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  Panzer Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Panzer Division is the German term for armored division (Panzerdivision).
It is commonly used in English when referring to armored divisions in the German army, Panzer being synonymous with AFV, past or present, and is often treated as part of a proper name, in which case it is always capitalized (e.g., 2nd Panzer Division).
Panzer divisions are combined arms formations having both armor and infantry as organic components, along with the usual assets of artillery, anti-aircraft, signals, etc. that are common to most divisions of the industrial era.
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 Achtung Panzer! - Panzer Divisions 1935-1939
General-Colonel Maximilian von Weichs commanded 1st Panzer Division with headquarters in Weimar, 2nd Panzer Division was commanded by Colonel Heinz Guderian with headquarters in Wurzburg and General-Colonel Ernst Fessmann commanded 3rd Panzer Division with headquarters in Berlin.
Panzer Abteilung 33 was assigned to the 4th Light Division and later to the 9th Panzer Division formed in Vienna in January of 1940.
Panzer Abteilung 65, 66 and 67 were respectively assigned to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Light Division.
www.achtungpanzer.com /articles/pzdiv.htm   (1307 words)

  
 German 5th Panzer Division - Biocrawler
The 5th Panzer Division is a German armored unit.
Subordinate to the United States V Corps, it played a major role in the defense of West Germany from the Soviet Union during the Cold War; after the Soviet Union's fall, the division remained under American military control (administratively), and has recently sent troops to Yugoslavia.
Also, this unit is technically under NATO control, in the case of a foreign power's attack on a NATO country (this unit might get involved in an attack of Germany, Belgium, France, or other nearby NATO countries).
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/5th_Panzer_Division   (187 words)

  
 Achtung Panzer! - Erwin Rommel!
During the Battle of France, 7th Panzer Division earned a title of the "Ghost/Phantom Division", because no one knew were it was, including the German High Command and Rommel's staff.
On February 14th of 1941, leading elements 5th Leichte (Panzer) Division along with their commander Erwin Rommel landed in Tripoli and was joined in early May by 15th Panzer Division.
At the same time, 5th Leichte (Panzer) Division was redesignated as 21st Panzer Division and additional 90th Light Division was transferred to Afrika Korps.
www.achtungpanzer.com /gen1.htm   (3079 words)

  
 The Invasion and Battle for Greece
On 13 April the XL Panzer Corps commander ordered mobile elements of the 9th Panzer Division to pursue the withdrawing British forces to Kozani and cut off their communications with Verroia, situated along the southeastern foothills of the Vermion Range.
On 15 April the 5th Panzer Division, recently assigned to the corps, launched the enveloping movement north of the Aliakmon with the intention of driving southward via Kalabaka toward Lamia.
The 2d and 5th Panzer Divisions, the 1st SS Motorized Infantry Regiment, and the two mountain divisions launched the pursuit of the enemy forces.
www.feldgrau.com /greecewar.html   (5022 words)

  
 TheHistoryNet | World War II | Operation Bagration: Soviet Offensive of 1944
Several divisions also launched attacks against Busch’s Third Panzer Army to bore openings in the line, while the flanks of a four-division German salient at Vitebsk were squeezed to create jumping-off points for the encirclement of that city.
On July 1 and 2, the 5th Panzer Division fought a series of intense battles against the Fifth Guards Tank Army northwest of Minsk, buying time for wounded and administrative personnel to be evacuated west along railway lines.
By July 8, however, all the Tigers were lost, the division was reduced from 125 tanks to eight, and its position was outflanked to the south.
www.historynet.com /wars_conflicts/world_war_2/3421346.html?showAll=y&c=y   (3871 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Afrika Korps
In the spring the 5th Light Division was joined by the 15th Panzer Division, though it did not arrive until after Rommel had made a counter-offensive and re-taken most of Cyrenaica and gone back over to the defensive.
On October 1, 1941, the German 5th Light Division was redesignated 21st Panzer Division, still attached to the Africa Corps.
On August 15 Panzer Group Africa was activated with Rommel in command, and command of the Africa Corps was turned over to Ludwig Crüwell.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Afrika_Korps   (906 words)

  
 Achtung Panzer! - Panzerkampfwagen IV
Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf H tanks were issued to Panzer Regiments in Panzer Divisions and were used in that role to the end of the war.
Panzer IV was also converted to Bergepanzer IV (recovery vehicle) and from October to December of 1944 (or even March of 1945), some 36 were manufactured by rebuilding various models.
On February 7th of 1944, few remaining Panzer IV tanks from the 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" spearheaded the attempt to breakout from the Cherkassy Pocket against largely superior Soviet force.
www.achtungpanzer.com /pz3.htm   (4408 words)

  
 German Africa Corps (Erwin Rommel) WW2
At this time the DAK consisted of the two divisions plus various smaller supporting units, and was officially subordinated to the Italian chain of command in Africa (though Rommel had conducted his offensive without any authorization).
On October 1 1941 the 5th Light Division was redesignated as the 21st Panzer Division, still attached to the DAK.
The 15th Panzer Division was reformed as a Panzergrenadier division, and renumbered as the 115th since there was already a 15th Panzergrenadier Division on the books.
www.battle-fleet.com /pw/his/africacorps.htm   (877 words)

  
 Ramblings - The 9th Reenactment Society - 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
The 9th SS Panzer division was involved in the brutal fighting around the city of Caen and perhaps most notably the brutal battles to seize and hold the critically important heights along Hill 112.
The reader is reminded that the 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen had been specially trained to counter airborne landings as part of their preparation to defeat the Allied invasion of France.
After two panzers had disappeared in the filth up to their turrets, the attack on a broad front by the advancing Grenadiers could only still be supported by one panzer company from the only highway in the attack sector.
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 11th Panzer Division
The 11th Panzer Division was formed after the fall of France, from the 11th Motorized Brigade, plus the 15th Panzer Regiment taken from the 5th Panzer Division, both of which faought with distinction in France in 1940.
In 1942, the 11th Panzer drove towards Stalingrad, and was used later by von Manstein in the relief attempt of the German troops trapped in Stalingrad.
The 11th Panzer was with the 7th Army at the Battle of the Bulge, serving as the mobile reserve force.
www.panzercampaignsclub.com /htdocs/ax/11thPz.html   (261 words)

  
 5 Panzer Division
In addition, the division’s participation in humanitarian aid missions following an earthquake in Morroco in 1960 and its involvement in disaster relief in the wake of flooding on the north German seashore produced high esteem for 5th Panzer soldiers.
Between 1991 and 1994, the 5th Panzer’s 13th and 15th brigades were dismantled as a result of the German reunification and the Agreement of the Vienna Treaty on conventional weapons in Europe.
In peacetime, the 5th Panzer’s primary task is to train active and reserve personnel, establish mission readiness by conducting unilateral and bilateral exercises, and execute national and territorial tasks.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/5panzer.htm   (333 words)

  
 German 5th Panzer Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 5th Panzer Division is a German armored unit.
Subordinate to the United States V Corps, it played a major role in the defense of West Germany from the Soviet Union during the Cold War; after the Soviet Union's fall, the division remained under American military control (administratively), and has recently sent troops to Yugoslavia.
Also, this unit is technically under NATO control, in the case of a foreign power's attack on a NATO country (this unit might get involved in an attack of Germany, Belgium, France, or other nearby NATO countries).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/5th_Panzer_Division   (202 words)

  
 Formation Focus, History and Organization Details for the 11th Panzer Division
The 11th Panzer was created and maintained from many parts, including the 4th, 5th and 9th Panzer divisions, the 113th Panzer Brigade, a Lehr battalion, and various infantry units.
The 1/15th Panzer Battalion was later disbanded but, by December 1943, the 3/15th Panzer Battalion was reequipped with Panther tanks, then renamed the 1/15th Panzer Battalion, returning the Panzer regiment to its original configuration.
This Division was created in Wehrkreis VIII* in the summer of 1940 as part of the general expansion of the panzer arm following the fall of France.
www.lostbattalion.com /t-FF_11PZ.aspx   (1483 words)

  
 HyperWar: "The German Campaigns in the Balkans (Spring 1941)--Part II"
The mobile divisions of this assault group were to coordinate their advance with the other attack forces that were to close in on the Yugoslav capital from other directions so that the bulk of the enemy forces would be unable to make an orderly withdrawal into the mountains.
The XIV Panzer Corps, under the command of General der Infanterie (Lieutenant General) Gustav von Wietersheim, composed of the 5th and 11th Panzer, the 294th Infantry, and the 4th Mountain Divisions.
Under the command of the recently arrived LII Infantry Corps headquarters, the western group consisted of four infantry divisions under the XLIX and LI Corps as well as the 14th Panzer Division, the formation that was to spearhead the drive on Sarajevo from the west.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/ETO/East/Balkans/Campaigns/Campaigns-2.html   (13234 words)

  
 5TH ARMORED DIVISION
Turning north, the Division forged the steel ring around the Germans in Normandy by advancing to the edge of the city of Argentan on 12 August-8 days before the Argentan-Falaise Gap was closed.
The reconnaissance squadron of the Division sent a patrol across the German border on the afternoon of 11 September to be the first of the Allies to cross the enemy frontier.
Crossing the Roer on 25 February 1945 the 5th spearheaded the XIII Corps drive to the Rhine, crossing the Rhine at Wesel, 30 March 1945.
members.home.nl /alasoe/5th_armored_division.htm   (510 words)

  
 Panzer Division Profiles
In action with Fallschirm Panzer Corps survivors (Hermann Goering 2), evacuated Heiligenbeil by Baltic after abortive defence of E. Prussia, May most of remnant surrendered to the Russians, others to the US.
Associated formations raised with help of cadres from Grossdeutschland were, Brandenburg Division, Fuhrer Begleit (escort) Panzer Division, Fuhrer Panzergrenadier Division, Panzergrenadier Division Kurmark, (these were all entitled to ware Grossdeutschland cuffbands).
Rasied August 1941 in N. Africa by reorganising and renaming 5th Light Africa Division November in retreat and 'Crusader' counter-action between Sollum and El Agheila.
www.vampire-bat.co.uk /panzer/Panzer_Divisions.htm   (2014 words)

  
 Battlefront - Producers of fine metal and resin miniatures   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The 15th Panzer Regiment was detached from the 5th Panzer Division on 4 September 1940 to become part of the 11th Panzer Division.
The 11th Panzer Division was also known as the Ghost Division because of it unofficial divisional marking depicting a ghostly banshee wielding a sword riding on the crest of something that might be a motorcar.
The commander of the 11th Panzer Division during the Kursk offensive was the Austrian Generalmajor Johann Mickl.
www.battlefront.co.nz /Article.asp?ArticleID=208   (1546 words)

  
 Modelling the Early Panzerkampfwagen IV Review by Rob Baumgartner (Osprey Publishing)
This is supplemented with a section on materials, a brief description on the evolution of the early Panzer IV, kits and accessories, and where to find further information on the subject.
F is tackled first, this belonging to the 5th Panzer Division in Russia, 1942.
This was documented for use on Panzers from November 1938 to July 1940 and thus was used during the early stages of World War II.
www.missing-lynx.com /reviews/german/ospreymodelling26reviewcs_1.html   (823 words)

  
 Achtung Panzer! - Jagdpanther
On January 5th of 1943, Daimler-Benz finished pre-final design of 8.8cm Sturmgeschutz (Sd.Kfz.172) and preparation continued until on May 1st of 1943, when final design (later known as Jagdpanther) was finished.
Small number of Jagdpanthers was used by Waffen-SS formations and only 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen and 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg (part of the 6th Panzer Army) received company each during relief attempt to rescue encircled garrison of Budapest in January of 1945.
From 1945, Jagdpanthers were also issue to Panzer Abteilungs of 7 Panzer Divisions, The Fuehrer Grenadier Regiment and single Panzer Brigade, but using them as substitute tanks was a mistake but a necessity at the time.
www.achtungpanzer.com /pz15.htm   (1667 words)

  
 The House of Ice: Erwin Rommel Jr.
On Jan. 22, Panzer Gruppe Afrika was elevated to Panzerarmee Afrika.
On February 1st, the division attacked and seized the Faid pass, an east-west pass through the mountains known as the Eastern Dorsale which ran from north to south parallel to the coast and some seventy miles inland, in central Tunisia.
From January 2nd to 5th, Rommel was on the Dutch and Belgian coast.
houseofice.tripod.com /history/rommel.shtml   (16771 words)

  
 V Corps
Today, V Corps is the U.S. Army's only forward-deployed corps, consisting of two heavy divisions, a corps support command and nine separate brigades totaling approximately 41,000 soldiers, 800 civilian employees and over 57,000 family members.
In December 1995, V Corps deployed its 1st Armored Division and major elements of six separate brigades for the NATO Implementation Force in support of the Dayton Peace Agreement for Bosnia.
The Corps deployed portions of its 1st Infantry Division and 11th Aviation Brigade to serve in the NATO Stabilization Force in Bosnia.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/v-corps.htm   (1292 words)

  
 CHAPTER 4
XLII Corps (Map 4), on the right flank of First Panzer Army, had been under persistent enemy attack since 26 December when some of the Russian forces recently engaged in the battle for Kiev were shifted south and renewed their pressure against the corps sector.
The order was explained orally to the division commanders, and all details of the operation were carefully gone over, especially the difficult relief of the SS Division near Komarovka by the 57th Division, whose GO was present during the briefing conference.
For lack of vehicles and fuel, III Panzer Corps was unable to reinforce its units in the area of Lisyanka and Oktyabr.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/BOOKS/WWII/20234/20-2344.htm   (5671 words)

  
 Panzer Grenadier: Blue Division
Spanish dictator Francisco Franco organized them into a “Blue Division” to carry the fight to the Russians and, not coincidentally, send the most politically active fascists far away from Madrid.
Blue Division is a supplement to the Panzer Grenadier series, focusing on the actions of this unit between 1941 and 1943.
Organized as a standard German infantry division, the Spanish unit fought well in some of the hardest fighting of the campaign.
www.strategypage.com /strategypagegamestore/Panzer_Grenadier_Blue_Division.asp   (307 words)

  
 Waffen SS Divisions
14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Galizien (1st Ukrainian)
19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)
33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian)
www.panzer-reich.co.uk /heer-waffen-ss-divisions.htm   (227 words)

  
 Panther Tanks
Amongst which are troops from the 9th Fallschirmjäger and Münchberg Panzer Divisions, including a rare night fighting equipped Panther G of Oberleutnant Rasim's Company, 1/29th Panzer Regiment.
Amongst which are troops from the 9th Fallschirmj?ger and M?nchberg Panzer Divisions, including a rare nightfighting equipped Panther G of Oberleutnant Rasims Company, 1/29th Panzer Regiment.
Although in the process of regrouping after their escape from the Cherkassy Pocket, Panthers and Panzer Grenadiers of the crack 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking are part of the relief force hastily assembled and thrown in to free the strategically important city of Kowel in the Pripet Marshes.
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 Mirage's 1/72 Panzer IV Ausf. C and Ausf. D
The Panzer IV had crew of 5, 75mm main gun, coaxial MG and had a weight of around 18 tons.
Both kits are adorned with colorful artwork depicting a Panzer IV in the field (Normandy and North Africa).
C vehicles on the decal sheet, 5th Panzer Division (Winter, Germany 1939), 2nd Panzer Division (Balkans 1941) or 21st Panzer Division (Normandy 1944).
www.internetmodeler.com /2005/july/first-looks/mirage_panzerIV.php   (757 words)

  
 stlambert
To the south, the 90th U.S. Division was moving north.
These Allied armies were closing in on the German 7th Army and the 5th Panzer Division.
Here was the last unbroken road eastwards to Vimoutiers The out numbered Canadians and Poles were caught in the middle with the German 7th Army to the west and the 2nd SS panzer Division to the east.
www.members.shaw.ca /battlefields1/stlambert.html   (420 words)

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