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The Panzer-Lehr-Division (tank teaching division) was an elite German armoured division during World War II.It was formed in 1943 onwards from training and demonstration troops (Lehr = "teach") stationed in Germany, to provide additional armored strength for the anticipated Allied invasion of western Europe. [7]
In the reorganisation known as Heeresstruktur 5 the following units were placed under the Brigade: 92nd Panzergrenadier (Lehr) Battalion, 93rd Panzerlehr Battalion and 334th "Celle" Panzerlehr Battalion, 95th Panzerartillerie (Lehr) Battalion and 325th and 95th Panzerartillerie (Lehr) Battalions, 3rd Panzer Reconnaissance (Lehr) Battalion, 90th ...
130th Panzer Division (commonly referred to as Panzer Lehr Division) 155th Reserve Panzer Division (previously Division Nr. 155, Division Nr. 155 (mot.), Panzer Division Nr. 155) Panzer Division Nr. 178 (previously Division Nr. 178) 179th Reserve Panzer Division (previously Division Nr. 179, Division Nr. 179 (mot.), and Panzer Division Nr. 179)
Decreed on 25 September 1944 to be dissolved and integrated into 15th Panzergrenadier Division, but instead integrated into 11th Panzer Division on 1 October 1944 (swapped with 113th Panzer Brigade (see below)). Panzergrenadier Regiment 2111 was later used in December 1944 to form part of Panzer Regiment 9 of 25th Panzer Division. [8]: 234 112.
Lehr Infantry Regiment: 1819: Potsdam: Guards Corps: 1st (1st East Prussian) Grenadiers "Crown Prince" 20 December 1655: Königsberg/Pr. I Army Corps: 2nd (1st Pomeranian) Grenadiers "King Frederick William IV" 20 February 1679: Stettin: II Army Corps: 3rd (2nd East Prussian) Grenadiers "King Frederick William I" 18 August 1685: Königsberg/Pr ...
I SS Panzer Corps - SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer (General) Josef Dietrich. Panzer-Lehr-Division - Generalleutnant (Major-general) Fritz Bayerlein. Panzer Lehr Regiment 130 ; SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 101 (Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101) (SS-Obersturmbannführer Heinz von Westernhagen) 1st Panzerkompanie [note 1] Rolf Möbius
Number Division Name (in German) Ethnic composition Named after Years Active Insignia Maximum Manpower 1st: Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler: Germans and 300 Italians after 8/9/1943: Life Regiment Adolf Hitler
Army Group G was commanded by General der Panzertruppe Hermann Balck.. Balck, who had since August been in charge of the Fourth Panzer Army on the Eastern Front took command on 21 September replacing Johannes Blaskowitz who had lost a substantial amount of his forces in the retreat following the Allied invasion of the south of France.