Table of Contents
Introduction 4
Combat mission 5
Doctrine and training 6
Unit organization 8
From 1943 to 1944
Divisional Headquarters
The Panzer Regiment
Panzergrenadier units
Panzeraufklärungs Abteilung
Panzerjäger Abteilung
Artillery
Panzer Pionier Bataillon
Communications and replacements
Divisional supply and services
The 1945 Panzer Division
Tactics 46
Salerno, 13-14 September 1943 (16. Panzer Division)
Gorodok, 21-27 November 1943 (20. Panzer Division)
Cherkassy, 16-17 February 1944 (1. Panzer Division)
Targul-Frumos, 2 May 1944 (24. Panzer Division)
St. Lo, 11 July 1944 (Panzer Lehr Division)
Caen, 18 July 1944 (21. Panzer Division)
Arracourt, 25-29 September 1944 (11. Panzer Division)
Nyiregyhaza, 26 October 1944 (1. and 23. Panzer Divisions)
Hürtgen Forest, 2-9 November 1944 (116. Panzer Division)
Celles-Rochefort, 23-26 December 1944 (Panzer Lehr, 2. Panzer Division)
Wissembourg, 8-9 January 1945 (21. Panzer Division)
Stuhlweissenburg, 20-21 January 1945 (1. Panzer Division)
Weapons and equipment 70
Command, control, communications and intelligence 81
The German command system
The use of Kampfgruppen and the command system
Unit status 85
Lessons learned 91
Abbreviations and glossary 92
Bibliography 93
Key to vehicle silhouette identification 94
Index 95
