Organization
- Abteilungsstab (battalion staff)
- Stabs-Kompanie (staff company)
- Nachrichten-Zug (intelligence platoon)
- Gepanzerte Aufklarungs-Zug (armored reconnaissance platoon)
- Erkundungs-Zug (exploration platoon)
- Pionier-Zug (engineer platoon)
- Fliegerabwehrzug (anti-aircraft platoon)
- Staffel für Verwaltung und Nachschub (administration and supplies)
- 1. schweren Panzer-Kompanie (1st heavy tank company)
- Kampfstaffel (combat group)
- Kompanietrupp (company section) (two Tigers)
- 1. Zug (1st platoon) (four Tigers)
- 2. Zug (as 1. Zug)
- 3. Zug (as 1. Zug)
- Wechselbesatzung (replacement crews)
- Räderstaffel (motorized group)
- Kompanietrupp
- Kradmelder (motorcycle runner) (3)
- Staffel für Wechselbesatzung (replacement crew section)
- Sanitätsdienst (medical section)
- Kraftfahrzeug-Instandsetzungsgruppe (vehicle maintenance section)
- Gefechtstroß I (combat train 1)
- Gefechtstroß II
- Instandsetzungsgruppe (maintenance section)
- Gepäckstroß (baggage train)
- Panzer-Werkstatt-Kompanie armor field workshop
- Kompanietrupp
- Kampfstaffel (combat group)
- 2. schweren Panzer-Kompanie (as 1. Kompanie)
- 3. schweren Panzer-Kompanie (as 1. Kompanie)
Crew and Equipment
| Schwere Panzerkompanie e, 1 November 1943 | |
|---|---|
| Personnel | |
| Officers | 4 |
| Non-commissioned officers | 55 |
| Enlisted | 97 |
| Infantry weapons | |
| Pistol | 89 |
| Rifle | 66 |
| Submachine gun | 20 |
| Light machine gun | 30 |
| Soft-skinned vehicles | |
| Bicycle | 3 |
| Motorcycle | 2 |
| Motorcycle with sidecar | 2 |
| Light staff car | 6 |
| 2 ton truck | 1 |
| 3 ton truck | 3 |
| 4½ ton truck | 6 |
| Le Zgkw 1 t (Sd Kfz 10) | 2 |
| Armored vehicles | |
| Pz Kpfw Tiger | 14 |
Formations
- Legend.
Platoon
- Crew line-up.
- Line assembly formation.
- Row assembly formation.
- Row march and combat formation.
- Double row march and combat formation.
- Wedge march and combat formation.
Company
- Line march and combat formation.
- Company column.
- Double row formation.
- Wedge combat formation.
- Broad wedge combat formation.
Additional Reading
- Pz Kpfw Tiger Ausf. E
- Information about the Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. E
- Pz Kpfw Tiger Ausf. B
- Information about the Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B
Sources
- Kriegsstärkenachweisung (Heer) : schwere Panzerkompanie e. Berlin : Allgemeines Heeresamt, 1943. 6 p. K St N 1176 e.
- Heereswaffenamt. Merkblatt für Ausbildung und Einsatz der schweren Panzerkompanie Tiger. Berlin : Oberkommando des Heeres, 1943. 17 p. Merkblatt 47a/29.
- Heereswaffenamt. Merkblatt für den Einsatz der schw. Panzer-Abteilung "Tiger". Berlin : Oberkommando des Heeres, 1943. 4 p. Merkblatt 47a/30.