Unit Outline

  • Brigade staff
    • Staff company
  • Mechanized infantryPanzergrenadier
    Look up term     battalion (half-tracks)
    • Two mechanized infantryPanzergrenadier
      Look up term       companies
    • Heavy company
    • Supply company
  • Tank battalion
    • Three Panther companies
    • Panzer IV/70 company
    • Supply company
  • Armored engineer company (half-tracks)
  • Armor workshop platoon
  • 60 ton transport column

Each tank platoon was only authorized 11 tanks, compared to the 22 tanks in a Panzer-Division 1944.

The mechanized infantryPanzergrenadier
Look up term battalion had one mechanized infantryPanzergrenadier
Look up term company less than that of a Panzer-Division 1944. Instead, the heavy company was made up of two platoons with four 12 cm Granatwerfer 42 mortars instead of one, and each platoon was also equipped with one schwere Wurfrahmen 40 rocket launcher set.

Authorized Strength

Personnel

Staff and staff company Mechanized infantry battalion Tank battalion Armored engineer company Armor workshop platoon 60 ton transport column Total
Officers 9 18 22 4 3 1 57
Civil servantBeamter
Look up term		 - 3 2 - 2 - 7
Non-commissioned officers 38 151 236 28 25 8 486
Enlisted 144 552 364 147 102 43 1352
Total 191 724 624 179 132 52 1902
Of which volunteer from occupied countryHilfswillig
Look up term personnel		 5 26 23 7 14 - 75

Weapons

Staff and staff company Mechanized infantry battalion Tank battalion Armored engineer company Armor workshop platoon 60 ton transport column Total
Infantry weapons
Rifles 115 319 267 83 117 49 950
Pistols 44 166 262 81 12 3 568
Sub-machine guns 32 127 96 35 3 - 293
Sturmgewehr 44 - 112 - - - - 112
Light machine guns 30 66 92 35 2 2 227
Heavy machine guns - 6 - - - - 6
Medium mortars - 4 - - - - 4
Heavy mortars - 8 - - - - -
Guns
2 cm Flakvierling - - 3 - - - 3
2 cm Flak - 14 - 2 - - 16
3,7 cm Flak 43 - - 4 - - - 4
7,5 cm K 37 - 10 - - - - 10
7,5 cm Kw K 42 (L/70) - - 47 - - - 47

Vehicles

Staff and staff company Mechanized infantry battalion Tank battalion Armored engineer company Armor workshop platoon 60 ton transport column Total
Armored vehicles
Panther - - 33 - - - 33
Pz Bef Wg Panther - - 3 - - - 3
Panzer IV/70 - - 11 - - - 11
Flakpanzer IV (37 mm gun) - - 4 - - - 4
Sd Kfz 251 16 78 2 23 - - 119
Motorcycles
Sd Kfz 2 18 23 13 3 - - 57
With sidecars - - - 4 3 1 8
Light motorcycles - - 3 3 2 - 8
Medium motorcycles - - - - - 2 2
Cars
Light commercial cars - - - - 2 1 3
Light cross-country cars 12 13 23 2 4 - 54
Medium cross-country cars 1 - 2 1 - - 4
Trucks
Light commercial trucks - - 1 - - 1 2
Medium commercial trucks 3 3 - 2 3 21 32
Heavy commercial trucks - - - - 11 - 11
Light cross-country trucks - - 1 - 2 - 3
Medium cross-country trucks 7 26 16 8 4 - 61
Heavy cross-country trucks - - 37 - 4 - 41
Other vehicles
Maultier - 5 3 - - - 8
Ambulances - 1 1 - - - 2
Trailers - 2 1 - 6 - 9
Small maintenance motor vehicle (Kfz 2/40) 1 4 4 1 - - 10
3 ton motorized crane (Kfz 100) - - 1 - 1 - 2
Bergepanzer III - - - - 1 - 1
Prime movers
1 ton prime mover (Sd Kfz 10) - - 9 - - - 9
8 ton prime mover (Sd Kfz 7) 1 5 3 1 - - 10
18 ton prime mover (Sd Kfz 9) - - - - 3 - 3
18 ton prime mover with 6 ton crane (Sd Kfz 9/1) - - - - 1 - 1
35 ton prime mover (Sd Kfz 20) - - - - 1 - 1

Ammunition

A Panzer-Brigade was authorized a total of 126 Panzerfaust, distributed in this way:

Unit Count
Staff and staff company 10
mechanized infantryPanzergrenadier
Look up term battalion staff		 4
Two mechanized infantryPanzergrenadier
Look up term companies (total)		 54
Mixed fire support company 8
Two supply companies (total) 20
Armored engineer company 18
Armor workshop platoon 6
60 ton transport column 6

For each Sturmgewehr 44, a total of 720 rounds of ammunition was authorized. Of these, 180 rounds were carried by the soldier, 360 rounds by the supply company, and 180 by the transport column.

Each of the two schwere Wurfrahmen 40 sets was authorized 12 280 mm high explosive and six 320 mm incendiary rockets.

Additional Reading

Panzer-Brigades in the West, 1944
History of the formation and employment of the Panzer-Brigaden.

Sources

  1. Aufstellung von Panzer-Brigaden. Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppen, 1944. 9 p. Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppen - Abt. Org./Kartei Nr. 2100/44 g.Kdos. BArch RH 10/18.