte, and resumed its
role as mobile reserve. The Tiger tank company was
expanded to an entire battalion, becoming the III. Battalion of the Panzer Regiment. Grodeutschland saw
heavy ghting around Karachev before being transferred
back to XLVIII Panzer Corps in late August. For the
rest of 1943, Grodeutschland was engaged in the ght1.4 Panzer
Grenadier
Division ing withdrawal from the eastern Ukraine, taking part
in battles around Kharkov, Belgorod, and nally on the
Grodeutschland
Dnieper, ending the year ghting strong enemy forces
near
Michurin-Rog, east of Krivoi-Rog. It was during this
In May 1943, with the addition of armoured personnel
period
that the division earned the nickname die Feuercarriers and Tigers the division was redesignated Panzer
[2]
wehr
(The
Fire Brigade).
Grenadier Division Grodeutschland, though in reality it now had more armoured vehicles than most full
strength panzer divisions.

1.7 Activities in 1944

1.5

Operation Citadel

Grodeutschland continued ghting in the area of KrivoiRog early in January 1944 until it was transferred west for
The newly re-equipped division was subordinated to the rest and ret. During this period, 1./Panzer Regiment 26
XLVIII Panzer Corps (which is part of Fourth Panzer (Panther) joined the Panzer Regiment Grodeutschland,
Army commanded by Hermann Hoth), and was to play a and Grodeutschlands I. Bataillon moved to France to
major role alongside the II SS Panzer Corps in Operation ret and train with the new tanks; they did not rejoin the

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Division until after the Normandy invasion.
Over the next months, the division continued moving
from crisis-point to crisis-point across the front. Panzer
Regiment Grodeutschland saw action in the battles to relieve the Cherkassy pocket in late January 1944 while the
rest of the division was involved in heavy ghting from
the Dniester to Northern Bessarabia. On 4 March 1944
the First, Second and Third Ukrainian Fronts launched
a major attack on the north, central and southern anks
of Army Group South, and Grodeutschland moved to
Kirovgrad, bolstering weak parts of the line until withdrawn to Rovnoye to the southwest. On 16 March the
division began the move to the Dniester River, and by the Panzers of the division in Romania, 1944
end of March had entered Romania.
In April 1944, Grodeutschland, as a part of
LVII.Panzerkorps, fought defensive battles near Iai,
including the First Battle of Trgu Frumos, slowly
retreating to Trgul Frumos in Moldavia. Fighting in
the region raged for over a month. A renewed Soviet
oensive began on 2 May, aimed at breaking through
Grodeutschland and onto the Romanian oil elds. The
defensive action at the Second Battle of Trgu Frumos
was the focus of several NATO studies during the Cold
War.

to exist, having been completely destroyed in the battles

around Pillau. Of the survivors only a few hundred
were able to make their way to Schleswig-Holstein and
surrendered to British forces. The majority of the men
were left behind and were forced to surrender to the
Russians where they often faced death or an indenite
amount of time in Soviet labor camps.

Panzer Grenadier Division Kurmark had been created

out of Grodeutschland remnants in early 1945 and had
fought throughout the last months of the war. Men of
In mid May, the infantry and reconnaissance components both the Brandenburg and Kurmark units were entitled to
of the division were equipped with armored personnel wear Grodeutschland insignia.
carriers (Schtzenpanzerwagen) and other armoured vehicles. The Fsilier regiments were downsized from four
battalions to three. The division was then sent back to the 2 List of commanders
front, where it was involved in the ghting around Podul
Iloaiei. After a brief rest in early July, the division was
Oberstleutnant Wilhelm-Hunold von Stockhausen,
again committed to heavy ghting in northern Romania.
July 1939 - Feb 1940
In late July, the division was transferred to East Prussia.
Oberstleutnant Gerhard Graf von Schwerin, Feb
Over the next months, Grodeutschland was involved in
1940 - Mar 1940
heavy ghting in both East Prussia, including a successful
counter-attack on Wilkowischken and the Baltic States,
Oberst Wilhelm-Hunold von Stockhausen, Mar
suering large casualties in both men and material. The
1940 - August 1941
division was nearly annihilated during the battles in the
Memel bridgehead.
Oberst Walter Hrnlein, August 1941 - April 1942

1.8

Panzer Corps Grodeutschland

Main article: Panzerkorps Grodeutschland

In November 1944, while the division retained its status as a Panzergrenadier division, several attached units
were expanded to divisional status, and the Panzerkorps
Grodeutschland [notes 5] was formed.

Generalmajor Walter Hrnlein, April 1942 - April

1944
Generalleutnant Hasso von Manteuel, 1 February
1944 - August 1944
Generalmajor Karl Lorenz, 1 September 1944 till
end of war

The Corps was made up of primarily two Divisions Grodeutschland and the Brandenburg Division which
have its origins strongly linked to the Grodeutschland.

3 Personal accounts

By March 1945, the Panzer Grenadier Division

Grodeutschland had been reduced to around 4,000
men. These escaped by ferry from the collapsing Memel
bridgehead. They landed at Pillau and were put straight
back into combat. By 25 April 1945, the division ceased

The unit became known in the West through the book

The Forgotten Soldier, by the Alsatian veteran, Guy Sajer
(a pseudonym), who served as a volunteer. The book
was rst published in 1967 in France as Le Soldat Oubli.
While the historical accuracy of Sajers autobiographical

ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE

work has been questioned, it nevertheless oers a vivid

and moving account of the horrors of war on the Eastern
Front.
A more recent account was written by Alfred Nowotny,
entitled The Good Soldier, which focuses on both his
experiences in Panzerfsilier Regiment Grodeutschland
from 1944, but also his captivity in the Soviet Union after
the German surrender. Jurgen Herbst, emeritus professor
of history at the University of Wisconsin, recounts his experience as a young volunteer who joined the Division in
1945 in his book Requiem for a German Past.

War crimes

The book German Army and Genocide (ISBN 1-56584525-0) mentions the following incident, from the invasion
of Yugoslavia:
When one German soldier was shot and
one seriously wounded in Pancevo, Wehrmacht soldiers and the Waen SS rounded up
about 100 civilians at random...the town commander, Lt. Col. Fritz Bandelow conducted
the Courts Martial...The presiding judge, SSSturmbannfhrer Rudolf Homann sentenced
36 of those arrested to death. On April 21,
1941, four of the civilians were the rst to be
shot...On the following day eighteen victims
were hanged in a cemetery and fourteen more
were shot at the cemetery wall by an execution
squad of the Wehrmachts Grodeutschland
regiment.
German Army and Genocide, page 42

The Grodeutschland cu title

Grodeutschland were still seen late in the war, but the

most common title was the pattern introduced in 1940,
with Stterlin script on a black backing. All divisional
elements were granted this cu title. As an army formation, Grossdeutschland wore their cu title on the right
sleeve.

5.2 Order of Battle as of September 1943

Part of the photographic presentation for the book includes a photo where the Grodeutschland cu title on [3]
the ocer is clearly visible. The ocial Grodeutschland
history by Helmuth Spaeter mentions that only draco5.2.1 Divisional Headquarters
nian measures were occasionally required to halt looting
by the civilian population in Belgrade. The events of 21
Divisional Sta (32 Ocers, 143 NCOs and enlisted)
April in Pancevo are not discussed directly, though many
references are made to security duties in Yugoslavia.
Divisional Commander.
The subject of Grossdeutschlands complicity in war
crimes was the subject of the book by Omer Bartov The maps and the divisional war diary, liaison with neighbourEastern Front, 194145, German Troops, and the Bar- ing units, and structuring component units of the division.
barization of Warfare (1986, ISBN 0-312-22486-9).

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5.1

Organization and structure

Insignia

Members of the Grossdeutschland wore an intertwined

GD on the shoulder straps and a cu title. Some examples of the green cu title worn by Infantry Regiment

Ib (II General Sta Ocer) (Supply and Administration) Directed the supply and workshop units of
the division, eld police, provost marshall and eld
post oce units.
O2 (1st Assistant Adjutant) Assisted the Ib and handled the organization of all back line services.
Ib/WuG (Waen und Gerte - Weapons and Equipment). Responsible for replacement, repair, supply,

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Order of Battle as of September 1943

and maintenance of ammunition, weapons and non- reserve, and was in essence a small battle group suited to
specialized equipment.
all operational circumstances. It included, according to
varying sources, some or all of the following:
Ib/Kfz (Divisional Engineer). Provided for replacement and supply of motor vehicles, spare parts, tires,
Rie Platoon
fuel, etc. as well as trac control, the workshop
Motorcycle Platoon
companies, fuel points and columns.
Ic (III General Sta Ocer). Intelligence. Responsible for interrogation of POWs, radio intercept
work, etc.
O3 (Third Assistant Adjutant). Assisted the Ic,
oversaw map unit and interpreters at division HQ.
Id (Training)

Heavy Machinegun/Mortar Platoon

Infantry Platoon
Heavy Anti-Tank Platoon
Self-Propelled Flak Platoon
Mixed Anti-Tank (Panzerjger) Platoon.

IIa (Adjutant) Handled administration such as loss

and casualty reports, rosters, etc. as well as admin- 5.2.3 Feldgendarmerie (Military Police)
istration relating to ocers - replacements, promotions, decorations, leaves, punishment.
IIb (Division Assistant Adjutant) Handled administrative matters described above regarding the NCOs
and men and oversaw the divisional orderly room.
III (Chief of Feldjustizamt Grossdeutschland - legal branch). In charge of divisional courts-martial,
civilian relations, legal matters.
IVa (Head of Intendantur). Supplies, clothing, medical, dental, pay matters, canteens, housekeeping
needs, etc.
Military Police Troop - Numbering one platoon of men,
the Military Police detachment (recruited like the rest
IVb (Divisional Surgeon) Commanded the medical
of the Armys MPs from civilian police) were equipped
services simultaneous with this position, responsible
with light cars and motorcycles. Almost all military pofor sanitation and hygiene, movement and treatment
licemen not holding ocer rank were NCOs (Unterofof sick and injured soldiers, procurement and mainzier or higher) excepting some drivers, in order to protenance of medical equipment.
vide authority for their duties - including maintenance of
discipline, but most importantly collection of prisoners
IVz (Divisional Paymaster)
and trac control duties. Grossdeutschland had several
IVe (Chief Chaplain). While regular divisions had hundred motorized vehicles which had to be moved over
2 chaplains (one Catholic, one Protestant) Gross- great distances both rapidly and eciently.
deutschland was forbidden from having chaplains
after holding mass at Notre Dame in 1940. Divisional level chaplain support was provided as needed 5.2.4 Kriegsberichter (War Correspondent Platoon)
from the Corps level.
Map Section. Eight men charged with reproducing
maps, overprinting captured maps, shot diagrams
for the divisional artillery, etc. (Under O3, Divisions Assistant Nachrichten Ocer)
Headquarters Company (under Divisions O4)
5.2.2

Divisional Escort Company

On formation of Grossdeutschland as a Panzergrenadier

Division, a 219-man Divisional Escort Company was
added to Divisional headquarters. Modelled after the es- Responsible for recruitment and propaganda literature.
cort companies of Waen SS Divisions, this unit was in- Grossdeutschland was unusual in having its own corretended to guard divisional headquarters, serve as a mobile spondents permanently assigned to the division.

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5.2.5

5
Panzer Grenadier Regiment Grossdeutschland

ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE

Regimental Headquarters
Headquarters Company
signals platoon
pioneer platoon
motorcycle platoon
I. (SPW) Battalion (At the beginning of June 1943,
83 SPW halftracks arrived to equip the rst battalion
of the Grenadier Regiment.)
Headquarters
1. Company
Headquarters
Rie Platoon - light anti-tank rie team, three squads, each with 2
LMGs
Rie Platoon
Rie Platoon
Heavy Platoon - 4 HMGs, two 81
mm mortars, heavy anti-tank rie
team
2. Company - as above
3. Company - as above

Mechanised troops of Grodeutschland, Russia 1943

4. (MG) Company
HQ Platoon
Mortar Platoon
Light Infantry Support Platoon
5. (Heavy) Company
II. (Motorized) Battalion
6. Company - as 1 above
7. Company - as 1 above
8. Company - as 1 above
9. (MG) Company - as 4 above
10. (Heavy) Company - as 5 above
III. (Motorized) Battalion
11. Company - as 1 above
12. Company - as 1 above
13. Company - as 1 above
14. (MG) Company - as 4 above
15. (Heavy) Company - as 5 above
IV. (Heavy) Battalion
16. (FlaK) Company
17. (Infantry Gun) Company

Grodeutschland mortar position, Russia 1943

18. (Panzerjger) Company

1st Platoon self-propelled

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5.2.6

Order of Battle as of September 1943

Panzerfsilier Regiment Grossdeutschland

As for Panzergrenadier Regiment Grossdeutschland,

above
Regimental Headquarters
I. Battalion

Grodeutschland artillery position, Russia 1943

Observation Battery
Self-propelled light FlaK platoon
I. Battalion

II. Battalion

Headquarters Battery and Signals Platoon

III. Battalion

1. Battery - 4 x l. FH. 18 (105 mm) howitzers

IV. (Heavy) Battalion

2. Battery - 4 x l. FH. 18 (105 mm) howitzers

3. Battery - 4 x s. FH. (150 mm) 18 howitzers

5.2.7

Artillerie-Regiment Grodeutschland

II. Battalion
Headquarters Battery and Signals Platoon
4. Battery - 6 x Wespe SP (105 mm) howitzers
5. Battery - 6 x Wespe SP (105 mm) howitzers
6. Battery - 6 x Hummel (150 mm) howitzers
III. Battalion
Headquarters Battery and Signals Platoon
7. Battery - 4 x s. FH. (150 mm) 18 howitzers
8. Battery - 4 x s. FH. (150 mm) 18 howitzers
9. Battery - 4 x K 18 10 cm guns
IV. Battalion - formed upon reorganization
Headquarters Battery and Signals Platoon
10. Battery - 105 mm howitzers
11. Battery - 105 mm howitzers
12 Battery - 6 x Nebelwerfer
Armoured Observation Battery
Sound Ranging Platoon

A Grodeutschland soldier operating a ak rangender

2 x Flash Spotting Platoon

Survey Platoon

Regimental Headquarters
HQ Battery

Warning Platoon
2 x Analysis Platoons

ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE

1. (Self Propelled) Company

1. Platoon - 3 x Marder
2. Platoon - 3 x Marder
3. Platoon - 3 x Marder
2. Company
4 x 5cm PaK 38 AT gun
4 x 5 cm PaK 38 AT gun
4 x 5 cm PaK 38 AT gun
3. Company
4 x 5 cm PaK 38 AT gun
4 x 5 cm PaK 38 AT gun
4 x 5 cm PaK 38 AT gun
5.2.10 Panzer Aufklrungs (Armoured Reconnaissance) Battalion Grossdeutschland

Grodeutschland Flakvierling quadmount anti-aircraft gun,

November 1943

5.2.8

Anti-Aircraft
deutschland

Artillery

Battalion

Gross-

Reorganizations in June 1943 involved renumbering the

3.7 FlaK batteries 1 and 2, and the addition of 6 Battery
1. Battery - 3.7 cm self-propelled
2. Battery - 3.7 cm self-propelled
3. Battery - 4 x 8.8 cm - halftracked prime movers
4. Battery - 4 x 8.8 cm - halftracked prime movers
5. Battery - 4 x 8.8 cm - halftracked prime movers
6. Battery - Quadruple anti-aircraft guns
5.2.9

Panzerjger
(Anti-Tank)
Grodeutschland

Battalion
Kradschtzen (motorcycles) and light armoured vehicles of
Grodeutschland, during Operation Bagration, August 1944

Upon expansion to a panzergrenadier Division, this battalion adopted golden-yellow waenfarbe and cavalry traditions for all its companies.
Battalion HQ
8 motorcycles
2 Kfz 15 cars
1 Sd Kfz 247 armoured car

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Order of Battle as of September 1943

9
4 x light armoured radio section c with
1 armoured car Sd Kfz 261
3 x med armoured radio section b each
with 1 car (Kfz 15) and 1 armoured car
Sd Kfz 263
1. (Armd Car) Squadron

Grodeutschland radio vehicles and others, 1942

Squadron HQ - 2 motorcycles, 5 motorcycle/sidecars, 1 Kfz 15 car

Heavy Armoured Car platoon - 3 x Sd Kfz
231, 3 x Sd Kfz 232
Light Armoured Car Platoon - 4 x Sd Kfz
222, 2 x Sd Kfz 223
Light Armoured Car Platoon - 4 x Sd Kfz
222, 2 x Sd Kfz 223
Light Armoured Car Platoon - 4 x Sd Kfz
222, 2 x Sd Kfz 223
Maintenance Section - 1 mc/sidecar, 1 car
(2/40) 2 x 2 ton truck
Squadron Train - 1 Kfz 15 car, 3 x 2 ton
truck, 1 med truck, 3 ton truck
2. (Armd Recon) Squadron

Lieutenant of Division Grodeutschland with Sturmpistole,

1943

Battalion Maint Det - 1 motorcycle/sidecar, 1

car (2/40), 1 light car, 2 x 3ton trucks
Battalion train - 1 motorcycle, 2 light cars, 1
Kfz 15 car, 2 light trucks, 2 medium trucks, 1
medium (33 seat) bus
Signal Platoon
HQ Section - 1 mc, 1 mc with sidecar, 1
Kfz 15 car
2 x pack radio sections b each with Kfz
2
1 light armoured radio section b with 1
armoured car Sd Kfz 260

Squadron HQ - 4 motorcycles, 1
mc/sidecar, 2 x SPW 250/3
Recon Platoon
HQ Sec - SPW 250, SPW 250/10
Squad - 2 x SPW 250/1
Squad - as above
Squad - as above
Squad - 2 x LMG
Recon Platoon - as above
Recon Platoon - as above
Heavy Platoon
HQ section - mc, SPW 250/1
HMG section - 3 x SPW 250/1, 2 x
HMG
HMG section - as above
Mtr section - 2 x SPW 250/7, 2
SPW 250/7 without mortar (ammo
carrier?)
Maintenance Section - 1 mc/sidecar, 2 x
2 ton trucks, 1 Kfz 10 halftrack, 1 x LMG
Squadron train -Kfz 15 car, 2 ton truck,
med truck, 2 x 3 ton truck
3. (Recon) Squadron (Volkswagen)
Squadron HQ - 4 motorcycles, 2 x Kubelwagen (Kfz 1)
Recon Platoon
HQ section - 1 mc, 1 x Kubel (Kfz
1), 1 anti-tank rie
Squad - 4 x Kubel
Squad - as above
Squad - as above

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ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE

Recon Squad - 2 x LMG

Recon Platoon - as above
Recon Platoon - as above
Heavy Platoon
HQ section - mc, 3 x Kubel
HMG sec - 7 x Kubel, 2 x HMG
HMG sec - as above
Mortar sec - 3 x trucks (Kfz 70) and
2 mortars (81 mm)
Maintenance Section - 1 mc/sidecar, 1 car
(2/40)
Squadron train - Kubel (Kfz 1), 2 ton
truck, med truck, 3 ton truck
4. (Recon) Squadron (Volkswagen) - As above
5. (Heavy) Squadron
Squadron HQ 3 x mc, 2 x mc/sidecar, 1
Kfz 15
Light telephone sec - 1 Kfz 15
Maintenance section - mc/sidecar, 1
car (2/40)
Anti-Tank Platoon - HQ sec - mc, Oberst Karl Lorenz Commander of the Grodeutschland regimc/sidecar, Kfz 15
ment, meeting with the crew of a Panther in south Russia
Ammo sec - 2 Sd Kfz 10 halftracks,
2 ammo trailers
Gun sect - 3 Sd Kfz 10 halftracks, 3
x 50 mm Anti-Tank guns, 3 x LMG
Pionier Platoon - HQ sec - mc,
mc/Sidecar, Kfz 15, 2 x 2 ton truck
4 x Engineer section (each with 2
ton truck)
1 x Engineer section with LMG
Anti-Tank gun sec - mc/sidecar, 3 x
Kfz 70 truck, 3 x 28 mm ATG, 3 x
LMG
Infantry Gun Platoon HQ sec - 1 mc,
1 mc/sidecar, 1 Kfz 69 truck
Grodeutschland troops training in a Panzer IV, November 1943
Ammo sec - Kfz 69 truck, ammo
trailer
HQ Company - 17 x PzKpfw IV
Gun sec - 2 x Kfz 69 trucks, 2 light
75 mm Infantry guns
I. Battalion
Squadron train - Kfz 15, 2 ton truck, med
Battalion Headquarters Company - 17 x
truck, 3 ton truck
PzKpfw IV
Motorized light column
1. Company
Column HQ - 3 x motorcycle, 4 x
HQ Platoon - 3 x PzKpfw V (Panmc/sidecar, Kfz 15, 3 x LMG
ther)
1 Section - mc, 5 x 2 ton truck
1. Platoon - 5 x PzKpfw V
2 Section - 4 x medium truck
2. Platoon - 5 x PzKpfw V
Column train - mc/sidecar, 2 x
3. Platoon - 5 x PzKpfw V
medium truck
2. Company
HQ Platoon - 3 x PzKpfw IV
5.2.11 Panzer (Tank) Regiment Grodeutsch 1. Platoon - 5 x PzKpfw IV
land
2. Platoon - 5 x PzKpfw IV
Regimental Headquarters
3. Platoon - 5 x PzKpfw IV

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Order of Battle as of September 1943

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3. Company
4. Company
II. Battalion (raised February 1943) as per I.
Battalion

Battalion Headquarters Company

5. Company
6. Company
7. Company
8. Company

Tiger of III Battalion, Russia, September 1943

Grodeutschland Sturmpionier with amethrower, November

1943

III. Battalion (joined Division August 1943)

Headquarters
Battalion Headquarters
Headquarters Company - signals platoon,
1. Company - 219 Ocers and Men
scout platoon (motorcycles), pioneer pla 1 Platoon
toon (2 x SPW, 4 trucks), ak platoon
with 4 x quadruple guns, reconnaissance
2 Platoon
platoon with 7 x SPW
3 (Storm boat) Platoon - 27 assault boats
9. Company - 14 Tigers
10. Company 14 Tigers
This company was outtted with armoured personnel car 11. Company - 14 Tigers
riers after Kursk.

Heavy Workshop Company

Maintenance Platoon - 3 Ton Trucks
5.2.12

Sturmpionier (Assault Pioneer) Battalion

Grodeutschland

2. Company - 219 Ocers and Men

1 Platoon
2 Platoon
3 (Storm boat) Platoon - 27 assault boats
3.Company - 219 Ocers and Men
1 Platoon
2 Platoon
3 (Storm boat) Platoon - 27 assault boats
K Type Bridging Column - Transported K
type bridges - assembly responsibility of the
companies above.
Light Pioneer Column
detachment of SS - 10 SS snipers

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Telephone Company
Radio Company
5.2.15 Medical Battalion Grodeutschland

Grodeutschland StuG IIIs on parade, April 1943

5.2.13

Sturmgeschtz (Assault Gun) Battalion

Grodeutschland

Formed from 16th Company, Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland and the 192nd Assault Gun Battalion.
Headquarters
1. Battery - also includes Sd Kfz 252 or 250/6 ammunition carrier - 6 x StuG III (7.5 cm StuK gun)
2. Battery - also includes Sd Kfz 252 or 250/6 ammunition carrier - 6 x StuG III (7.5 cm StuK gun)
3. Battery - also includes Sd Kfz 252 or 250/6 ammunition carrier - 6 x StuG III (7.5 cm StuK gun)
5.2.14

Panzer Nachrichten (Armoured Signals)

Battalion Grodeutschland
A Grodeutschland medical soldier tends to a wound, Russia
1942

Medical Company
Heavy Platoon
Light Platoon
Pharmacy
Dental Station
Formed from IR Grossdeutschland Signals Company and
remnants of 309th Signals Battalion

Medical Company
Heavy Platoon

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Light Platoon
Pharmacy
Dental Station
Grossdeutschland Field Hospital
1. Ambulance Platoon
2. Ambulance Platoon
3. Ambulance Platoon
5.2.16

Supply Services
Grodeutschland troops unloading a supply truck

6 Commanding ocers
7 Notes
[1] Grodeutschland means greater Germany or united
Germany
[2] The formation went through various stages of expansion,
reorganization and name changes, but Grodeutschland
stayed through all the changes
[3] Literally "Guard Troop Command"
[4] Often simply referred to as Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland or Infantry Regiment Grodeutschland
[5] literal-translated as Panzer Corps Grodeutschland

8 References
[1] Spaeter, Helmuth.
History of the Panzerkorps
Grodeutschland Volume I. Page 290
Field Post Oce

Formed from IR Grossdeutschland Supply Services

Supply Services - 18 columns
Field Workshop Company
Field Workshop Company
Field Workshop Company
Replacement Parts Company
Armourer-Articer Platoon
Administrative Services
Bakery Company
Butcher Company
Division Ration Oce
Field Post Oce

[2] Wolfgang Schneider (2005). Tigers In Combat II. p. 21.

Retrieved 12 May 2013.
[3] Sharpe, Michael and Brian L. Davis Grossdeutschland:
Guderians Eastern Front Elite, p. 39

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La division Grossdeutschland (The Grossdeutschland Division from Regiment to Panzerkorps 19391945) French edition, Editions Heimdal

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Lee, Cyrus A. Soldat: The World War Two German Army Combat Uniform Collectors Guide (Volume V: Uniforms and Insignia of Panzerkorps Grossdeutschland 1939-1945) (Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Missoula, MT, 1993) ISBN 0929521-76-5

Dorosh, Michael. Grossdeutschland for Combat

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Lucas, James (1978). Germanys Elite Panzer Force:

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McGuirl, Thomas & Remy Spezzano (1997). God,

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Grossdeutschland: Von der Wachtruppe zum Panzerkorps]". Updated May 8, 2006.

Pipes,
Jason.
"Panzergrenadier-Division
Grodeutschland". Retrieved April 8, 2005.

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Grodeutschland". Retrieved April 8, 2005.

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