German Orders of Battle
June 24, 1942
before the summer offensive in Russia (Operation Blue)

The German Orders of Battle and distribution of the divisions from the Wehrmacht and subordinated units of allies shortly before the summer offensive in Russia (Operation Blue, starting June 28, 1942) and the tank inventory from the beginning of the year with known numbers of tank models at summer 1942.

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Schematic layout of the German Wehrmacht from June 24th, 1942
Army Group	Army	Corps	Divisions
Army Group South located in south Russia (Reserves: 323 Infantry Division, 340 Infantery Division, 371 Infantry Division, Hungarian 10 Light Division, Hungarian 12 Light Division, Hungarian 13 Light Division, Hungarian Tank division, Italian Infantry divisions Ravenna, Sforzesca, Cosseria )	11 Army	LIV Corps	132 Infantry Division (elements) 46 Infantry Divison 22 Infantry Divison 73 Infantry Division (elements) 50 Infantry Division 46 Infantry Division (elements) 4 Romanian Mountain Division
		Romanian Mounzain Corps	18 Romanian Infantry Division 1 Romanian Mountain Division
		XXX Corps	72 Infantry Division 170 Infantry Division 28 Light Division 213 Security Division (elements) 444 Security Division (bulk) 125 Infantry Division (elements)
		XXXXII Corps	8 Romanian Cavalry Division 10 Romanian Infantry Division 19 Romanian Infantry Division Romanian mobile Regiment 22 Panzer Division (elements) 132 Infantry Division (bulk)
		Romanian Cavalry Corps	6 Romanian Cavalry Division 5 Romanian Cavalry Division Security Regiment 4 298 Infantry Division
		XIV Motorized Corps	1 SS Panzer Division Adolf Hitler 73 Infantry Division (bulk) 13 Panzer Division 125 Infantry Division (bulk) 5 SS Panzer Division Wiking Slovak Fast Division
	17 Army	XXXXIX Mountain Corps	4 Mountain Division 198 Infantry Division
		Italian mobile Corps	Italian Celere Division Italian Torino Division Italian Pasubio Division 6 Bersagleri Regiment
		LII Corps	111 Infantry Division
		IV Corps	94 Infantry Division 9 Infantry Division 76 Infantry Division 295 Infantry Division 370 Infantry Division
	1 Panzer Army	XXXXIV Corps	257 Infantry Division 101 Light Division 97 Light Division 68 Infantry Division Walloon 373 Bataillon
		XI Corps	1 Mountain Division 1 Romanian Infantry Division 454 Security Division
		VI Romanian Corps	4 Romanian Infantry Division 20 Romanian Infantry Division 2 Romanian Infantry Division
		III Motorized Corps	14 Panzer Division 16 Panzer Division 22 Panzer Division (bulk) 60 motorized Infantry Division
		LI Corps	384 Infantry Division 62 Infantry Division 44 Infantry Division 71 Infantry Division 297 Infantry Division
	6 Army (Reserves: 100 Light Division, Croatian 369 Infantry Regiment)	XVII Corps	294 Infantry Division 79 Infantry Division 113 Infantry Division
		VIII Corps	305 Infantry Division 389 Infantry Division 376 Infantry Division
		XXXX Motorized Corps	336 Infantry Division 3 Panzer Division 23 Panzer Division 29 motorized Infantry Division
		XXIX Corps	75 Infantry Division 168 Infantry Division 57 Infantry Division
	2 Army (Reserves: 88 Infantry Division, 383 Infantry Division)	LV Corps	95 Infantry Division 45 Infantry Division 1 motorized SS Infantry Brigade 299 Infantry Division
	2 Hungarian Army	III Hungarian Corps	7 Hungarian Light Division 9 Hungarian Light Division 16 motorized Infantry Division
	2 Hungarian Army	VII Corps	6 Hungarian Light Division 387 Infantry Division
	4 Panzer Army	XXIV Motorized Corps	377 Infantry Division 9 Panzer Division 3 motorized Division
		XIII Corps	82 Infantry Division 385 Infantry Division (bulk) 11 Panzer Division
		XXXXVIII Motorized Corps	motorized Infantry Division Grossdeutschland 24 Panzer Division
	Commander of the Army Group South		444 Security Division (elements) 213 Security Division (elements) 105 Hungarian Light Division
Army Group Center located in Byelorussia (Reserves: 108 Hungarian Security division)	2 Panzer Army (Reserves: 707 Infantry Division (bulk), Hungarian 102 Light Division)	XXXV Corps	262 Infantry Division 221 Security Division 293 Infantry Division 4 Panzer Division
		LIII Corps	25 motorized Infantry Division 112 Infantry Division 296 Infantry Division 56 Infantry Division 134 Infantry Division
		XXXXVII Motorized Corps	211 Infantry Division 208 Infantry Division 216 Infantry Division (elements) 18 Panzer Division 17 Panzer Division 339 Infantry Division (bulk) 707 Infantry Division (elements)
	4 Army (Reserves: 34 Infantry Division (elements) )	LVI Motorized Corps	331 Infantry Division Luftwaffen battlegroups 10 motorized Infantry Division 267 Infantry Division 19 Panzer Division 403 Security Division (elements) 52 Infantry Division 131 Infantry Division 216 Infantry Division (elements)
		XXXXIII Corps	31 Infantry Division 201 Security Division (elements) 34 Infantry Division 137 Infantry Division
		XII Corps	263 Infantry Division 260 Infantry Division 98 Infantry Division 268 Infantry Division
	3 Panzer Army (Reserves: 20 Panzer Division)	XX Corps	255 Infantry Division 183 Infantry Division 292 Infantry Division 258 Infantry Division
		IX Corps	7 Infantry Division 78 Infantry Division 252 Infantry Division 35 Infantry Division
		XXXXI Motorized Corps	342 Infantry Division 46 motorized Infantry Division 161 Infantry Division
	9 Army	VI Corps	6 Infantry Division 339 Infantry Division (elements) 26 Infantry Division
		XXVII Corps	251 Infantry Division 14 motorized Infantry Division 206 Infantry Division 86 Infantry Division
		XXIII Corps	253 Infantry Division 129 Infantry Division 110 Infantry Division 1 Panzer Division 102 Infantry Division
		XXXXVI Motorized Corps	87 Infantry Division 328 Infantry Division (bulk) 5 Panzer Division
		Group General Esebeck	246 Infantry Division 2 Panzer Division 197 Infantry Division
	LIX Corps		330 Infantry Division 205 Infantry Division 83 Infantry Division 328 Infantry Division (elements) 218 Infantry Division (elements)
	Commander of the Army Group Center		286 Security Division 201 Security Division (elements) 203 Security Division French Infantry Battalion 638
Army Group North in north Russia	16 Army	XXXIX Motorized Corps	218 Infantry Division (elements) 121 Infantry Division (elements) 122 Infantry Division (elements) 8 Panzer Division 329 Infantry Division (elements)
		II Corps	218 Infantry Division (elements) 123 Infantry Division 225 Infantry Division (elements) 32 Infantry Division 12 Infantry Division 30 Infantry Division 281 Security Division (elements) 290 Infantry Division 3 SS Panzer Division Totenkopf SS Volunteer Corps Denmark
		X Corps	329 Infantry Division (bulk) 8 Light Division 5 Light Division 7 Mountain Division (elements) 122 Infantry Division (bulk) SS Poloce Regiment North 18 motorized Infantry Division 81 Infantry Division (bulk) + several Luftwaffen Field regiments
	18 Army (Reserves: 12 Panzer Division (elements) )	XXXVIII Corps	250 Spanish Infantry Division 58 Infantry Division 126 Infantry Division 2 motorized SS Infantery Brigade 265 Security Division (elements)
		I Corps	254 Infantry Division 291 Infantry Division 115 Infantry Division 61 Infantry Division SS Police Division 121 Infantry Division (bulk) 9 SS Infantry Regiment 81 Infantry Division (elements) 212 Infantry Division (elements) 20 motorized Infantry Division 225 Infantry Division (elements) 1 Infantry Division 217 Infantry Division (elements)
		XXVIII Corps	269 Infantry Division 11 Infantry Division 21 Infantry Division 93 Infantry Division 12 Panzer Division (bulk) 217 Infantry Division (bulk) 96 Infantry Division 5 Mountain Division (elements) 2 Paratroopers Regiment
		XXVI Corps	223 Infantry Division 227 Infantry Division 207 Security Division (elements)
		L Corps	5 Mountain Division (elements) SS Regiment Norway 385 Infantry Division (bulk) 285 Security Division (elements) 225 Infantry Division (bulk) 212 Infantry Division (bulk) Infantry Regiment 322
	Commander of the Army Group North		207 Security Division (elements) 281 Security Division (elements) 285 Security Division (elements)
subordinated to OKW (Headquarter of the Wehrmacht), located in Norway, Lapland and Finland	20 Mountain Army	III Finnish Corps	3 Finnish Infantry Division SS Division North Provisional Infantry Division (from 2 Mountain trooper regiments and 1 Infantry Regiment)
		XXXVI Mountain Corps	169 Infantry Division 163 Infantry Division (bulk)
		Mountain Corps Norway	6 Mountain Division 214 Infantry Division (elements) 2 Mountain Division 69 Infantry Division (elements)
	AOK Norwegen (Army Headquarter Norway) (Reserves: 3 Mountain Division, 25 Panzer Division)	LXXI Corps	230 Infantry Division 270 Infantry Division 199 Infantry Division
		XXXIII Corps	196 Infantry Division 702 Infantry Division 181 Infantry Division
		LXX Corps	69 Infantry Division (bulk) 280 Infantry Division 214 Infantry Division (bulk) 710 Infantry Division
Army Group D, Commander of the West in France, Belgium and Netherlands (Reserves: 23 Infantry Division)	Wehrmacht Commander Netherlands	LXXXVIII Corps	167 Infantry Division 719 Infantry Division
	15 Army at Pas de Calais (Reserves: 10 Panzer Division)	LXXXII Corps	304 Infantry Division 306 Infantry Division 106 Infantry Division 321 Infantry Division 712 Infantry Division
		LXXXI Corps	302 Infantry Division 332 Infantry Division 711 Infantry Division
		LXXXIII Corps	337 Infantry Division
	7 Army in Normandy and Brittany (Reserves: 7 Paratroopers Division, Tank Brigade 100, 6 Panzer Division, Paratrooper Regiment Hermann Goring)	LXXXIV Corps	716 Infantry Division 319 Infantry Division 320 Infantry Division
		XXV Corps	709 Infantry Division 335 Infantry Division 17 Infantry Division 333 Infantry Division
	1 Army in southwest France (Reserves: 7 Panzer Division )	LXXX Corps	327 Infantry Division 708 Infantry Division 715 Infantry Division 15 Infantry Division
Commander South East in the Balkans	12 Army (Reserves: Infantery Regiment 440)	Commander of the fortress Crete	Fortress Division Crete
Commander South East in the Balkans	12 Army (Reserves: Infantery Regiment 440)	Commanding General in Serbia	718 Infantry Division 714 Infantry Division 704 Infantry Division 717 Infantry Division
Africa	Panzer Army Africa (Reserves: 90 Light Division (bulk) )	DAK	15 Panzer Division 21 Panzer Division
		Italian XX Motorized Corps	Italian Tank Division Ariete Italian motorized Infantry Division Trieste
		Italian X Corps	Italian Infantry Division Pavia Italian Infantry Division Brescia
		Italian XXI Corps	Italian Infantry Division Trento Italian Infantry Division Sabrata 90 Light Division (elements)
Reserve Army and Commander of the army armament		Commander of the German units in Denmark	416 Infantry Division
Reserve Army and Commander of the army armament			7 Mountain Division (elements)

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

	Panzer divisions	motorized Infantry divisions	Infantry divisions	Mountain divisions	Security divisions	Luftwaffe airborne and field divisions	Allied divisions	Total
Army Group South	12	8	47 1/3	2	4	-	28	101 1/3
Army Group Center	8	4	49	-	4	-	2	67
Army Group North	3 1/3	4	32	2	2 1/3	1 1/3	-	45
Norway, Finland	1	-	13	3	-	-	1	18
West	3,5	-	23	-	-	1 1/3	-	28
Southeast	-	-	5 1/3	-	-	-	-	5 1/3
Africa	2	1	-	-	-	-	6	9
Denmark	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Total	27	17	170 2/3	7	10 1/3	2 2/3	37	274 2/3

Tank strength - Inventory of armored fighting vehicles on January 1, 1942:

Armored fighting vehicles	Inventory
PzKpfw I	723
PzKpfw II	837
PzKpfw II (flame-thrower)	89
PzKpfw 35(t)	197
PzKpfw 38(t)	381
PzKpfw III	1,849
PzKpfw IV	513
Armoured Command Vehicles	307
Assault gun StuG III (short 7.5cm gun)	625
TOTAL	5,521

Known quantities of tanks along the whole Eastern Front at the beginning of the summer offensive (June / July 1942):

Armored fighting vehicles	Inventory
PzKpfw III (E-J) short 5cm gun L/42	aprox. 500
PzKpfw III (J-L) long 5cm gun L/60	aprox. 600
PzKpfw IV (B-F1) short 7.5cm gun L/24	208
PzKpfw IV (F2-G) long 7.5cm gun L/48	aprox. 170
Assault gun StuG III (B-E) short 7.5cm gun L/24	619
other Armored fighting vehicles	aprox. 1,884
Eastern Front TOTAL	3,981
PzKpfw II combat ready with Africa Corps (July 6)	4
PzKpfw III (E-J) combat ready with Africa Corps (July 6)	33
PzKpfw IV (B-F1) combat ready with Africa Corps (July 6)	3
Armoured Command Vehicles combat ready with Africa Corps (July 6)	4
Armored fighting vehicles in West, reserves, under repair or in transit	1,822
ALL armoured fighting vehicles TOTAL	5,847