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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 in the summer of 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 Infantry 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
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
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
  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

Approximate organisation strength of the major types of the German Army divisions in 1942:
Infantry Division
motorised Infantry Division
Mountain Division
Panzer Division
Units total
170
17
7
27
Soldiers
16,500
16,400
?
15,600
Infantry Regiments
3 with 3,000 men each
3 with 3,000 men each
2 with 3,000 men each
2-3 with 3,000 men each
Machine guns MG34 or MG42
500
500
220
220
Mortars
140
(54 x 8.1cm, others 5cm)
140
(54 x 8.1cm, others 5cm)
90
50
Infantry guns
25
(6 x 15cm, others 7.5cm)
25
(6 x 15cm, others 7.5cm)
14
(2 x 15cm, 12 x 7.5cm)
10
Anti-Tank guns
(3.7cm, 5cm, 7.5cm, 7.62cm)
75
75
48
(6 x 4.7cm)
42
(SP guns)
Howitzers and guns
48
(12 x 15cm, others 10.5cm leFH)
48
(12 x 15cm, others 10.5cm leFH)
32
(16 x 7.5cm, 8 x 10.5cm leFH, 8 x 15cm)
36
(24 x 10.5cm, 12 x 15cm)
AA Flak 2 cm
12
12
12
12
Armored Cars
3
?
-
?
Tanks
-
-
142 - 213
(10-15 PzKpfw II, 88-132 PzKpfw III, 44-66 PzKpfw IV)
Trucks
500
2,800
-
1,400
Cars
400
-
560
Motorcycles
500
?
-
1,300
Sidecars
200
?
-
700
Horses
5,000
-
?
-
Horse-drawn carriages
1,000
-
?
-

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 1942) and in Africa (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 (May)
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 (May)
5,847
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