GermanArmyHandbook.pdf

1939-1945

JAMES LUCAS

GERMAN ARMY

JAMES LUCAS

SUTTON PUBLISHING

First published in 1998 by

Sutton Publishing Limited· Phoenix Mill

Thrupp . Stroud· Gloucestershire . GL5 2BU

This edition published in 2002

system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,

recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher and copyright holder.

The author has asserted the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 0 7509 3191 4

Typeset in 10/13 pt New Baskerville.

Typesetting and origination by

Sutton Publishing Limited.

Printed in Great Britain by

J.H. Haynes & Co. Ltd, Sparkford.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements & Bibliography

Glossary

Foreword

1. Introduction

2. The Command Structure

3. The Infantry

4. The Mountain Rifles (Gebirgsjager)

5. Miscellaneous Infantry Formations

6. Infantry Weapons

7. The Panzers

8. Panzer Weapons

9. The Artillery

10. Artillery Weapons

11. The Other Arms of Service

12. Flags and Colours

13. Uniforms

14. Personal Equipment, Identity Documents and the Matter of Honour

15. Medals and Decorations

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Appendices:

I: Comparative Tables of Rank

II: Divisions of the Waffen-SS

III: Order of Battle - Poland, September 1939

IV: Order of Battle - The West, 1940

V: Order of Battle - The Soviet Union,June 1941

VI: Order of Battle - Normandy, 1944

VII: Complete Order of Battle of the German Army, 12 April 1945

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Index

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ACI{NOWLEDGEMENTS

Among the several institutions and many friends who have contributed to the production of this

book, there are two men whose help has been invaluable and to whom go my special thanks. The

first of these is Gary Shaw, BSc, who carried out research on the infantry weapons, the artillery and

the armoured fighting vehicles which are described in these pages. When, in the early summer of

this year, I suffered a short bout of ill health, Gary volunteered his help, and without it the

production of this book might have been seriously delayed. The second friend is the distinguished

American author Mark Yerger, who supplied the m~ority of the photographs which illustrate the

text. Not only did Mark make his extensive archive available to me, but his assistance on a number

of technical points was invaluable. The help he gave is gratefully acknowledged.

I am also grateful to my granddaughter, Victoria, who read and checked the many drafts of

this typescript. Also to Julie Robertshaw and to Colin Bruce, both of the Department of Printed

Books at the Imperial War Museum, as well as to Hilary Roberts of that museum's Department

of Photographs. My thanks go also to Dr Rauchensteiner of the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum

in Vienna, to Vizeleutnant Eberl of the Austrian Army, and to Gill Pratt. Further thanks go to

Lieutenant-Colonel George Forty, formerly Director of the Tank Museum in Bovington, to

Jonathan Falconer, my publisher, and to Sheila Watson, my agent. But no expression of thanks

would be complete without acknowledging the great debt lowe to my dear wife, Edeltraude,

for she has been my constant support and encouragement.

James Lucas

London, 1998

BIBLIOGRAPHY & UNPUBLISHED SOURCES

Cooper, M., The German Army, 1933-1945, MacDonald andJanes, 1978.

Hillgruber (ed.), Kriegstagebuch der OKVV: Bernhard and Graefe, 1963.

Keilig, Das Deutsche Heer, 1939-1945,

Kissel, H., DerDeutsche Volkssturm, 1944-45, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1962.

Klietmann, Die Waffen-SS: Eine Dokumentation,

Middeldorf, E., Taktik im Russlandfeldzug, Mittler, 1956.

Phillipi, A. and Hesse, E., Der Feldzug gegen Sovjet Russland, Kohlhammer, 1962.

Tessin, G., Verbiinde und Truppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht und SS, Biblio Verlag, 1975.

US Army, German Army Handbook, 1944.

War Office, The German Order ofBattle, 1944

West, O.B., 'AngriffHeeresgruppe "B"', 16 December 1944.

HQ 2nd Army, 'History of Operations by 2nd Army', Bielefeld.

OKH, 'Operations Abteilung. "Barbarossa",, Chefsachen Band III.

OKH (Fremde Heere Ost), 'Handakte: Deutsche Unternehmungen', Ostfront 22June

1941-30 August 1943.

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