SS Panzer Division order of battle

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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.

SS Panzer Division
SS-Panzerdivision (1943)
SS-PzDiv
Active1943
Country Germany
Branch Waffen-SS
TypePanzer
RoleArmoured warfare
SizeDivision, up to 20,000 soldiers
Part ofWaffen-SS
EngagementsWorld War II
Unit Designation in German
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 template for many 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. A Werfer (rocket) Battailon was only part of the 1st SS Panzer Division LAH and the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" until they were made independent in the second half of 1944.

See also

  • German heavy tank battalion German: "schwere Panzerabteilung"
  • Panzer division
  • List of Waffen-SS divisions

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