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The 9th Panzer Division was a panzer division of the German Army during World War II. It came into existence after 4th Light Division was reorganized in January 1940. The division was headquartered in Vienna , in the German military district Wehrkreis XVII .
The 9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen" (German: 9. SS-Panzerdivision "Hohenstaufen") [a] was a Waffen-SS armoured division of Nazi Germany during World War II. It participated in battles on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. [1] The division was activated in December 1942. [2]
2nd Panzer Division ‡ Oberst Meinrad von Lauchert 3rd Panzer Regiment 2nd and 304th Panzergrenadier Regiments 74th Artillery Regiment 2nd Recon Battalion 38th Antitank Battalion 38th Engineer Battalion 273rd Flak Battalion 38th Signals Battalion. 9th Panzer Division Generalmajor Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt 33rd Panzer Regiment
Division Name (in German) Ethnic composition Named after Years Active Insignia Maximum Manpower — Kempf [a] Germans: General der Panzertruppe Werner Kempf: 1939: 164–180 tanks — Böhmen-Mähren [b] Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: 1944–1945: 1st: Kosaken Nr. 1: Cossacks: 1943–1945: 17,500 [citation needed] — RONA (Russische Nr ...
8th Panzer Division (previously 3rd Light Division) 9th Panzer Division (previously 4th Light Division) 10th Panzer Division; 11th Panzer Division; 12th Panzer Division (previously 2nd Motorized Infantry Division) 13th Panzer Division (previously 13th Infantry Division, 13th Motorized Infantry Division; later Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2)
9th Panzer Division 21st Panzer Regiment "Walter Empacher " 22nd Panzer Regiment "Soja Kosmodemjanskaja" 23rd Panzer Regiment "Julian Marchlewski" 9th Motor Rifle Regiment "Rudolf Renner " 9th Artillery Regiment "Hans Fischer" 9th AA-Missile Regiment "Rudolf Dölling" 9th Rocket Detachment "Otto Nuschk"
9th Panzer Division was equipped with a single Panzer Regiment. This regiment contained two Panzer Detachments. These detachments contained German tank models. 6th, 7th and 8th Panzer Divisions were equipped with a single Panzer Regiment each. These regiments contained three Panzer Detachments. These detachments contained Czechoslovak tank models.
Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt (6 February 1900 – 6 March 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 9th Panzer Division.He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.