Division 14,699 (1 June 1944)[1] 11,018 (1 August 1944)[2] 14,892 (16 December 1944)[3]
Nickname(s)
Parade Division[4]
Engagements
World War II
Operation Margarethe
Battle of Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
Commanders
Notable commanders
Fritz Bayerlein
Military unit
Panzer-Lehr-Division[5] (June 1944)
Parent unit
7th Army
Components
Panzer-Lehr-Regiment 130
I. Abteilung, Pz.Rgt. 6
II. Abteilung, Pz.-Lehr-Rgt. 130
316. Panzerkompanie (Funklenk)
Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 901
I. Battalion, PzGr-Lehr-Rgt. 901
II. Battalion, PzGr-Lehr-Rgt. 901
Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 902
I. Battalion, PzGr-Lehr-Rgt. 902
II. Battalion, PzGr-Lehr-Rgt. 902
Panzer-Artillerie-Lehr-Regiment 130
Panzeraufklärungs-Lehr-Abteilung 130
Panzer-Lehr-Pionier-Bataillon 130
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 130
Panzer-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 311
Panzer-Lehr-Division[6] (15 December 1944)
Parent unit
5th Panzer Army
Components
Panzer-Lehr-Regiment 130
II. Abteilung, Pz.-Lehr-Rgt. 130
Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 901
I. Battalion, PzGr-Lehr-Rgt. 901
II. Battalion, PzGr-Lehr-Rgt. 901
Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 902
I. Battalion, PzGr-Lehr-Rgt. 902
II. Battalion, PzGr-Lehr-Rgt. 902
Panzer-Artillerie-Lehr-Regiment 130
Panzeraufklärungs-Lehr-Abteilung 130
Panzer-Lehr-Pionier-Bataillon 130
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 130
Panzer-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 311
Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 559
Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 243
The Panzer-Lehr-Division (tank teaching division) was an elite German armoured division during World War II. It was formed in 1943 onwards from training and demonstration troops (Lehr = "teach") stationed in Germany, to provide additional armored strength for the anticipated Allied invasion of western Europe.[7] On 4 April 1944, the division was officially designated as the 130th Panzer Division; however, it is usually referred to as the Lehr Division.[8] It was the only Wehrmacht Panzer division to be fully equipped with tanks and with halftracks to transport its mechanized infantry. On several occasions it fought almost to destruction, in particular during Operation Cobra,[9] and by the end of the war in Europe bore little resemblance to the unit that had originally been activated.[citation needed]
^Zetterling 2000, p. 384.
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^Bergstrom 2014, p. 70.
^Cole 1997, p. 466. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCole1997 (help)
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^Nafziger, George. "German Army, Battle of the Bulge, 15 December 1944" (PDF). Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
^Ritgen 1995, pp. 20–21.
^Mitcham, Samuel (2001). The Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War II and Their Commanders. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-31640-6.
^Blumenson 1961, p. 273.
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