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German Orders of Battle July 7, 1943
at the time of the tank battle of Kursk and the Allied invasion of Sicily

The German Orders of Battle and distribution of the divisions of the German Wehrmacht and subordinates units of allies at the time of the tank battle of Kursk and the Allied invasion of Sicily in midsummer 1943.
The Orders of Battle includes also shattered divisions (as described remainder) as well as divisions in preparation (especially in the south, west and south-east).
Fortress divisions are officially designated 'not mobile' divisions, designated for the defense of coastal sections in the west.
Luftwaffe field divisions were raised from surplus ground crews and anti-aircraft soldiers of the Air Force to reinforce the army, but they were of little combat value because it's soldiers and officers had little experience in ground warfare.
Security divisions were used for the guarding and defense of bridges, railway lines and other important objects against partisans. Jager divisions were light and mobile units for difficult terrain and were especially active in the fight against partisans (an interesting note to the war against the partisans, which falls in this period: with order from July 1943, captured partisans (called 'bandits') were now officially treated as prisoners of war (POW) and were used as workers in Germany and occupied territories, and not - as previously customary - executed).

Schematic layout of the German Wehrmacht from July 7th, 1943
Army Group
Army
Corps
Divisions

Army Group A located on the Crimea and Kuban bridgehead (Caucasus) in Russia

(Reserves:
13 Panzer Division, elements )

Commander of the Crimea

(Reserves: Slovak fast Division)

Romanian Mountain Corps

4 Romanian Mountain Division (bulk)
2 Romanian Mountain Division

  153 Training Division
13 Panzer Division (parts)
355 Infantry Division
381 Training Division (remainder)
Commander of the Strait of Kerch   4 Romanian Mountain Division (elements)
5 Luftwaffen Field Division
17 Army V Corps
(Romanian Cavalry Corps subordinated) 		9 Romanian Cavalry Division
19 Romanian Infantry Division (bulk)
6 Romanian Cavalry Division (remainder)
4 Mountain Division (remainder)
1 Romanian Mountain Division
73 Infantry Division (remainder)
9 Infantry Division
XXXXIV Corps 97 Jager Division
79 Infantry Division
101 Jager Division
19 Romanian Infantry Division (parts)
3 Romanina Mountain Division (parts)
10 Romanian Infantry Division (bulk)
98 Infantry Division
125 Infantry Division (bulk)
XXXXIX Mountains Corps 370 Infantry Division
50 Infantry Division
125 Infantry Division (parts)
3 Romanian Mountain Division (bulk)
10 Romanian Mountain Division (parts)
13 Panzer Division (parts)

Army Group South located on southern Russia

(Reserves: 24 Romanian Infantry Division)

6 Army

(Reserves: 16 Panzer Grenadiers Division, bulk )

XXIX Corps 16 Panzer Grenadiers Division (parts)
111 Infantry Division
15 Luftwaffen Field Division
17 Infantry Division
336 Infantry Division

XVII Corps

 294 Infantry Division
306 Infantry Division
302 Infantry Division
IV Corps 304 Infantry Division
3 Mountain Division
335 Infantry Division

1 Panzer Army

(Reserves: XXIV Panzer Corps with 23 Panzer Division, 17 Panzer Division, 5 SS Panzer Division Wiking)

 XXX Corps 62 Infantry Division
38 Infantry Division
387 Infantry Division
XXXX Panzer Corps 333 Infantry Division
46 Infantry Division
257 Infantry Division
LVII Panzer Corps 15 Infantry Division
198 Infantry Division
328 Infantry Division
Army Kempf XXXXII Corps 161 Infantry Division
39 Infantry Division
282 Infantry Division
XI Corps 320 Infantry Division
106 Infantry Division
III Panzer Corps 7 Panzer Division
19 Panzer Division
6 Panzer Division
168 Infantry Division
4 Panzer Army II SS Panzer Corps 3 SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
2 SS Panzer Division Das Reich
1 SS Panzer Division Adolf Hitler
167 Infantry Division (parts)
XXXXVIII Panzer Corps 167 Infantry Division (bulk)
11 Panzer Division
Panzer Grenadiers Division Grossdeutschland
3 Panzer Division
LII Corps 332 Infantry Division
255 Infantry Division
57 Infantry Division
Commander of the Army Group South 213 Security Division
454 Security Division
444 Security Division

Army Group Center located in Russia

(Reserves: 5 Panzer Division, 8 Panzer Division, elements 236 Infantry Division, 83 Infantry Division, 390 Training Division, 391 Training Division, 12 Panzer Division, 4 Panzer Division, 10 Panzer Grenadiers Division)

2 Army VII Corps 68 Infantery Division
75 Infantry Division
26 Infantry Division
323 Infantry Division (remainder)
88 Infantry Division
XIII Corps 327 Infantry Division
340 Infantry Division
377 Infantry Division (remainder)
82 Infantry Division
Commander of 2 Army 1 Hungarian Security Division
9 Army XX Corps 251 Infantry Division
45 Infantry Division
137 Infantry Division
72 Infantry Division
XXXXVI Panzer Corps 102 Infantry Division
258 Infantry Division
7 Infantry Division
31 Infantry Division
XXXXVII Panzer Corps 20 Panzer Division
2 Panzer Division
6 Infantry Division
9 Panzer Division
XXIII Corps 78 Infantry Division
216 Infantry Division
383 Infantry Division
36 Infantry Division (parts)

2 Panzer Army

(Reserves: 112 Infantry Division, 707 Infantry Division)

XXXV Corps 299 Infantry Division
56 Infantry Division
262 Infantry Division
34 Infantry Division
LIII Corps 208 Infantry Division
221 Security Division (parts)
25 Panzer Grenadiers Division
211 Infantry Division
293 Infantry Division
LV Corps 134 Infantry Division
110 Infantry Division
296 Infantry Division
339 Infantry Division

4 Army

(Reserves: 183 Infantry Division, 253 Infantry Division)

LVI Panzer Corps 131 Infantry Division
14 Infantry Division
321 Infantry Division
XII Corps 267 Infantry Division
260 Infantry Division
268 Infantry Division
IX Corps 342 Infantry Division
252 Infantry Division
35 Infantry Division
XXXIX Panzer Corps 337 Infantry Division
95 Infantery Division
129 Infantery Division
XXVII Corps 246 Infantry Division
197 Infantry Division
256 Infantry Division
52 Infantry Division

3 Panzer Army

(Reserves: 201 Security Division)

VI Corps 206 Infantry Division
330 Infantry Division
87 Infantry Division
II Luftwaffen (Air Force) Field Corps 4 Luftwaffen Field Division
3 Luftwaffen Field Division
6 Luftwaffen Field Division
2 Luftwaffen Field Division
LIX Corps 263 Infantry Division
291 Infantry Division
XXXXIII Corps 20 Panzer Grenadiers Division
205 Infantry Division
Commander of the Army Group Center Hungarian VIII Corps 105 Hungarian Light Division
102 Hungarian Light Division
201 Hungarian Security Division
108 Hungarian Light Division
Commander of the Army Group Center
286 Security Division
221 Security Division (bulk)
203 Security Division

Army Group North iocated in northern Russia

(Reserves: 18 Panzer Grenadiers Division, 223 Infantry Division, 388 Training Division)

16 Army II Corps 331 Infantry Division
12 Infantry Division
218 Infantry Division
123 Infantry Division
93 Infantry Division
VIII Corps 21 Luftwaffen Field Division
122 Infantry Division
32 Infantry Division
X Corps 5 Jager Division
30 Infantry Division
8 Jager Division
126 Infantry Division
329 Infantry Division

18 Army

(Reserves: 121 Infantry Division, 28 Jager Division)

XXXVIII Corps 1 Luftwaffen Field Division
717 Infantry Division
Latvian SS Volunteers Brigade
I Corps 13 Luftwaffen Field Division
227 Infantry Division
XXVIII CKorps 96 Infantry Division
61 Infantry Division
81 Infantry Division
12 Luftwaffen Field Division
225 Infantry Division
132 Infantry Division
XXVI Corps 212 Infantry Division
1 Infantry Division
11 Infantry Division
69 Infantry Division
290 Infantry Division
23 Infantry Division
5 Mountain Division
LIV Corps 21 Infantry Division
24 Infantry Division
254 Infantry Division
SS Police Division
58 Infantry Division
L Corps 250 Spanish Infantry Division
170 Infantry Division
215 Infantry Division
III Luftwaffen (Air Force) Field Corps 9 Luftwaffen Field Division
10 Luftwaffen Field Division
Commander of the Army Group North
207 Security Division
281 Security Division
285 Security Division
subordinated to OKW (Headquarter of the Wehrmacht), located in Norway, Lapland and Finland

20 Mountains Army

XVIII Mountains Corps SS Mountain Division North
7 Mountain Division
Mountain Police Regiment 18
XXXVI Mountains Corps 169 Infantry Division
163 Infantry Division
XIX Mountains Corps 2. Mountain Division
6. Mountain Division
210 Infantry Division
+ 4 Infantry regiments

AOK (Army Headquarter) Norway

(Reserves: 25 Panzer Division, 196 Infantry Division, 274 Fortress Division in preparation)

LXXI Corps 230 Infantry Division
270 Infantery Division
199 Infantry Division
XXXIII Corps 14 Luftwaffen Field Division
702 Infantry Division
181 Infantry Division
LXX Corps 269 Infantry Division
280 Infantry Division
214 Infantry Division
710 Infantry Division
(subordinated to OKW) Commander of the German units in Denmark 416 Infantry Division
71 Infantry Division (in preparation)
20 Luftwaffen Field Division (in preparation)

Army Group D, Commander of the West in France, Belgium and Netherlands

(Reserves: 21 Panzer Division in preparation , 26 Panzer Division, 1 Paratroopers Division, 2 Paratroopers Division, 264 Fortress Division in preparation, 325 Security Division, 148 Reserve Infantry Division, 189 Reserve Infantry Division, 159 Reserve Infantery Division, 157 Reserve Infantry Division, 165 Reserve Infantry Division, 182 Reserve Infantry Division)

Army Commander Netherlands (Reserves: 376 Infantry Division in preparation)

LXXXVIII Corps 347 Fortress Division
16 Luftwaffen Fortress Division
719 Fortress Division

15 Army located around Calais

(Reserves: 44 Infantry Division, 65 Infantry Division, 305 Infantry Division, 24 Panzer Division in preparation, 9 SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen in preparation

LXXXIX Corps 19 Luftwaffen Fortress Division
712 Fortress Division
171 Reserve Infantry Division
LXXXII Corps 18 Luftwaffen Fortress Division
156 Reserve Infantry Division
191 Reserve Infantry Division
LXXXI Corps 348 Fortress Division
17 Luftwaffen Fortress Division
71 Fortress Division

7 Army located in Normandy and Bretagne (Reserves: 76 Infantry Division, 94 Infantry Division, 113 Infantry Division, 371 Infantry Division, 389 Infantry Division in preparatiion)

LXXXIV Corps 716 Fortress Division
709 Fortress Division
319 Fortress Division
LXXXVII Corps 346 Fortress Division
343 Fortress Division
XXV Corps 384 Fortress Division

1 Army in south west France (Reserves: 334 Infantry Division in preparation, 14 Panzer Division in preparation, 10 SS Panzer-Division Carl the Great in preparation)

LXXX Corps 158 Reserve Infantry Division
708 Fortress Division
LXXXVI Corps 344 Fortress Division

Army Felber in southern France
(Reserve: Panzer Grenadiers Division Feldherrnhalle in preparation)

 LXXXIII Corps 326 Fortress Division
388 Fortress Division
356 Fortress Division
715 Infantry Division

Army Group E, Commander South East located in Yugoslavia and Greece

(Reserves: Assault Division Rhodos in preparation )

  Commander of the German units in Croatia 100 Jager Division (in preparation)
114 Jager Division
118 Jager Division
7 SS Voluteers Mountain Division Prince Eugen
369 Croatian Infantry Division
373 Croatian Infantry Division
187 Reserve Infantry Division
Commander of Serbia 297 Infantry Division (in preparation)
7 Bulgarian Infantry Division
9 Bulgarian Infantry Division
21 Bulgarian Infantry Division
Commander of Saloniki and Aegean 1 Mountain Division
Commander of south Greece 11 Luftwaffen Field Division
104 Jager Division
LXVIII Corps 1 Panzer Division
117 Jager Division
Commander of the fortress Crete Fortress Brigade Crete
22 Infantry Division
Italian Infantry Division Sienna
Commander Theatre South located on Sicily, Corsica, Sardina and Italy (officially subordinated to Italian Commando Supremo)   XIV Panzer Corps Panzer Division Herman Göring
16 Panzer Division
29 Panzer Grenadiers Division
SS Assault Brigade
15 Panzer Grenadiers Division (in preparation)
90 Panzer Grenadiers Division (in preparation)
3 Panzer Grenadiers Division (in preparation)

Reserve Army and Commander of the army armament

(divisions under preparation)

265 Fortress Infantry Division
266 Fortress Infantry Division
295 Infantry Division

and additional 11 Infantry, 1 Jager, 3 Panzer, 5 Panzer Grenadiers divisions as new units under preparation.

Overview of fully established and operational divisions of the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, Luftwaffe, Reserve Army and allied units under operational control:

Location
Panzer divisions
Panzer Grenadiers divisions
Infantry divisions
Jager divisions
Mountain divisions
Security divisions
Training and reserve divisions
Luftwaffen field divisions
Allied divisions
Army Group A
1
-
8
2
1
-
1
1
9
Army Group South
12
1
27
-
1
3
-
1
1
Army Group Center
8
3,5
60
-
-
4
2
4
5
Army Group North
-
1
32
3
1
3
1
6
1,5
Norway, Finland
1
-
13 2/3
-
4 2/3
-
-
1 1/3
-
West
1
1
24
-
-
1
10
6
-
Southeast
1
-
1,5
4
2
-
1
1
6
South
1
2,5
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
Denmark
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
Reserve Army
-
-
-
-
-
-
35
-
-

Total
25
9
167 1/3
9
9 2/3
11
50
22 1/3
22,5

Known quantities of tanks with Army Groups South and Center before the tank battle of Kursk:

Armored Fighting Vehicles
inventory
PzKpfw III (E-J) short 5cm gun L/42
141
PzKpfw III (J-M) long 5cm gun L/60 (plus 49 more at Sicily)
432
PzKpfw III N short 7.5cm gun L/24
155
PzKpfw III (flame-thrower)
41
PzKpfw IV (B-F1) short 7.5cm gun L/24 (whole Eastern front)
60
PzKpfw IV (F2-H) long 7.5cm gun
841
Assault gun StuG III (B-E) short 7.5cm gun L/24
37
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