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German Order of Battle, 1 July 1943
The Orel Axis army group center—Field Marshal Guenther von Kluge
Second Panzer Army—Lieutenant General Rudolf Schmidt
LV Army Corps
321st Infantry Division
339th Infantry Division
110th Infantry Division
296th Infantry Division
134th Infantry Division
LIII Army Corps
211th Infantry Division
293d Infantry Division
25th Panzer Grenadier Division
208th Infantry Division
112th Infantry Division (reserve)
XXXV Army Corps—General Lothar Rendulic
34th Infantry Division
56th Infantry Division
262d Infantry Division
299th Infantry Division
36th Infantry Division (2 regiments) (reserve) 5th Panzer Division (army reserve in LV Army Corps'
sector) (strength:
102 tanks)
8th Panzer Division (OKH reserve, arrive on 12 July) (strength: 101 tanks) 305th Security Division 707th
Security Division
army strength: 160,000 men, 325 tanks and assault guns
The Orel-Kursk Axis
Ninth Army—Colonel General Walter Model XXIII Army Corps—General Johannes Freissner
383d Infantry Division—Major General Edmund Hoffmeister
216th Infantry Division—Major General Schack 78th Assault Division—Lieutenant General Hans Traut
36th Infantry Division (1 regiment) (reserve) 185th Assault Gun Detachment (strength: 36 assault guns) 189th Assault Gun
Detachment (strength: 36 assault guns) Corps strength: 72 assault guns XXXXI Panzer Corps: General Joseph Harpe
86th Infantry Division—Lieutenant General Helmuth Weidling
292d Infantry Division—Lieutenant General Guenther von Kluge
18th Panzer Division—Major General Karl Wilhelm von Schlieben (strength:
72 tanks) 656th Antitank Detachment
653d Antitank Detachment (Ferdinand) (strength: 55 self-propelled antitank guns)
654th Antitank Detachment (Ferdinand) (strength: 5 tanks and 50 self-propelled antitank guns)
177th Assault Gun Detachment (strength: 36 assault guns) 244th Assault Gun Detachment (strength: 36
assault guns) 216th Heavy Panzer Detachment (Grizzly Bear)
313d Panzer Company (strength: 23 assault guns)
314th Panzer Company (strength: 22 assault guns) 21st Panzer Brigade
909th Assault Gun Detachment (strength: 36 assault guns)
505th Panzer Detachment (Tiger) (strength: 46 tanks [31 Tigers]) Corps strength: 123 tanks and
258 self-propelled and assault guns XXXXVII Panzer Corps—General Joachim Lemelsen
6th Infantry Division—Lieutenant General Horst Grossmann
20th Panzer Division—Major General von Kessel (strength: 82 tanks)
9th Panzer Division—Lieutenant General Walter Scheller (strength: 83 tanks)
2d Panzer Division—Lieutenant General Vollrath Lubbe (strength: 118
tanks)
245th Assault Gun Detachment (strength: 36 assault guns) 904th Assault Gun Detachment (strength: 36
assault guns) 312d Panzer Company (216th Heavy Panzer Detachment) (strength: 22
assault guns)
Corps strength: 283 tanks and 94 assault guns XXXXVI Panzer Corps—General Hans Zom
31st Infantry Division—Lieutenant General Friedrich Hossbach 7th Infantry Division—Lieutenant
General Fritz-Georg von Rappard 258th Infantry Division—Lieutenant General Hans-Kurt Hooker 102d Infantry Division—Major
General Otto Hitzfeld XX Army Corps—General Freiherr von Roman
72d Infantry Division—Lieutenant General Albert Muller-Gebhard 45th Infantry Division—Major General
Freiherr Hans von Falkenstein 137th Infantry Division—Lieutenant General Kamecke 251st Infantry Division—Major
General Feizmann
VIII Army Corps (Hungarian)
102d Infantry Division (Hungarian)
105th Infantry Division (Hungarian)
108th Infantry Division (Hungarian) 10th Panzer Grenadier Division (army reserve in XXXXVII Panzer
Corps'
sector) 12th Panzer Division (army reserve in XXXXVII Panzer Corps' sector)
(strength: 83 tanks)
4th Panzer Division (army reserve, committed 9 July) (strength: 101 tanks) 203d Security Division 221st
Security Division
army strength: 335,000 men, 590 tanks, and 424 assault guns
Second Army—Colonel General Walter Weiss XIII Army Corps
82d Infantry Division
340th Infantry Division
327th Infantry Division VII Army Corps
88th Infantry Division
75th Infantry Division
68th Infantry Division
26th Infantry Division (reserve)
323d Infantry Division (under the 26th Infantry Division)
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202d Antitank Detachment 559th Antitank Detachment 616th Antitank Detachment
army strength: 96,000 men and 100 assault and antitank guns
Sixth Air Fleet—Colonel General Ritter von Greim First Air Division—Lieutenant General Deichmann
The Belgorod-Oboian-Kursk Axis army group south—Field Marshal Erich von Manstein
Fourth Panzer Army—Colonel General Hermann Hoth LII Army Corps: General Eugen Ott
57th Infantry Division—Major General Maxmillian Fretter-Pico: 179th Infantry Regiment, 199th Infantry
Regiment, 217th Infantry Regiment, 157th Artillery Regiment, 57th Reconnaissance Battalion, 157th Antitank Battalion
255th Infantry Division—Lieutenant General Poppe: 455th Infantry Regiment, 465th Infantry Regiment,
475th Infantry Regiment, 255th Artillery Regiment, 255th Reconnaissance Battalion, 255th Antitank Battalion
332d Infantry Division—Lieutenant General Schaefer: 676th Infantry Regiment, 677th Infantry Regiment,
678th Infantry Regiment, 332d Artillery Regiment, 332d Reconnaisance Battalion, 332d Antitank Battalion
137th Artillery Command (Arko): 1st Field Howitzer Detachment, 1st Battalion, 108th Artillery Regiment
(motorized); Cannon Battery, 3d Battalion, 731st Artillery Regiment (150mm); 1st Werfer (Engineer Mortar) Regiment
(Heavy)
677th Pioneer (Engineer) Regiment (74th Pioneer Battalion)
226th Motorcycle Battalion (-1 company) XXXXVIII Panzer Corps—General Otto von Knobelsdorff
3d Panzer Division—Lieutenant General Franz Westhoven: 6th Panzer Regiment, 3d Panzer Grenadier
Regiment, 394th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 75th Panzer Artillery Battalion, 3d Motorcycle Battalion, 3d Panzer
Reconnaissance Battalion, 39th Panzer Engineer Battalion, 543d Antitank Battalion, 314th Antiaircraft (Flak) Detachment Strength:
90 tanks
llth Panzer Division—Major General Mickl: 15th Panzer Regiment, 110th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, lllth
Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 119th Panzer Artillery Regiment, 61st Motorcycle Battalion, 61st Panzer Reconnaissance
Battalion, 231st Panzer Engineer Battalion, 61st Antitank Battalion, 277th Antiaircraft Detachment Strength: 113
tanks
167th Infantry Division—Lieutenant General Wolf Trierenberg: 315th Infantry Regiment, 331st Infantry
Regiment, 339th Infantry Regiment, 167th Artillery Regiment, 167th Reconnaissance Battalion, 167th Antitank Battalion
Panzer Grenadier Division Crossdeutschland—Lieutenant General Walter Hoernlein: Crossdeutschland
Panzer Regiment, Crossdeutschland Panzer Grenadier Regiment, Crossdeutschland Fusilier Regiment, Crossdeutschland
Artillery Regiment, Crossdeutschland Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion, Crossdeutschland Antitank Battalion,
Crossdeutschland Panzer Engineer Battalion, Crossdeutschland Panzer Antiaircraft Battalion, Crossdeutschland
Assault Gun Battalion Strength: 132 tanks and 35 assault guns
10th Panzer Brigade (Panther), 39th Panzer Regiment: 51st Panzer
Detachment (strength: 100 tanks), 52d Panzer Detachment (strength: 100 tanks)
132d Artillery Command (Arko)
144th Artillery Command (Arko)
70th Artillery Regiment: Mortar Detachment, 3d Battalion, 109th Mortar Regiment; 101st Heavy Howitzer
Detachment; 842d Cannon Detachment (100mm)
911th Assault Gun Detachment (strength: 31 assault guns)
515th Pioneer Regiment: 48th Pioneer Battalion (motorized), 1st Pioneer Lehr (Training) Battalion
(motorized)
616th Army Antiaircraft (Flak) Battalion
Corps strength: 535 tanks and 66 assault guns II SS Panzer Corps—SS Obergruppenfuehrer Paul
Hausser
1st SS Panzer Grenadier Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler—SS Brigadefuehrer Wisch: 1st SS
Panzer Regiment, 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 2d SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 1st SS Panzer Artillery Regiment,
1st SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st SS Antitank Battalion, 1st SS Panzer Engineer Battalion, 1st SS Antiaircraft
Battalion Strength: 106 tanks and 35 assault guns
2d SS Panzer Grenadier Division dos Reich—SS Cruppenfuehrer Kruger: 2d SS Panzer Regiment, 3d
SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Deutschland, 4th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Der Fuehrer, 2d SS Panzer
Artillery Regiment, 2d SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d SS Antitank Battalion, 2d SS Panzer Engineer Battalion, 2d
SS Antiaircraft Battalion Strength: 145 tanks and 34 assault guns
3d SS Panzer Grenadier Division Totenkopf-—SS Brigadefuehrer Priess: 3d SS Panzer Regiment, 5th
SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Thule, 6th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Theodor Eicke, 3d SS Panzer Artillery
Regiment, 3d SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d SS Antitank Battalion, 3d SS Panzer Engineer Battalion, 3d SS
Antiaircraft Battalion Strength: 139 tanks and 35 assault guns
122d Artillery Command (Arko): 1st Field Howitzer Detachment, 861 Artillery Regiment (motorized); 1st
Field Howitzer Detachment, 3d Battalion, 818th Artillery Regiment (motorized); 3d Smoke Troop; 55th Werfer (Engineer
Mortar) Regiment; 1st Werfer Lehr (Training) Regiment
680th Pioneer Regiment: 627th Pioneer Battalion (motorized), 666th Pioneer Battalion (motorized)
Corps strength: 390 tanks and 104 assault guns VIII Air Corps
army strength: 223,907 men, 925 tanks, and 170 assault guns
Army Detachment Kempf—General Werner Kempf XI Army Corps (Corps Rauss)—General Erhard Rauss
106th Infantry Division—Lieutenant General Werner Forst: 239th Infantry Regiment, 240th Infantry
Regiment, 241st Infantry Regiment, 106th Artillery Regiment, 106th Reconnaissance Battalion, 106th Antitank Battalion
320th Infantry Division—Major General Georg Postel: 585th Infantry Regiment, 586th Infantry Regiment,
587th Infantry Regiment, 320th Artillery Regiment, 320th Reconnaissance Battalion, 320th Antitank Battalion
52d Werfer (Engineer Mortar) Regiment
2d Battalion, 1st Werfer (Engineer Mortar) Regiment (Heavy)
4th Antiaircraft (Flak) Regiment
7th Antiaircraft (Flak) Regiment
48th Antiaircraft (Flak) Regiment
18th Pioneer Regiment: 52d Pioneer Battalion, 923d Pioneer Bridge
Battalion 153d Artillery Command: 1st Battalion, 77th Light Artillery Regiment
(105mm), 2d Battalion, 54th Light Artillery Regiment (105mm), 51st Light
Detachment, 1st Battalion, 213th Artillery Regiment (105mm) 905th Assault Gun Detachment (strength: 25
assault guns) 393d Assault Gun Company (strength: 25 assault guns) Corps strength: 50 assault guns XXXXII Army
Corps—General Franz Mattenklott
39th Infantry Division—Lieutenant General Loenweneck: 113th Infantry
Regiment, 114th Infantry Regiment, 139th Artillery Regiment, 39th
Reconnaissance Battalion, 139th Antitank Battalion 161st Infantry Division—Lieutenant General Recke:
336th Infantry
Regiment, 364th Infantry Regiment, 371st Infantry Regiment, 241st
Artillery Regiment, 161st Reconnaissance Battalion, 241st Antitank
Battalion
282d Infantry Division—Major General Kohler: 848th Infantry Regiment, 849th Infantry Regiment, 850th
Infantry Regiment, 282d Artillery Regiment, 282d Fusilier Battalion, 282d Antitank Battalion
77th Antiaircraft (Flak) Regiment
560th Heavy Panzer Destroyer Detachment "Hornet" (strength:
approximately 40 assault guns)
Heavy Panzer Destroyer Detachment C (strength: approximately 40 assault guns)
107th Artillery Command: 2d Battalion, 800th Heavy Artillery Detachment (150mm); 13th Light Detachment
Corps strength: approximately 80 assault guns III Panzer Corps—General Hermann Breith
6th Panzer Division—Major General von Hunersdorff: llth Panzer Regiment, 4th Panzer Grenadier
Regiment, 114th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 76th Panzer Artillery Regiment, 82d Motorcycle Battalion, 6th Panzer
Reconnaissance Battalion, 41st Antitank Battalion, 57th Panzer Engineer Battalion, 298th Antiaircraft Detachment Strength:
117 tanks
7th Panzer Division—Lieutenant General Freiherr Hans von Funck: 25th Panzer Regiment, 6th Panzer
Grenadier Regiment, 7th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 78th Panzer Artillery Battalion, 58th Motorcycle Battalion, 7th
Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion, 42d Antitank Battalion, 58th Panzer Engineer Battalion, 296th Antiaircraft Detachment Strength:
112 tanks
19th Panzer Division—Lieutenant General Rudolf Schmidt: 27th Panzer Regiment, 73d Panzer Grenadier
Regiment, 74th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 19th Panzer Artillery Regiment, 19th Motorcycle Battalion, 19th Panzer
Reconnaissance Battalion, 19th Antitank Battalion, 19th
Panzer Engineer Battalion, 272d Antiaircraft Detachment
Strength: 70 tanks 168th Infantry Division—Major General Charles de Beaulieu: 417th Infantry
Regiment, 429th Infantry Regiment, 442d Infantry Regiment, 248th
Artillery Regiment, 168th Reconnaissance Battalion, 248th Antitank
Battalion
54th Werfer (Engineer Mortar) Regiment 503d Heavy Panzer Detachment (Tiger) (strength: 45 tanks) 99th
Antiaircraft (Flak) Regiment 153d Antiaircraft (Flak) Regiment
674th Pioneer Regiment: 70th Pioneer Battalion, 651st Pioneer Battalion 601st Pioneer Regiment: 127th
Pioneer Battalion (-1 company), 531st
Pioneer Bridge Battalion 3d Artillery Command: 612th Artillery Regiment, 228th Assault Gun
Detachment (strength: 25 assault guns), 2d Battalion, 71st Artillery
Regiment (150mm), 857th Heavy Artillery Detachment (210mm), 2d
Battalion, 62d Artillery Regiment (105mm) Corps strength: 344 tanks and 25 assault guns
detachment strength: 126,000 men, 344 tanks, and 155 antitank and assault guns Fourth Air Fleet—Commander,
General Otto Dessloch
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