An SS Panzer Division (German: SS-Panzerdivision, short: SS-PzDiv) was a Waffen-SS formation during World War II. The table below shows the order of battle to which an SS panzer division aspired.[1]
Unit[2]
Designation in German[3]
Division headquarters
Divisionsstab
Commander of the division
General staff officer
Cartographical unit
Communications unit
Division escort
Military police
Divisionskommandeur (DivKdr)
Generalstabsoffizier
Kartographieeinheit
Fernmeldeeinheit
Divisionsbegleitschutz
Militärpolizei
Quartermaster
Quartiermeister (Qu)
Weapon platoon
Mechanical
Captain Dr physician
Captain Dr dentist
Waffenzug
Mechaniker
Stabsarzt
Stabszahnarzt
Panzer regiment
Panzerregiment (PzRgt)
I Battalion
4 companies (1–4)
Workshop company
I. Abteilung
4 Kompanien (1–4)
Werkstattkompanie
II battalion
5 companies (5–9)
Workshop platoon
II. Abteilung
5 Kompanien (5–9)
Werkstattzug
Anti-tank battalion
Panzerjägerabteilung (PzJgAbt)
3 companies of assault guns (1–3)
3 Kompanien von Sturmgeschützen (1–3)
Panzergrenadier regiment
Panzergrenadierregiment (PzGrenRgt)
I battalion
4 companies (1–4)
I. Bataillon
4 Kompanien (1–4)
II battalion
4 companies (5–8)
II. Bataillon
4 Kompanien (5–8)
III battalion
4 companies (9–12)
Heavy infantry gun company (13)
Anti-aircraft company (14)
Reconnaissance company (15)
Engineer company (16)
III. Bataillon
4 Kompanien (9–12)
Schwere Infanteriegeschützkompanie (13)
Flakkompanie (14)
Aufklärungskompanie (15)
Pionierkompanie (16)
Panzergrenadier regiment (as above)
Panzergrenadierregiment
Armoured reconnaissance battalion
Panzeraufklärungsabteilung (PzAufklAbt)
2 Panzer scout companies
2 Panzer reconnaissance companies
1 heavy company
2 Panzerspähkompanien
2 Panzeraufklärungskompanien
1 schwere Kompanie
Panzer artillery regiment
Panzerartillerieregiment (PzArtRgt)
I battalion
3 batteries
I. Abteilung
3 Batterien
II battalion
3 batteries
II. Abteilung
3 Batterien
III battalion
4 batteries
III. Abteilung
4 Batterien
Rocket launcher battalion
Werferabteilung
4 batteries (1–4)
4 Batterien (1–4)
Anti-aircraft battalion
Flakabteilung (FlakAbt)
5 batteries (1–5)
5 Batterien (1–5)
Armoured engineer battalion
Panzerpionierabteilung (PzPiAbt)
1 (armoured) company (on IFV)
3 engineer companies
Bridge convoy B
1 (gepanzerte) Kompanie (auf SPw)
3 Pionierkompanien
Brückenkolonne B
Armoured signals battalion
Panzernachrichtenabteilung
1 communications company
1 radio company
1 Fernmeldekompanie
1 Funkkompanie
Divisional supply troops
Divisions-Nachschubtruppe
6 vehicle companies
1 supply company
6 Kraftfahrkompanien
1 Nachschubkompanie
Panzer maintenance battalion
Panzer-Instandsetzungsabteilung
3 workshop companies
1 (weapon) workshop company
1 spare and repair part company
3 Werkstattkompanien
1 (Waffen-) Werkstattkompanie
1 Ersatzteilkompanie
Provisioning battalion
Wirtschaftsbataillon
Bakery company
Butcher company
Divisional food services office
Military post office
Bäckereikompanie
Schlächtereikompanie
Divisions-Verpflegungsamt
Feldpostamt
Medical battalion
Sanitätsabteilung
2 medical companies
1 ambulance company
1 medical supply company
2 Sanitätskompanien
1 Krankenkraftwagekompanie
1 Versorgungskompanie
Replacement battalion
Feldersatzbataillon
The 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend was organized according to the above table, and served as a standard for all other SS panzer divisions during World War II. The average complement was approximately 19,000. However, only two out of seven SS panzer divisions contained that strength. In the second half of the war in Europe, in particular close to the end of war, some divisions achieved only the complement of regiment sized units.
^Willamson, Gordon (1994). The SS Hitler´s Instrument of the Power; appendix, p. 249, "Organisation of a SS Panzer Division", Brown Packaging Books Ltd., London.
^MILITÄRISCHES STUDIENGLOSAR ENGLISCH Teil II/ Teil III, Deutsch – Englisch, Abkürzung Begriff, Bundessprachenamt (Stand Januar 2001).
^Official designation as to "Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv" in Freiburg im Breisgau, stores of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.
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