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data-file-height="400" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/NATO_Joint_Military_Symbology" title="NATO Joint Military Symbology">US Army Map Symbol</a>: <a href="/wiki/Panzer" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzer">Panzer</a> <a href="/wiki/Division_(Military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Division (Military)">Division</a>)</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1939–1945</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="Germany"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/German_Army_(1935%E2%80%931945)" title="German Army (1935–1945)">German Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Panzer" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzer">Panzer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armoured_warfare" title="Armoured warfare">Armoured warfare</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">11,792 personnel (1939) <ul><li>394 officers</li> <li>115 officials</li> <li>1,962 NCOs</li> <li>9,321 enlisted</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Balkenkreuz.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Balkenkreuz.svg/20px-Balkenkreuz.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Balkenkreuz.svg/30px-Balkenkreuz.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Balkenkreuz.svg/40px-Balkenkreuz.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <i><a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>A <b>Panzer division</b> was one of the <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)#Armored_division" title="Division (military)">armored (tank) divisions</a> in the <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(1935%E2%80%931945)" title="German Army (1935–1945)">army</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Panzer divisions were the key element of German success in the <a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">blitzkrieg operations</a> of the early years of World War II. Later the <i><a href="/wiki/Waffen-SS" title="Waffen-SS">Waffen-SS</a></i> formed its own panzer divisions, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a></i> fielded an elite panzer division: the <a href="/wiki/Fallschirm-Panzer_Division_1_Hermann_G%C3%B6ring" class="mw-redirect" title="Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring">Hermann Göring Division</a>. </p><p>A panzer division was a <a href="/wiki/Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">combined arms</a> formation, having both <a href="/wiki/Tank" title="Tank">tanks</a> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Panzerkampfwagen</i>, <abbr title="translation">transl.</abbr><span> armored fighting vehicle</span>, usually shortened to "<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Panzer</i></span>"), mechanized and <a href="/wiki/Panzergrenadier" title="Panzergrenadier">motorized infantry</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">anti-aircraft</a> and other integrated support elements. At the start of the war, panzer divisions were more effective than the equivalent <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> armored divisions due to their combined arms doctrine, even though they had fewer and generally less technically advanced tanks.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By mid-war, though German tanks had often become technically superior to Allied tanks, Allied <a href="/wiki/Armored_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Armored warfare">armored warfare</a> and combined arms doctrines generally caught up with the Germans, and shortages reduced the <a href="/wiki/Combat_readiness" title="Combat readiness">combat readiness</a> of panzer divisions. The proportions of the components of panzer divisions changed over time. </p><p>The World War II German equivalent of a <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">mechanized infantry</a> division is <a href="/wiki/Panzergrenadier" title="Panzergrenadier"><i>Panzergrenadierdivision</i></a> ('armored infantry division'). This is similar to a panzer division, but with a higher proportion of infantry and <a href="/wiki/Assault_gun" title="Assault gun">assault guns</a> and fewer tanks. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pre-war_development">Pre-war development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panzer_division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Pre-war development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Guderian" title="Heinz Guderian">Heinz Guderian</a> first proposed the formation of panzer units larger than a regiment, but the inspector of motorized troops, <a href="/wiki/Otto_von_Stuelpnagel" class="mw-redirect" title="Otto von Stuelpnagel">Otto von Stuelpnagel</a>, rejected the proposal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitcham20017_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitcham20017-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his replacement by <a href="/wiki/Oswald_Lutz" title="Oswald Lutz">Oswald Lutz</a>, Guderian's mentor, the idea gained more support in the <i>Wehrmach</i>t, and after 1933 was also supported by <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>. The first three <i>panzer divisions</i> were formed on 15 October 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitcham20019_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitcham20019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1st_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="1st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">1st Panzerdivision</a> was formed in <a href="/wiki/Weimar" title="Weimar">Weimar</a> and commanded by <a href="/wiki/Maximilian_von_Weichs" title="Maximilian von Weichs">Maximilian von Weichs</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Panzer_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Panzer Division">2nd Panzerdivision</a> was formed in <a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg" title="Würzburg">Würzburg</a> and commanded by Guderian, and the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">3rd Panzerdivision</a> was formed in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> and commanded by <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Fe%C3%9Fmann" title="Ernst Feßmann">Ernst Feßmann</a>. </p><p>Most other armies of the era organized their tanks into "tank brigades" that required additional infantry and artillery support. <i>Panzer divisions</i> had their own organic infantry and artillery support. This led to a change in operational doctrine: instead of the tanks supporting operations by other arms, the tanks led operations, with other arms supporting them. Since the <i>panzer divisions</i> had the supporting arms included, they could operate independently from other units. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panzer_division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:German_Panzer_DIV_1939.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/German_Panzer_DIV_1939.png/220px-German_Panzer_DIV_1939.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/German_Panzer_DIV_1939.png/330px-German_Panzer_DIV_1939.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/German_Panzer_DIV_1939.png/440px-German_Panzer_DIV_1939.png 2x" data-file-width="9112" data-file-height="4405" /></a><figcaption>German <i>Panzerdivision</i>, 1939.</figcaption></figure> <p>These first <i>panzer divisions</i> (<a href="/wiki/1st_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="1st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">1st</a> through <a href="/wiki/5th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">5th</a>) were composed of two tank regiments, one motorised infantry regiment of two battalions each, and supporting troops. After the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">invasion of Poland</a> in 1939, the old divisions were partially reorganised (adding a third battalion to some infantry regiments or alternatively adding a second regiment of two battalions). Around this time, the newly organised divisions (<a href="/wiki/6th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">6th</a> through <a href="/wiki/10th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="10th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">10th</a>) diverged in organisation, each on average with one tank regiment, one separate tank battalion, one or two infantry regiments (three to four battalions per division). </p><p>By the start of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a>, the German invasion of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> in 1941, the 21 <i>panzer divisions</i> had undergone further reorganisation to now consist of one tank regiment (of two or three battalions) and two motorised regiments (of two battalions each). Until the winter of 1941/42, the organic component of these divisions consisted of a motorised<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> artillery regiment (of one heavy and two light battalions) and the following battalions: reconnaissance, motorcycle, anti-tank, pioneer, field replacement, and communications. The number of tanks in the 1941-style divisions was relatively small, compared to their predecessors' composition. All other units in these formations were fully motorised (trucks, <a href="/wiki/Half-track" title="Half-track">half-tracks</a>, specialized combat vehicles) to match the speed of the tanks. </p><p>During the winter of 1941/42, the divisions underwent another reorganisation, with a tank regiment comprising from one to three battalions, depending on location (generally three for <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_South" title="Army Group South">Army Group South</a>, one for <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Centre" title="Army Group Centre">Army Group Centre</a>, other commands usually two battalions). Throughout 1942, the reconnaissance battalions were merged into the motorcycle battalions. </p><p>By the summer of 1943, the <i><a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Waffen-SS" title="Waffen-SS">Waffen-SS</a></i> also had <i>panzer divisions</i>. A renewed standardization of the tank regiments was attempted. Each was now supposed to consist of two battalions, one with <a href="/wiki/Panzer_IV" title="Panzer IV">Panzer IV</a> and one with <a href="/wiki/Panther_tank" title="Panther tank">Panther</a> (Panzer V). In reality, the organization continued to vary from division to division. The first infantry battalion of the first infantry regiment of each panzer division was now supposed to be fully mechanised (mounted on armoured half-tracks (<a href="/wiki/Sd.Kfz._251" title="Sd.Kfz. 251">Sd.Kfz. 251</a>). The first battalion of the artillery regiment replaced its former towed light howitzers with a mix of heavy and light self-propelled artillery (the <a href="/wiki/Hummel_(vehicle)" title="Hummel (vehicle)">Hummel</a> with a <a href="/wiki/15_cm_sFH_18" title="15 cm sFH 18">15 cm sFH 18</a>/1 L/30 gun and the standard <a href="/wiki/10.5_cm_leFH_18" title="10.5 cm leFH 18">105mm howitzer</a>-equipped <a href="/wiki/Wespe" title="Wespe">Wespe</a>). The anti-tank battalion now included assault guns, tank destroyers (<i><a href="/wiki/Panzerj%C3%A4ger" title="Panzerjäger">Panzerjaeger</a></i>/<i><a href="/wiki/Jagdpanzer" title="Jagdpanzer">Jadgpanzer</a></i>), and towed anti-tank guns. Generally, the mechanization of these divisions increased compared to their previous organization. </p><p>Since the Heer and the SS used their own ordinal systems, there were duplicate numbers (i.e. there was both a <a href="/wiki/9th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">9th Panzerdivision</a> and a <a href="/wiki/9th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hohenstaufen" title="9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen">9th SS-Panzerdivision</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heer">Heer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panzer_division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Heer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Numbered">Numbered</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panzer_division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Numbered"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="1st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">1st Panzer Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">2nd Panzer Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">3rd Panzer Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">4th Panzer Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">5th Panzer Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">6th Panzer Division</a> (previously 1st Light Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">7th Panzer Division</a> (previously 2nd Light Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">8th Panzer Division</a> (previously 3rd Light Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">9th Panzer Division</a> (previously 4th Light Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="10th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">10th Panzer Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">11th Panzer Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="12th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">12th Panzer Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="13th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">13th Panzer Division</a> (previously 13th Infantry Division, 13th Motorized Infantry Division; later Panzer Division <i>Feldherrnhalle</i> 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">14th Panzer Division</a> (previously 4th Infantry Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">15th Panzer Division</a> (previously 33rd Infantry Division; later 15th <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;">Panzergrenadier</span></span> Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">16th Panzer Division</a> (previously 16th Infantry Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="17th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">17th Panzer Division</a> (previously 27th Infantry Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">18th Panzer Division</a> (later 18th Artillery Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="19th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">19th Panzer Division</a> (previously 19th Infantry Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">20th Panzer Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">21st Panzer Division</a> (previously 5th Light Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="22nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">22nd Panzer Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="23rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">23rd Panzer Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="24th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">24th Panzer Division</a> (previously 1st Cavalry Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="25th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">25th Panzer Division</a> (previously armoured division "Norway".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="23rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">26th Panzer Division</a> (formerly 23rd Infantry Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="27th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">27th Panzer Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/116th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="116th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">116th Panzer Division <i>Windhund</i></a> (previously 16th Infantry Division, 16th Motorized Infantry Division, and 16th <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;">Panzergrenadier</span></span> Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/155th_Reserve_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="155th Reserve Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">155th Reserve Panzer Division</a> (previously Division Nr. 155, Division Nr. 155 (motorized), Panzer Division Nr. 155)</li> <li>Panzer Division Nr. 178 (previously Division Nr. 178)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/179th_Reserve_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="179th Reserve Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">179th Reserve Panzer Division</a> (previously Division Nr. 179, Division Nr. 179 (mot.), and Panzer Division Nr. 179)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=232nd_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="232nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) (page does not exist)">232nd Panzer Division</a> (previously Panzer Division <i>Tatra</i>, Panzer Training Division <i>Tatra</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/233rd_Reserve_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="233rd Reserve Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">233rd Reserve Panzer Division</a> (previously Division Nr. 233 (mot.), <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;">Panzergrenadier</span></span> Division Nr. 233, and Panzer Division Nr. 233; later Panzer Division <i>Clausewitz</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/273rd_Reserve_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="273rd Reserve Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">273rd Reserve Panzer Division</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Named">Named</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panzer_division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Named"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_Clausewitz" title="Panzer Division Clausewitz">Panzer Division <i>Clausewitz</i></a> (previously Division Nr. 233 (motorized), <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;">Panzergrenadier</span></span> Division Nr. 233, and Panzer Division Nr. 233, Reserve Panzer Division 233) <ul><li><i>Döberitz</i>, <i>Schlesien</i>, and <i>Holstein</i> are approximately synonymous with <i>Clausewitz</i>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_Feldherrnhalle_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 1">Panzer Division <i>Feldherrnhalle 1</i></a> (previously 60th Infantry Division, 60th Motorized Infantry Division, and <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;">Panzergrenadier</span></span> Division <i>Feldherrnhalle</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_Feldherrnhalle_2" title="Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2">Panzer Division <i>Feldherrnhalle 2</i></a> (previously 13th Infantry Division, 13th Motorized Infantry Division, and 13th Panzer Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fallschirm-Panzer_Division_1_Hermann_G%C3%B6ring" class="mw-redirect" title="Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring">Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_J%C3%BCterbog" title="Panzer Division Jüterbog">Panzer Division <i>Jüterbog</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_Kempf" title="Panzer Division Kempf">Panzer Division <i>Kempf</i></a> (part <i>Heer</i>, part <i>Waffen-SS</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_Kurmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzer Division Kurmark">Panzer Division <i>Kurmark</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Lehr_Division" title="Panzer Lehr Division">Panzer Lehr Division</a> (sometimes identified as 130th Panzer-Lehr-Division)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_M%C3%BCncheberg" title="Panzer Division Müncheberg">Panzer Division <i>Müncheberg</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_Tatra" title="Panzer Division Tatra">Panzer Division <i>Tatra</i></a> (later Panzer Training Division <i>Tatra</i>, 232nd Panzer Division)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tank_complement">Tank complement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panzer_division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tank complement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tank strength of the panzer divisions varied throughout the war. The actual equipment of each division is difficult to determine due to battle losses, the formation of new units, reinforcements and captured enemy equipment. The following table gives the tank strength of every division on two dates when this was known. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Unit </th> <th style="width:12em;">Tanks on <br />September 1, 1939<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(<a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland_(1939)" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Poland (1939)">Invasion of Poland</a>) </th> <th style="width:12em;">Tanks on <br />June 22, 1941<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(<a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Invasion of the USSR</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st Panzer Division </td> <td>309 </td> <td>145 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd Panzer Division </td> <td>322 </td> <td>N/A<sup>a</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd Panzer Division </td> <td>391 </td> <td>215 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th Panzer Division </td> <td>341 </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th Panzer Division </td> <td>335 </td> <td>N/A<sup>b</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10th Panzer Division </td> <td>150 </td> <td>182 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Panzer Division Kempf </td> <td>164 </td> <td>N/A<sup>e</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1st Light Division / 6th Panzer Division </td> <td>226 </td> <td>245<sup>d</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd Light Division / 7th Panzer Division </td> <td>85 </td> <td>265<sup>d</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd Light Division / 8th Panzer Division </td> <td>80 </td> <td>212<sup>d</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th Light Division / 9th Panzer Division </td> <td>62 </td> <td>143<sup>d</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Panzer Regiment 25 </td> <td>225 </td> <td>N/A<sup>e</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11th Panzer Division </td> <td>N/A<sup>c</sup> </td> <td>143 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12th Panzer Division </td> <td>N/A<sup>c</sup> </td> <td>293 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13th Panzer Division </td> <td>N/A<sup>c</sup> </td> <td>149 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14th Panzer Division </td> <td>N/A<sup>c</sup> </td> <td>147 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16th Panzer Division </td> <td>N/A<sup>c</sup> </td> <td>146 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17th Panzer Division </td> <td>N/A<sup>c</sup> </td> <td>202 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18th Panzer Division </td> <td>N/A<sup>c</sup> </td> <td>218 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19th Panzer Division </td> <td>N/A<sup>c</sup> </td> <td>228 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20th Panzer Division </td> <td>N/A<sup>c</sup> </td> <td>229 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"><sup>a</sup> Did not participate in Operation Barbarossa, transport ships sunk while carrying the Division (1941).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p><sup>b</sup> Arrived on the Eastern Front after Operation Barbarossa.<br /> <sup>c</sup> Formed after the Polish Campaign.<br /> <sup>d</sup> Renamed following the Polish Campaign.<br /> <sup>e</sup> Merged into other Divisions following the Polish Campaign.<br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flags">Flags</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panzer_division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Flags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Panzer divisions used <a href="/wiki/Corps_colours_of_the_German_Army_(1935%E2%80%931945)" title="Corps colours of the German Army (1935–1945)">pink military flags</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panzer_division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_armoured_formations_of_the_Second_World_War" title="British armoured formations of the Second World War">British armoured formations of the Second World War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_operation" title="Deep operation">Deep operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maneuver_warfare" title="Maneuver warfare">Maneuver warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechanised_corps_(Soviet_Union)" title="Mechanised corps (Soviet Union)">Mechanised corps (Soviet Union)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Panzer_Division_order_of_battle" title="SS Panzer Division order of battle">SS Panzer Division order of battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_United_States_Army#Armored_division" title="Divisions of the United States Army">US Armored Divisions</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panzer_division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHealyStrasheim2008" class="citation book cs1">Healy, Mark; Strasheim, Rainer (2008). Prigent, John (ed.). <i>Panzerwaffe: The Campaigns in the West 1940</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Allan_Publishing" title="Ian Allan Publishing">Ian Allan</a>. p. 23. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7110-3239-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7110-3239-2"><bdi>978-0-7110-3239-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/184963718">184963718</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Panzerwaffe%3A+The+Campaigns+in+the+West+1940&rft.place=London&rft.pages=23&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F184963718&rft.isbn=978-0-7110-3239-2&rft.aulast=Healy&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft.au=Strasheim%2C+Rainer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitcham20017-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitcham20017_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMitcham2001">Mitcham (2001)</a>, p. 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitcham20019-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitcham20019_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMitcham2001">Mitcham (2001)</a>, p. 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Most German divisional artillery was horse-drawn.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBauer1962" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Bauer, Eddy (1962) [1947]. <i>La Guerre des Blindés, Tome II: L'écrasement du IIIe Reich</i> [<i>The Tank War, Volume II: The destruction of the Third Reich</i>] (in French) (2nd ed.). Paris: Payot. p. 8.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=La+Guerre+des+Blind%C3%A9s%2C+Tome+II%3A+L%27%C3%A9crasement+du+IIIe+Reich&rft.place=Paris&rft.pages=8&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Payot&rft.date=1962&rft.aulast=Bauer&rft.aufirst=Eddy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParada" class="citation web cs1">Parada, George. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070630211322/http://www.achtungpanzer.com/articles/polcamp.htm">"Invasion of Poland (Fall Weiss)"</a>. <i>AchtungPanzer.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.achtungpanzer.com/articles/polcamp.htm">the original</a> on 30 June 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 March</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AchtungPanzer.com&rft.atitle=Invasion+of+Poland+%28Fall+Weiss%29&rft.aulast=Parada&rft.aufirst=George&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.achtungpanzer.com%2Farticles%2Fpolcamp.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParada" class="citation web cs1">Parada, George. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070119104735/http://www.achtungpanzer.com/battles.htm#barb">"Principal Tank Campaigns and Battles of World War II"</a>. <i>AchtungPanzer.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.achtungpanzer.com/battles.htm#barb">the original</a> on 19 January 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 March</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AchtungPanzer.com&rft.atitle=Principal+Tank+Campaigns+and+Battles+of+World+War+II&rft.aulast=Parada&rft.aufirst=George&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.achtungpanzer.com%2Fbattles.htm%23barb&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStoves1986" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Stoves, Rolf (1986). <i>Die gepanzerten und motorisierten deutschen Grossverbände : Divisionen und selbständige Brigaden : 1935-1945</i> [<i>The large German armored and motorized formations : Divisions and independent brigades : 1935-1945</i>] (in German). Friedberg, Hesse: Podzun-Pallas-Verlag. p. 19. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-7909-0279-9" title="Special:BookSources/3-7909-0279-9"><bdi>3-7909-0279-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/17981740">17981740</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Die+gepanzerten+und+motorisierten+deutschen+Grossverb%C3%A4nde+%3A+Divisionen+und+selbst%C3%A4ndige+Brigaden+%3A+1935-1945&rft.place=Friedberg%2C+Hesse&rft.pages=19&rft.pub=Podzun-Pallas-Verlag&rft.date=1986&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F17981740&rft.isbn=3-7909-0279-9&rft.aulast=Stoves&rft.aufirst=Rolf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLoeser" class="citation web cs1">Loeser, Peter. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101012121848/http://www.loeser.us/flags/nsdap.html">"Flags of the Third Reich"</a>. <i>Historical Flags of our Ancestors</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.loeser.us/flags/nsdap.html">the original</a> on 2010-10-12.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Historical+Flags+of+our+Ancestors&rft.atitle=Flags+of+the+Third+Reich&rft.aulast=Loeser&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.loeser.us%2Fflags%2Fnsdap.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span> (See under Hermann Göring Panzer Division Flag.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavis2000" class="citation book cs1">Davis, Brian L. (2000). <i>Flags of the Third Reich</i>. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. p. 31. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84176-171-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84176-171-8"><bdi>978-1-84176-171-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Flags+of+the+Third+Reich&rft.place=Oxford%2C+UK&rft.pages=31&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-84176-171-8&rft.aulast=Davis&rft.aufirst=Brian+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panzer_division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavies1977" class="citation book cs1">Davies, W. J. K. (1977) [1973]. <a href="/wiki/German_Army_Handbook_1939%E2%80%931945_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army Handbook 1939–1945 (book)"><i>German Army Handbook 1939–1945</i></a> (2nd U.S. ed.). New York: Arco Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-668-04291-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-668-04291-5"><bdi>0-668-04291-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=German+Army+Handbook+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=2nd+U.S.&rft.pub=Arco+Publishing&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=0-668-04291-5&rft.aulast=Davies&rft.aufirst=W.+J.+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGuderian2001" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Guderian" title="Heinz Guderian">Guderian, Heinz</a> (2001) [1952]. <a href="/wiki/Panzer_Leader_(book)" title="Panzer Leader (book)"><i>Panzer Leader</i></a> (Da Capo Press reissue ed.). New York: <a href="/wiki/Da_Capo_Press" title="Da Capo Press">Da Capo Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-306-81101-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-306-81101-4"><bdi>0-306-81101-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Panzer+Leader&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=Da+Capo+Press+reissue&rft.pub=Da+Capo+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-306-81101-4&rft.aulast=Guderian&rft.aufirst=Heinz&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJentz1996" class="citation book cs1">Jentz, Thomas L. (1996). <i>Panzertruppen - The Complete Guide to the Creation & Combat Employment of Germany's Tank Force 1933-1942</i>. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-88740-915-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-88740-915-8"><bdi>978-0-88740-915-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Panzertruppen+-+The+Complete+Guide+to+the+Creation+%26+Combat+Employment+of+Germany%27s+Tank+Force+1933-1942&rft.place=Atglen%2C+PA&rft.pub=Schiffer+Publishing&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-0-88740-915-8&rft.aulast=Jentz&rft.aufirst=Thomas+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNiehorster2016" class="citation web cs1">Niehorster, Leo (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.niehorster.org/011_germany/39_organ_army/39_pz-01.html">"1st Panzer Division: in accordance with the 1939/40 Mobilization Plan"</a>. <i>World War II Armed Forces: Orders of Battle and Organizations</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=World+War+II+Armed+Forces%3A+Orders+of+Battle+and+Organizations&rft.atitle=1st+Panzer+Division%3A+in+accordance+with+the+1939%2F40+Mobilization+Plan&rft.date=2016&rft.aulast=Niehorster&rft.aufirst=Leo&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.niehorster.org%2F011_germany%2F39_organ_army%2F39_pz-01.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFvon_Mellenthin1956" class="citation book cs1">von Mellenthin, Major General F. W. (1956). <a href="/wiki/Panzer_Battles_(book)" title="Panzer Battles (book)"><i>Panzer Battles: A Study of the Employment of Armor in the Second World War</i></a> (1st Ballantine Books ed.). New York: <a href="/wiki/Ballantine_Books" title="Ballantine Books">Ballantine Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-345-24440-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-345-24440-0"><bdi>0-345-24440-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Panzer+Battles%3A+A+Study+of+the+Employment+of+Armor+in+the+Second+World+War&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=1st+Ballantine+Books&rft.pub=Ballantine+Books&rft.date=1956&rft.isbn=0-345-24440-0&rft.aulast=von+Mellenthin&rft.aufirst=Major+General+F.+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMitcham2001" class="citation book cs1">Mitcham, Samuel (2001). <i>The Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War II and Their Commanders</i>. Westport: Greenwood Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-31640-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-31640-1"><bdi>978-0-313-31640-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Panzer+Legions%3A+A+Guide+to+the+German+Army+Tank+Divisions+of+World+War+II+and+Their+Commanders&rft.place=Westport&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-313-31640-1&rft.aulast=Mitcham&rft.aufirst=Samuel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParada2004" class="citation web cs1">Parada, George (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060117105829/http://www.achtungpanzer.com/pzdiv2.htm">"Panzer Divisions 1940-1945"</a>. <i>AchtungPanzer.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.achtungpanzer.com/pzdiv2.htm">the original</a> on 2006-01-17.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AchtungPanzer.com&rft.atitle=Panzer+Divisions+1940-1945&rft.date=2004&rft.aulast=Parada&rft.aufirst=George&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.achtungpanzer.com%2Fpzdiv2.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTessin1979" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Tessin, Georg (1979). <i>Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS 1939–1945, Band 1 Die Waffengattungen-Gesammtübersicht</i> [<i>Units and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS 1939-1945, Volume 1: The Armed Branches - General Overview</i>] (in German). Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-76481-170-6" title="Special:BookSources/3-76481-170-6"><bdi>3-76481-170-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Verb%C3%A4nde+und+Truppen+der+deutschen+Wehrmacht+und+Waffen-SS+1939%E2%80%931945%2C+Band+1+Die+Waffengattungen-Gesammt%C3%BCbersicht&rft.place=Osnabr%C3%BCck&rft.pub=Biblio+Verlag&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=3-76481-170-6&rft.aulast=Tessin&rft.aufirst=Georg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APanzer+division+%28Wehrmacht%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panzer_division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1st_–_9th" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st – 9th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="1st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Panzer_Division" title="4th Panzer Division">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Panzer_Division" title="6th Panzer Division">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Panzer_Division" title="8th Panzer Division">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">9</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">10th – 19th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/10th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="10th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Panzer_Division" title="11th Panzer Division">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="12th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Panzer_Division" title="13th Panzer Division">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Panzer_Division" title="14th Panzer Division">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Panzer_Division" title="15th Panzer Division">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Panzer_Division" title="16th Panzer Division">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Panzer_Division" title="17th Panzer Division">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Panzer_Division" title="18th Panzer Division">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Panzer_Division" title="19th Panzer Division">19</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20th – 27th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/20th_Panzer_Division" title="20th Panzer Division">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Panzer_Division" title="21st Panzer Division">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Panzer_Division" title="22nd Panzer Division">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Panzer_Division" title="23rd Panzer Division">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Panzer_Division" title="24th Panzer Division">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Panzer_Division" title="25th Panzer Division">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="23rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Panzer_Division" title="27th Panzer Division">27</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/116th_Panzer_Division" title="116th Panzer Division">116</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Named</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_Clausewitz" title="Panzer Division Clausewitz">Clausewitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer-Grenadier-Division_Feldherrnhalle" title="Panzer-Grenadier-Division Feldherrnhalle">Feldherrnhalle 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_Feldherrnhalle_2" title="Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2">Feldherrnhalle 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_Holstein" title="Panzer Division Holstein">Holstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_J%C3%BCterbog" title="Panzer Division Jüterbog">Jüterbog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_Kempf" title="Panzer Division Kempf">Kempf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Lehr_Division" title="Panzer Lehr Division">Panzer Lehr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_M%C3%BCncheberg" title="Panzer Division Müncheberg">Müncheberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Division_Tatra" title="Panzer Division Tatra">Tatra</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Reserve</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/155th_Reserve_Panzer_Division" title="155th Reserve Panzer Division">155</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/179th_Reserve_Panzer_Division" title="179th Reserve Panzer Division">179</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/233rd_Reserve_Panzer_Division" title="233rd Reserve Panzer Division">233</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/273rd_Reserve_Panzer_Division" title="273rd Reserve Panzer Division">273</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Waffen-SS" title="Waffen-SS">Waffen-SS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_SS_Panzer_Division_Leibstandarte_SS_Adolf_Hitler" title="1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler">1 Leibstandarte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_SS_Panzer_Division_Das_Reich" title="2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich">2 Das Reich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_SS_Panzer_Division_Totenkopf" title="3rd SS Panzer Division 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