Panzer-Brigade Organization, 1944
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
- Two mechanized infantryPanzergrenadier
- 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 | |
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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 | |
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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
- 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.