"sir we can not repair the horse sir" commander "scrap the horse use the spare parts for other broken horses!"
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
delicious :)
@freakyfishy17 жыл бұрын
to the butcher platoon !
@treyisaac24143 жыл бұрын
Instablaster
@4Mr.Crowley23 жыл бұрын
Seriously that’s how I felt watching War Horse - there are some beautiful memorials now for the millions of horses that died (England has an especially gorgeous memorial)
@oilersridersbluejays8 жыл бұрын
"And we had a baker company. They made bread...and lots of it. And a butcher company. They butchered pigs, cows, and sheeps and made sausage out of them." Fine German cuisine right there!
@95DarkFire4 жыл бұрын
That is actually very true.
@cgaresistance54512 жыл бұрын
".... no man, not my german cuisine... it's your mum .. or your english scottish Hotpants wearing brother... who is your sister, at the same time... you should know it ... you still throw it my määääään ... yeeeeah. That's your Monday you trans chance... get it right my määä
@icek21icek21 Жыл бұрын
They butchered what they stolen from invaded villagers
@VRichardsn8 жыл бұрын
Division organization is something quite dense and difficult to convey without sounding extremely boring, but you managed the opposite. Those 10 minutes went flying. Keep up the good work!
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+Richardsen thank you! This was actually my first attempt, I think the newer ones are quite better, although less detailed. Hopefully, I will have enough time in the future to achieve both: depth, detail and strong visualization. here is one for a German Panzer Division kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJyQhWCfg7iXl9k
@VRichardsn8 жыл бұрын
Military History Visualized Keep up the good work! And the subscriber counts is reflecting it, by the way. Between my original comment and this response you gaine 200 new subscribers.
@guzt368011 ай бұрын
@@MilitaryHistoryVisualizedhi there, I really like this video as Im also a WWII enthusiast. I have a question, do you know, for this type of division, did they settle in one big fort/base? Or each regiments/battalion spread across vast area and have their own base/fort? Thank you
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin8 жыл бұрын
Funny that videogames never show off horses in WW2 portrayals.
@maximilianodelrio4 жыл бұрын
Steve J it was 3 million with 800k axis troops I believe
@wisemankugelmemicus17014 жыл бұрын
@@maximilianodelrio 3 million German soldiers and 800,000 other Axis personnel* Germany was apart of the Axis. No reason to seperate them at all.
@wisemankugelmemicus17014 жыл бұрын
Honestly, neither do they in most video games. The reason being a matter of computing power more than anything. No reason to use up precious disk space portraying something that has no affect on gameplay whatsoever. I have played for Verdun for 80+ hours and there isn't a single horse in that game that isn't dead.
@maximilianodelrio4 жыл бұрын
Wisemankugel Memicus yeah that’s what I meant
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin4 жыл бұрын
@@wisemankugelmemicus1701 Depends on the game, where the fun is, what the objective is, etc. Different games are different, even in the same setting. Eg. The Western Front is a game about managing an entire division, and planning an attack. Don't discount dev creativity is all I'm saying.
@comradegeo40948 жыл бұрын
Was just playing hearts of iron 3 today. I never realized that the counters were standardized.
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+Matt Bernabeu I guess it was necessary, because if I take a look at German counters I go "what?" and now imagine some NATO members looking at all their different counters, they would probably spend more time spending figuring out their different counters than anything else. Here an example for German counters of an infantry division. www.niehorster.org/011_germany/39_organ_army/39_id-1_welle.html
@ineednochannelyoutube53846 жыл бұрын
+Military History Visualized Looks like a bloody differential equasion...
@nirvana83518 жыл бұрын
wow! This has to be one of the best new channels iv ever seen one youtube, CGPGray lever great. Thanks very much hope you makes more!
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+Nirvana o.O thank you very much!
@alejandrobetancourt49028 жыл бұрын
I didn't know there were sooooo many horses in a Infanteriedivision.
@philv25297 жыл бұрын
and can you believe they had veterinarians holy shit
@princeofcupspoc90735 жыл бұрын
Sir, we don't know where the Germans went. Follow the horse shit!
@skydiver_fr65075 жыл бұрын
Remember That the video is talking about the beginning of the war. Maybe they had less horses at the end. (Because they probably ate them in Stalingrad
@theholyhay15555 жыл бұрын
@@skydiver_fr6507 you said it perfectly, or because the German Army lost so many men that it didn't need that much mech
@lomax3438 жыл бұрын
First, this is one of the best attempts at explaining the full make-up of a division that I've ever seen, for which thanks. As a true nerd who likes numbers to add up tidily, however, there's still something I can't quite get my head round. At 2:00 you state that a division consists of three regiments of 3,000 men each, plus artillery (2,900 men), anti-tank units (550), signals (470), recon (600) and engineers (500). Add in supply, transport and medical units (which, per this video, total 1,700 men), and you get a total of 15,720 men. Allowing for HQ and staff, this gets us somewhere near the total of 17,000 which you state at the beginning. Well and good (though the absence of anti-aircraft units is a surprise). However.... at 2:38 you break down a regiment as three battalions of 850 men each, plus artillery (180), anti-tank (150), signals (30), recon (40) and engineers (70) for a total of 3,020 men. This agrees with the earlier figure. Then you go on to break down the make-up of the artillery regiment and so on. But..... my inner nerd screams at me at this point. I understand completely why artillery units etc are attached to regiments, but if (per 2:38) you include them in the regimental total of 3,000 men AND (per 2:00) add them separately in the calculation of the total divisional manpower calculation, then there are a LOT of artillerymen, signallers, engineers etc who are being counted twice. Or am I missing something?
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
well, this was ages ago, maybe I made an error. I used one source and tried to get as good data as possible for every unit, but I also did quite some rounding. Also I left out certain supply units, if I remember correctly.
@pzg_kami64726 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the efforts MHV. I hope eventually we will have a video for the organization of each division type of each of the major (and hopefully later minor) nations in the war
@SlaughterhouseDb8 жыл бұрын
7:00 German units don't move without fresh bread daily. One of the pleasant parts of REFORGER was getting to partner up with the Bundesheer and getting a fresh loaf with every einmannpackung.
@hos.17108 жыл бұрын
Nice video man! Sehr gut!
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+- Blank Empty thank you! Danke!
@oberstul19418 жыл бұрын
This is a great video, mate! Cheers!
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+oberstul thank you! Working on the Panzer Division right now.
@connorzunft47018 жыл бұрын
Outstanding video! Great job. Definitely subscribed!
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+Connor Zunft thank you very much, tomorrow you can watch one for a tank division although with a different format, let me know which format you prefer.
@JEilonwyn8 жыл бұрын
I am amazed the Blitzkrieg worked as well as it did wit this little motorization. Great videos, thanks.
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
Spear: iron head, but wooden stick. thank you!
@paulinecabbed1271 Жыл бұрын
Regarding Field Hospital. In North Africa, occasionally as the battle moved across the desert, Sometimes the doctors would be allowed to continue their medical work in treating the wounded of both sides
@Ozymandias35058 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a modern German Army composition video.
@francisdunne98677 жыл бұрын
That would be difficult as sanctions were placed on German Military possibilities at the end of WWII
@TheArakan946 жыл бұрын
that's easy - lot of deserters and only about 1/5 of equipment working :D
@minimilchshaker82194 жыл бұрын
Francis Dunne That‘s not true.
@QemeH4 жыл бұрын
The modern german army, just like any major military power of the west, is much more flexible today. Units of almost all sizes can be taken out of their organisational chain of command and placed into operational task forces, often multi-national, according to the mission. (For example, german CBRN-defense troops guarded civilian infrastructure during Enduring Freedom.) As a quick overview, though, the german army consists of two panzer divisions and a rapid forces division (plus support like cyber sec, medical, logistics, etc.). Each of the panzer divisions consist of four brigades, one of which is multi-national (one german and dutch, one german and french), plus two support battalions (either two artillery or one artillery and one "operational support"), a signalling company and a company of engineers (one of them "heavy" engineers). On brigade level the organisation is a bit more varied depending on what kind of brigade you're talking about - there are panzer brigades (basically just two panzer- and two panzergrenadier-battalions plus a motorized recon battalion and engineers), there are Gebirgsjäger brigades (basically the same but on foot and pack animals instead of motorized and mechanized, trained for alpine warfare) and there are mixed brigades like e.g. the 21st Panzer Brigade, which consists of only one panzer- and one panzergrenadier-battalion combined with two mechanised Jäger battalions (plus engineers, recon and support). So, the doctrine of every brigade being able to be self-sufficient is still there, but units are trained in a way to make it more easy to detach single companies or even platoons, if needed, and place them into an "ad-hoc" command structure for missions.
@hippiemcfake63648 жыл бұрын
I love that you state your sources and also disclose that the amazon links are affiliate! Could video, thank you very much. Would the degree of motorisation have varied a lot, i.e. would some infantry divisions rely more on horses than others?
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
thank you! Only have a limited information, but as far as I know the motorization to a certain degree actually decreased during the war and later on there were special static defense division they so called "bodenständige Divisionen" which had almost no motorization. Also quite many division used captured vehicles or used civilian grade vehicles.
@ShadowDragon18485 жыл бұрын
Could you make a video about the unit sizes above the division and tell how an army organization changed since 1939?
@xardas1108 жыл бұрын
awesome vids! keep it up
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+xardas110 thank you, already editing the next one.
@juanfranciscocaba34208 жыл бұрын
Tolle videos! Kannst Du bitte einen machen über die Aufgaben des schweren Artilleriebatallions und der leichten Artilleriebatallionen in den divisionen. Aufgabenverteilung ist mir nämlich noch nicht ganz klar. Danke. Abonniert und geliked!!!
@Gorgonzola-696 жыл бұрын
Very good. Thank you.
@steelmagnum5 жыл бұрын
How are the signal units deployed in the division? Wouldn't each sub unit require it's own communications? Trying to get a sense of how signal units are used as cohesive units
@johanderuiter98422 жыл бұрын
Albeit somewhat late.. but you missed a breakdown of the divisional HQ unit. Probably not a major game changer in terms of capacity, but this this would have a command staff section (for different sub-units & liaison with corps), security detachment etc. Often the engineer battalion provided additional security as well. Good work though 👍
@solonsolon94966 жыл бұрын
You should do another video showing a late war infantry division.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!! This is an organizational Michelangelo! Your terms are misleading though. The difference (in contemporary military doctrine/understanding etc...) is that a Brigade IS IN FACT a regiment of some combat type (infantry, tank, reconnaissance etc...) except in has attached to it, all of the necessary support and combat-support units to operate autonomously. This this why a Brigade is often called a “Brigade Combat Team”. The use of the term “regiment” (although both are commanded by a full colonel) consists exclusively of the core or “line” units. The debate has always been where to assign the primary support elements? This who will be making the key tactical decisions? Today in the US Army we have 48 or 46 BCTs total. So it’s the colonels, at the brigade level for us. Until the end of the Cold War it was the ⭐️⭐️ Major-General who commanded the division (divisional combat teams) which still exists in the marine corps. But here we see both!! The divisional combat team is deploying independent brigade combat teams with the General still processing his own reserves for help later.
@gegha46898 жыл бұрын
Great work
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+GE GHA thank you!
@SuperVerst7 жыл бұрын
Will you be making a video of late organization and structure?
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin8 жыл бұрын
6:40 - Would be funny if they did take command from a regiment. Suddenly, the major general is like, "Where'd my supplies go?" "They walked off with one of the regiments, sir." "Das fucht! Why didn't we plan for this?!"
@Dave_L Жыл бұрын
Do you think you might cover a Corps organization (or maybe a few examples of Corps structure)? There's nothing really good on YT about that.
@The_last_prime2 жыл бұрын
excellent video, thumbs up from me
@TheRomanRuler8 жыл бұрын
I notice you have gotten better and better at making videos, are you some day going to remake this video?
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+TheRomanRuler thx, probably not, have way too much stuff to cover, also I haven't settled yet on a definitive format for organization and structure. The chances of doing a video on a 1944 Inf Div is way higher and also a lot of other countries aren't covered yet.
@raylast38733 жыл бұрын
So the Sanitätsdienste had two companies, one motorized, that weren‘t attached to the field hospital or the ambulances. What were they doing the whole time? Where there like smaller medical stations closer to the front line or were they distributed among the fighting forces somehow?
@wartornworld8 жыл бұрын
Good stuff. Thanks.
@ricardojohnson11283 жыл бұрын
Hi sir, great video! Do you have any suggestions on where I could learn more info on specific German infantry regiments? I can only find info on divisions, thanks!
@guzt368011 ай бұрын
hi there, I really like this video as Im also a WWII enthusiast. I have a question, do you know, for this type of division, did they settle in one big fort/base? Or each regiments/battalion spread across vast area and have their own base/fort? Thank you
@SonicBlueTyphoon Жыл бұрын
So you're telling me, when I use a 9-1 infantry division in hoi4, that that's pretty historical? Nice xD
@hotsteamypudding8 жыл бұрын
At the Division echelon we see the Regiment of Artillery and then Battalions of Antitank, Signal, Recon and Engineer. We also see smaller units within the Infantry Regiment Echelon. Are the larger units seen in the Division Echelon divided up and then distributed amongst the Infantry Regiments as Companys and Platoons (to the compliment shown under the Infantry Regiment Echelon) ? *Or* are there larger units such as the Battalion of Antitank *and then seperate from that* smaller independent subunits such as the Company of Antitank shown under the Regiment echelon? If both then what is their relationship? - for example, is the company of support guns in the 1st Infantry Regiment a completely independant Artillery sub-unit attached to the Regiment? Or does it belong, administratively, to the division's Artillery Regiment? Or are they not considered to be part of an artillery unit at all despite being equipped with what we would call artillery and just considered part of the Infantry Regiment ie. no artillery cap badge etc. I ask because, for example, in the modern British Army, not everyone trained in signals is in the Signal Corps - the signalers in say, an Engineer Squadron are just Engineers in that Squadrons HQ element and are not attached from a Signal Corps parent unit. Similarly, the Pioneer Platoon in an Infantry Battalion aren't attached from the Corps of Royal Engineers - they're just organic infantry from that Battalion that have been trained as Assault Pioneers (for less complex engineering tasks), they belong permanently to that Battalion and have that Battalions cap badge ie. they are "Privates", not "Sappers".
@pursuinginsanity8 жыл бұрын
Much closer to the second section. Divisional units belong to the division but are of course parcel'd out when/where necessary. As he stated, an infantry regiment had to be self sufficient and thus any units beneath it belong directly to it. I'm not certain about uniforms or waffenfarbe colors though.
@lomax3437 жыл бұрын
This puzzled ne for a long while, but I think I've worked out part of the answer. At battalion level, Infantry Guns are mentioned. The Germans fielded (for example) the IG 75, which was a 75mm howitzer with what appears at first glance to be a comically short barrel. These (if I've understood correctly) were embedded within infantry formations, meaning they were available if fire support was needed RIGHT NOW. They were also small and light enough to be manhandled into position by two or three men - important when there was so little motor transport available. The heavier howitzers - the 105mm and 150mm guns mentioned - were Division-level assets. Similarly, the anti-tank guns at battalion or brigade level were likely 37mm PAK 36s. Again, small and light enough to be useful (though they were phased out when it became clear that they simply weren't powerful enough - their role was then filled by the Panzerfaust). The Division level anti-tank weapon was more likely to be the 50mm PAK 38. How Engineer and signal units were split up. however, I'm less certain about. As I say, this how I interpret this video - though I may be wrong.
@bezukaking68604 жыл бұрын
Would the reason that medical units for transporting wounded to hospitals (240 men) are separate from those other 350 men in two companies be that the former are for more serious cases?
@dwincraig53509 ай бұрын
What about the Heavy Weapons Companies, my understanding is that in every Infantry Regiment there was a Heavy Weapons Battalion, which means one Heavy Weapon company per Infantry Battalion or one Heavy Weapon Platoon per Infantry Company. What was in a Heavy Weapon Platoon? Was there a difference between a 1939-1940 Heavy Weapon Platoon and say a 1943-1945 Heavy Weapon Platoon, please advise, Thankyou in advance.
@medes78944 жыл бұрын
Great video btw. And one question. The anti tank company in regiment is attached to the anti tank battalion in the division, right ? Or are they independent?
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized4 жыл бұрын
No and no, attached to the Regiment. Independent would be not attached at all.
@medes78944 жыл бұрын
@@MilitaryHistoryVisualized Hmm, I actually mean that by 'in regiment:
@FernandoFlores-ut8ic7 жыл бұрын
DANKE.
@leviticus20013 жыл бұрын
HOI4 Players: Write that down! Write that down!
@brandongreen48807 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to get a video comparing German small arms and other handheld weapons to those of the allies?
@dizzy70798 жыл бұрын
Pionierbattailon! Abteilungen gab's nur bei der Artillerie, Aufklärung, Kavallerie und Panzertruppe
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+D Izzy jo, war wohl ein copy paste fehler von einer Folie zur nächsten.
@edspace.2 жыл бұрын
This might be a strange question to ask all this time on but do you know of any good sources on German Garrison forces? My German is Ziemlich Gutt but I might need to translate for good information, and ideally a general template if that was good or specifically 1944 Channel Islands.
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized2 жыл бұрын
Not really, yet, I suspect that Neils Henkemans probably knows something: twitter.com/Niels_1944
@edspace.2 жыл бұрын
@@MilitaryHistoryVisualized Vielen Dank, I'll check Neils Henkemans out.
@Sinistercabbage8 жыл бұрын
I have some interesting questions for you. So did German infantry use anti tank rifles in 1939? If so, how many and how were they distributed in the units? Also were the reserve divisions of western front (1939) equipped with 36 105mm and 12 150mm howitzers? I have once read that Germany had about 2000 150 mm howitzers at the start of the war. If Germany had just over 100 divisions at the start that works out at less than 1200 150 mm howitzers (armoured divisions had 8 of such howitzers if I can remember correctly). So is the 2000 figure wrong or did Germany have extra stocks/extra guns at corps level?
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+thepilotofpoland So, back from the library. The early anti tank rifles were the so-called "Panzerbüchse 38 & 39" as the numbers indicate, they were just introduced, so very few of them saw action in 1939. My sources are scarce on that one. But for an Infantry Division in 1940, as an example the 9th around April 1940, Alex Buchner lists 90 anti tank rifles referring to the "Kriegsausrüstungsnachweis" (KAN) ("War Equipment Inventory") which is usually the ideal number not necessarily the real one. He also mentions that they were mostly useless even in the early stages of the war. about the reserve divisions on the Western Front (1939), I don't have any information available, sorry. I know for sure that there was artillery at corps level, especially the higher calibers, but I don't have any inventory numbers. Wikipedia lists around 1300 guns at the outbreak of the war and a peak with about 2200 guns in 1944. Since Germany was almost all of the time short on equipment, I would guess that those numbers are closer to the actual numbers than the number of 2000 at the outbreak of the war.
@Sinistercabbage8 жыл бұрын
+Military History Thank you for the answer. "He also mentions that they were mostly useless even in the early stages of the war." Makes sense, most of Polish armoured troops were assigned to useless reconnaissance companies attached to infantry divisions or cavalry brigades. I wouldn't think there would be too many cases where German infantry came under pressure from such units where they would really make use of these weapons.
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+thepilotofpoland you are welcome. He meant useless in the way of not enough armor penetration.
@thracianTV8 жыл бұрын
but they could penetrate the thin armour of light tanks and armoured cars - problem then was the small calibre didn't do much damage unless it was a lucky shot. by 1941 the german guns were converted to grenade throwers but the Russians kept using theirs right through the war.
@SaulKopfenjager7 жыл бұрын
The German ATRs were just that, heavy or (overly) high powered rifles, incidentally based upon their original TUF from late WWI firing a 13mm x 92mm round which AIUI led to the Browning 50 12.7mm x 99mm, where as the Russian ATRs were bigger calibre 14.3mm ATWs - anti-material weapons, they still use them today...
@HornyDude838 жыл бұрын
Are modern infantry divisions typically much smaller, like about 10,000 or so?
@StarchAddict8 жыл бұрын
Modern Infantry divisions are typically for a command structure only, like a corps was to divisions back than. Now days Brigades (Regiments don't often exist in most armies unless we are talking about Royal Australian Regiments or British Regiments which is a fancy way of saying brigade) are often independent forces I.E. they act like Divisions did back in ww2. Assets (I.E. Artillery, ATGMs, IFVs, APCs) are often divided up into Companies or Platoons inside the Brigade itself, depending on the Brigade, and attached where needed.
@ineednochannelyoutube53846 жыл бұрын
+Liam Is this a result of greater mobility?
@hippiemcfake63648 жыл бұрын
How effective were light machine guns against air attacks? Why didn't they use dedicated AA guns to defend the artillery?
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
1) I have no data on the first question, but I would guess they would have been only effective against older planes, but in that case the Luftwaffe usually already had achieved air superiority. 2) I would assume cost/lack of equipment. I will try to keep your questions in mind when I take a look at the Division setup of the 1944 division and if those MGs were replaced or removed, which would allow a better guess at 1).
@Kavetrol8 жыл бұрын
Why regiments have only company of support guns and platoons of signaling, recon and engineering ? What happened to 2 battalions of support guns and 2 companies of each signaling, recon and engineering. ?
@pursuinginsanity8 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure what you're asking, but the Infantry support gun cpy was not part of the Division's Art Regiment. Infantry guns and Field artillery are quite different beasts, compare for example the 15cm sIG 33 with the 15cm sFH 18. The latter has ~3 times the range (and weight). Different weapons for different purposes. Neither were the signals, recon, etc part of their divisional equivalents. They are integral to the Infantry Regiment. The Division needed it's own units.
@thracianTV8 жыл бұрын
I assume this was a 1st welle (wave) division. How many vehicles did it have in total and was even this limited level of motorisation achieved? To what extent did the Luftwaffe control the AA guns - no AA guns are mentioned but I think the artillery regiment had some. How long did the recce troops keep their horses? Great video!
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
yeah, 1. Welle. 530 motorcycles, 394 cars, 536 trucks. As far as I know the motorization was achieved, but drop considerably later on, but for other waves, it is hard to tell. Yeah, no AA guns in this setup, they used MG34 for that. About the Luftwaffe AA I need to do some reading. About the horses and recce units: no clue sorry. thank you! This video is btw. quite old, the newer ones are usually a bit less detailed but all around better.
@thracianTV8 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I checked, there were some integral AA guns, but not before 1941. Before then all AA guns were in Luftwaffe units it seems.
@coldstreamer62526 жыл бұрын
how do you make the images with the structure for the units?
@kentuckyreenactor91326 жыл бұрын
What rank would command a german infanterie division? Like what was the name of the rank in german and the english equivalent
@bezukaking68604 жыл бұрын
By default, the German equivalent of two star major generals, generalleutnants usually led divisions (if a "lieutenant-general" commanding a division confuses you, just remember that the Germans got a rank with the word "brigade" in it after WW2. England also used to do this, but they flip-flopped between brigadier/no brigadier; Lt.-Gen. Hon. Sir G.L. Cole was absent from Waterloo, but he was supposed to command the British 6th Division). However, it was not uncommon for Generalmajors to lead divisions, as the Germans had largely discontinued the usage of brigades after WW1 (at least in the infantry), thus compelling the one-star generals to be posted higher. Since the introduction of the rank of Brigadegeneral at the formation of the Bundeswehr, generalmajor is now the default rank for division commanders.
@manuelaromera7207 жыл бұрын
i have a question , where are you found there informations ? what are your sources?
@ROLFCOPTERZZ2 жыл бұрын
I have a artillery nco uniform thats says fahrer(driver), named "markert franz" and unit 1st Batterie Artillery regiment 17. If anyone can find information on this man that would be amazing.
@maximilianodelrio3 жыл бұрын
Did they have anti air units?
@andro78626 жыл бұрын
What about brigades, as I understand brigades are larger than regiments. A brigade in my country has 2000-2500 men, so how much does a regiment have?
@aaronvenia61936 жыл бұрын
Andro A , nowadays brigades have replaced regiments by name and function. They are usually a combined arms unit with support and service units attached, and numbers around 3,000 to 4,000 men in most countries. The battalion is their largest sub-unit. This is in contrast to, example, a British WW1 division, which had two infantry brigades of two regiments each with a few battalions below that.
@andro78626 жыл бұрын
So how many men would be in a british WWI regiment?
@ineednochannelyoutube53846 жыл бұрын
+Aaron Venia So the 3 regiments of this division are now just organized into one brigade with 9 batallions?
@aaronvenia61936 жыл бұрын
I need no channel youtube! , No. Nowadays most countries use brigade in place of regiment. A us army Stryker brigade has 3 infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion (Stryker vehicles, not horses lol), one fires battalion (artillery), and support units like engineer company, intelligence company etc. It's about 4,200 personnel. He did a video each on ww1 German and British divisions.
@ineednochannelyoutube53846 жыл бұрын
+Aaron Venia And where did regiments go? What point is there in leaving out levels of organization?
@aftabasir79333 жыл бұрын
My brain is not much tactical so please can you tell me no of artillery and anti tank pieces for those 17000 men
@meltemozdemir92925 жыл бұрын
Artillery company with infantry regiment;Artillery regiment with infantry division
@ODST62628 жыл бұрын
First. Good presentation on a 1939-42 Infantry Division although you should cover the Infantry Gun and Pioneer Companies in the Regiments. I must assume you will do a video on the 1943 changes and the Volksgrenadier Divisions? I also decided my German is absolutely horrible. Good to hear how the German terms are actually pronounced.
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
thank you, that was my first organization video, pretty bad actually by my current standards. Probably at some point I will cover smaller units, I did cover an US Army Anti-Tank Company. Yeah, there will be videos for later divisions too. The video on the Panzergrenadier /Motorized Division is probably the most interesting for you, 1940 vs 1944.
@ODST62628 жыл бұрын
Useful. Do you have information on specific German divisions?
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
nope, I prefer dealing with general stuff as much as possible.
@mikearmstrong84833 жыл бұрын
The German name for an infantry division was "infanteriedivision"? Wow, what are the odds of that?
@marcoshfreire8 жыл бұрын
Great!
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+MARCOS FREIRE thank you!
@sarmatiancougar75568 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video. And then, why not to tell about the battalion and it`s tactics? Your video about the US army infantry battalion structure and tactics was brilliant. I`d like to learn the same about german ones.
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
you are welcome. this video was done way earlier, I will do a video about German tactics, but in a different video.
@sarmatiancougar75568 жыл бұрын
Military History Visualized that`s very strange that your channel has such a small number of viewers. The information you provide is critical for the understanding the aspects of war and combat. That`s a shame that only few people value the importancy of things like structure and tactics. The misunderstanding always leads to terrible misconceptions about war. I`d even make a review of the factions` structure, politiacally-social system, strength, international relatiionships and goals during WW2. Because, you know, people tend to think that it was some kind of a holy war between extremely evil nazies, glorious Allies and great bloody soviet empire. That also turns into something WORSE when people try to estimate millitary matters using their stereotypical nazie / allies / soviet impression.
@AUTgriesbrei8 жыл бұрын
question: are the 15cm howitzers in the artillery unit SiG 33? or did they just use anything of that calibre?
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+Griesbrei AUT I doubt that, because the sIG 33 is an infantry gun, whereas the artillery units used (according to my sources) the sFH 18.
@AUTgriesbrei8 жыл бұрын
+Military History thx, i was just wondering in which unit those guns would have served.
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+Griesbrei AUT in the "Infanteriegeschützkompanie" or "infantry gun company" (I think the English term usually is "heavy weapons company") every Regiment had one of those companies, each had 6 light infantry guns with 75mm and 2 heavy guns with 150mm. Example Division: 9th Infantry Division, April 1940.
@AUTgriesbrei8 жыл бұрын
+Military History where those SiG33 in the infantry regiment allways towed or did they get the versions mounted on tanks too?
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+Griesbrei AUT there was a self-propelled "version", well they basically put the whole gun with wheels on a Panzer I (or Panzer II; not sure) chassis and added some metal sheets, but I don't think it was used in normal infantry division, probably in motorized infantry divisions, mechanized (Panzergrenadier) and Panzer Divisions.
@mousumimajumdar29147 жыл бұрын
can you give entire army structure
@zoltankassai72725 жыл бұрын
Hi, how the pzb 39 were used? In paltoon or higher level?
@spectrevasix24932 жыл бұрын
They did not have Anti Air battalions?
@HornyDude838 жыл бұрын
lol amazing the difference with modern divisions, an entire division of 17,000 men having just 4 armoured vehicles in total (in the recon batallion).
@WarReport.5 жыл бұрын
Great content and channel. Only critique I can give is a bit more excitment in your voice would go a long way. Keep up the good work
@gibby_crusader2 жыл бұрын
How did German Infantry Divisions receive armored support?
@guzt368011 ай бұрын
I think this type of division is supossed to act mainly for defensive operation or acting as supporting element when they do offensive. When German need armored presence, they will just send the Panzer Division to the battle.
@santoshinostroza15045 жыл бұрын
Do this for ww1 please
@brandtchepley4598 жыл бұрын
Do you have any numbers as to how many AT guns or Infantry Support Guns a Infanterieregiment would have in it's units?
@brandtchepley4598 жыл бұрын
To clairfy, I'd assume 12 AT guns, if the AT company attached to an infantry regiment was the same size as an AT company attached to the regular Anti-Tank battalion, yes?
@pursuinginsanity8 жыл бұрын
9-12 AT guns AFAIK, the lower number is for 50mm (and later 75mm) guns. The Support Gun cpy usually had 6 - 75mm and 2 - 150mm infantry guns.
@HornyDude838 жыл бұрын
Interesting how the Germany was so dependent on horse transportation, yet WW2 films very rarely show troops mounted on horseback
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
well, not horseback, because the horses were used for transportation and supplies, thus they were mostly behind the line. In Band of Brothers there is a scene with Webster were he screams at the Germans.
@Napoleonheir18058 жыл бұрын
Wait, isn't a brigade immediately below a Division?
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+Napoleonheir1805 yes, but sometimes brigades are used and sometimes not. German Infantry Divisions of the 1. Welle to 4. Welle (First to Fourth wave, note that wave is used to categorize the equipment and personnel level not necessarily the time of creation) didn't use brigades. The same goes for German mountaineer division (Gebirgsdivision). Whereas a Panzer Division had a Panzer Brigade and a Schützen (Infantry) Brigade. (Source: Burkhart Müller-Hillebrand: Das Heer 1933-1945 - Band 1: Das Heer zu Kriegsbeginn. Anlage 5, p- 158-166) It seems that the brigade structure was used mainly for "mobile" units, the "light divisions" (leichte Division) and cavalry also used brigade structures. Also according to Tessin the Inf. Div. 45 (restructuring of 1944) also had 3 regiments listed and no brigade. The USMC in ww2 also used no brigades in their divisions, if I didn't miss anything in checking the OOB.
@VT-mw2zb8 жыл бұрын
+Napoleonheir1805 Typically in a modern army, a battalion is generally the largest combat unit consist of only a single arms: infantry, armor, artillery etc ... A brigade is usually the smallest combined arms unit that contains battalions of different arms; typically infantry and armor. Artillery is generally centrally controlled at the division level. Of course there are attempts to pushed combined arms tactics and organization down to lower levels, like the Brigade Combat Teams concept, which see artillery battalion controlled at brigade levels, and combined arms battalions which have infantry and armor companies. Regiments are generally smaller than a brigade and is typically of a single arm as well. The reason is economics. Units of the same arms are cheaper to be trained, maintained, housed, and fed the same place and reported to the same HQ. Thus the Regiments. Different battalions of the same regiment might report to different brigade when organized into a battalion. The USMC uses Regimental Combat Teams which are combined arms, integrated units. The Marines typically have better combined arms organization than the Army. The USMC's RCT is closer to a BCT in function than an actual regiment.
@MrChickennugget3608 жыл бұрын
+Napoleonheir1805 in ww2 some times Brigades were not fielded. I know the US Army deactivated all its brigades and did not use them. Modern US Army now does not use regiments except in a few circumstances
@gridlock501_74 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to follow this and I'm so confused.
@michaelmilburn9116 жыл бұрын
Butcher company sounds like the best one
@WysteriaGuitar3 жыл бұрын
Can you do this for Russian Divisions as well?
@Ruebacca8 жыл бұрын
Many German infantry divisions were pounded below 2,000 men.
@Ralphieboy3 жыл бұрын
Some people fall asleep counting sheep, I count organizational tables...
@nish3898 жыл бұрын
Hmm very interesting i need to set this setup to Hoi4
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
I have a special video for hoi 4 on infantry divisions.
@nish3898 жыл бұрын
+Military History Visualized okay i go chech it up
@nish3898 жыл бұрын
+Nish 3000 check *
@jzk12318 жыл бұрын
why has artillery regiment so much people. 1900 for 48 guns?
@aaronvenia61936 жыл бұрын
Jozek Sukic , horses, supply, forward observers etc. He did a video on 512 men for 12 15cm guns.
@ThePerfectRed8 жыл бұрын
Wasn't the StuG III also part of infantry units?
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
not in 1940, see more on this in my video on the StuGs: (which is way better than this video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qne7i5Z5Zt2NpKs
@Elektrycerz18 жыл бұрын
ONLY 2K SUBS WTF
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+Elektrycerz spread the word, pretty new channel, started in 2016.
@Elektrycerz18 жыл бұрын
Military History Already sent links to 6 friends and shared on facebook :)
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+Elektrycerz THANK YOU!!!
@Elektrycerz18 жыл бұрын
+Military History where are you from btw?
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 жыл бұрын
+Elektrycerz Austria, but living in Germany right now and you? Poland if google translate is correct.
@konigsberghq22795 жыл бұрын
what are the boxes?
@michelangelobuonarroti49586 жыл бұрын
0:41 What about the Brigade?
@bezukaking68604 жыл бұрын
largely did not exist in the German Army at this time
@FernandoFlores-ut8ic7 жыл бұрын
...why ?! I wanted ALL KNOWLEDGE !!!!
@AzraelEnterprise7 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see an "Organization & Structure" video for 1st Lt. Rommel's Alpenkorps.
@TourDeFranceSieger19405 жыл бұрын
What is with Anti Air units
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized5 жыл бұрын
none at that point
@lexington4766 жыл бұрын
Why would a recon battalion have anti-tank guns?
@imikem26 жыл бұрын
The Germans tended to use recon units in combat more often than the Western Allies. As a result they were often quite heavily armed.
@BearoShock6 жыл бұрын
How well did the non infantry sections of a division hold up in situations like Stalingrad? Did the non infantry divisions transition to combat roles?
@joshuaendres58683 жыл бұрын
I am mostly German and share and share the same last name with a general Theodore Endres the artillery general of the 212th infantry division i hope he isn't like my distant great uncle
@dl43506 жыл бұрын
did the Germans call it Infanterie-Division, or Infanteriedivision, or are both acceptable
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized6 жыл бұрын
both
@dl43506 жыл бұрын
thanks
@ttttttttt7447 жыл бұрын
Wenn du es nicht auf Deutsch gesagt hättest wurde ich keinen Schimmer haben was wer tut , also danke viel malz
@Manu-wx7ng5 жыл бұрын
Any hoi4 players here?
@JGRIPPI4 жыл бұрын
No cierran los numeros
@aftabasir79333 жыл бұрын
And why 600 men for 12 light howitzers
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized3 жыл бұрын
a bit of a different layout, but it is answered here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6bGlneiYr2Ao80
@aftabasir79333 жыл бұрын
And how many total tanks and artillery and anti aircraft guns in ww2
@Pasi_4848 Жыл бұрын
I like how he has a good german akzent. I think he is german
@michaeljr.87016 жыл бұрын
Hi there.
@pixelwortel95787 жыл бұрын
Why did the german army move so fast during invasions if it was not motorized? I still dont understand it😂😂
@aaronvenia61936 жыл бұрын
Amir Azzouz , the panzer and motorized infantry divisions would make the main breakthrough with air superiority. Regular infantry divisions would do the follow up work or be given less strategic assignments. Also, just a stickler for facts, it's bewegenskrieg. War of movement. Also, France sucks.
@FuaConsternation6 жыл бұрын
one of the biggest confusions when trying to understand composition is the difference between division level support and regiment, battalion, and company level...does each level have their own dedicated support or is the division level support just divided up and shared between all the companies? For this reason i sadly had to dislike your video. sorry.
@aaronvenia61936 жыл бұрын
Fua Consternation , in WW2 the division had support units, and the regiments had their own support units like recon and engineer, but not the butcher and baker companies. Nowadays some battalions and companies are combined arms like infantry and tanks but lack dedicated support units like medical and engineers.
@FuaConsternation6 жыл бұрын
thanks, but can we use a simple example like artillery?
@ineednochannelyoutube53846 жыл бұрын
+Fua Consternation Artillery is organized at a divisional level save for light and medium mortars which are integrated at squad and company level respectivley.