The Volks Grenadier Division, 1944 to 1945
Divisional Troops
Divisional Headquarters
Mapping Section
Field Police Unit
Field Post Unit
Fusilier Company
Divisional Signals Unit
Three Volks Grenadier Regiments, each comprised of;
Regimental Headquarters (including one bicycle Reconnaissance Platoon and one Pioneer Platoon)
Infantry Gun Company - two Platoons, each of four 12-cm mortars, and one Platoon of four 7.5-cm infantry guns.
Anti-tank Company - with fifty-four Panzerschreck rocket launchers in three Platoons of eighteen each (plus a reserve of eighteen more such weapons).
Two Volks Grenadier Battalions (one of which would be bicycle equipped) - click on The Volks Grenadier Battalion 1944 to 1945 link for more detail.
Divisional Artillery Regiment
Regimental Headquarters
Gun Battalion - with eighteen 7.5-cm Pak 40 guns, divided into three Batteries with six guns per Battery.
Two Howitzer Battalions - each with twelve towed 10.5-cm howitzers, divided into two Batteries with six guns per Battery.
Medium Battalion – with twelve towed 15-cm howitzers, divided into two Batteries with six guns per Battery.
Anti-tank Battalion - one Company with nine towed 7.5-cm guns in three Platoons of three; one Company with nine 7.5-cm or 7.62-cm self-propelled equipments in three Platoons of three; one Company of nine 3.7-cm Flak guns in three Platoons of three.
Engineer Battalion
Battalion Headquarters
Two Pioneer Companies
Supply
Supply Troops
Administrative Troops
Veterinary Company
Medical
Medical Company
Ambulance Company
Points of note
This slimmed down Division was to become the standard for all German infantry formations. The Artillery Regiment was very different, incorporating a Battalion equipped with the Pak 40 anti-tank gun. Divisional reconnaissance was provided by a single reinforced Rifle Company on bicycles. The venerable 15-cm infantry gun had disappeared from the Regimental Gun Companies, supplanted by the 12-cm mortar.
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