Organization of the 15th Panzer Division

With All Assigned Equipment

2 February 1942
Divisional Headquarters:
1 Motorcycle Company
33rd (mot) Mapping Section
8th Panzer Regiment:
1st Panzer Battalion:
1 Battalion HQ
1 Panzer Company (1 Pz III, 5 Pz II, 1 recovery tank)
1 Panzer Maintenance Company
4th Medium Panzer Company (7 Pz IV, 5 Pz II)
3rd Light Panzer Company (16 Pz III)
2nd Light Panzer Company (15 Pz III)
1st Light Panzer Company (15 Pz III)
2nd Panzer Battalion:
1 Battalion HQ
1 Self Propelled AA Section (20mm guns)
1 Panzer Company (1 Pz III, 5 Pz II, 1 recovery tank)
1 Panzer Maintenance Company
8th Medium Panzer Company (7 Pz IV, 5 Pz II)
7th Light Panzer Company (17 Pz III)
6th Light Panzer Company (15 Pz III)
5th Light Panzer Company (15 Pz III)
15th Schützen Brigade:
115th Schützen Regiment
HQ Section
1 Armored Company (5 half tracks, 8 LMGs, 3 HMGs)
1 (mot) Support Company, with
1 (mot) Signals Platoon
1 (mot) Engineer Platoon (2 LMGs)
1 (mot) Panzerjäger Platoon
(1-50mm & 3-37mm AT guns)
1st (mot) Battalion
1st Company (8 LMGs)
7th Company (4 LMGs, 1 AT rifle, 1 50mm AT gun)
9th Company (6 LMGs, 2 HMGs, 2 AT rifles, & 2 50mm
mortars)
5th (mot) Support Company, with
1 Mortar Section (3 81mm mortars)
1 Panzerjäger Platoon (3-37mm & 2 LMG)
1 Infantry Support Platoon (2-75mm guns & 1 HMG)
2nd (mot) Battalion
6th Company (8 LMGs, 2 AT rifles, & 1 50mm mortar)
9th Company (2 LMGs, 2 HMGs, 2 AT rifles, & 1 50mm
mortar)
1 (mot) Support Company, with
1 Engineer Platoon (2 LMGs)
1 Panzerjäger Platoon (2-50mm, 1-37mm, 1 AT rifle
& 2 LMGs)
2nd Machine Gun Battalion
1 (mot) HQ Section
2 Motorcycle Companies (1-37mm AT, 4 LMGs ea)
1 (mot) Signals Section

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 1 (mot) Company (2 LMGs, 7 HMGs, 1 50mm AT & 1 50mm
mortar)
1 Company (4 LMGs & 4 HMGs)
1 Company (1 LMG & 6 HMGs)
1 (mot) Support Company
1 AT Company (4-50mm AT guns, 1 LMG)
1 Mortar Platoon (3-81mm mortars)
33rd Reconnaissance Battalion:
1 (mot) Signals Platoon
1 Armored Car Company (6 20mm guns)
1 (mot) Support Company
1 (mot) Engineer Platoon (1 LMG)
1 (mot) Panzerjäger Gun (1-37mm gun)
1 (mot) Support Gun Platoon (2-75mm guns)
1 (mot) Infantry Platoon (4 LMGs)
1 AT Rifle Section (2 AT guns)
1 Light (mot) Supply Columns (3 LMGs)
33rd Artillery Regiment:
1 HQ section
1 (mot) Signals Platoon
1st (mot) Battalion:
1 Battalion HQ
1 (mot) Signals Platoon
1 (mot) Calibration Platoon
1 Battery with
1-105mm lFH 18 & 2 LMGs each
1 Battery, with
3-105mm lFH 18 & 2 LMGs
1 Battery, with
4-105mm lFH 18 & 2 LMGs
2nd (mot) Battalion:
1 Battalion HQ
1 (mot) Signals Platoon
1 (mot) Calibration Platoon
2 Batteries, each with
1-105mm lFH 18 & 2 LMGs each
3rd (mot) Battalion:
1 Battalion HQ
1 (mot) Signals Platoon
1 (mot) Calibration Platoon
1 Battery (3-150mm sFH 18 & 4 LMGs)
78th (mot) Signals Battalion
1 Radio Company (7 LMGs)
1 Telephone Company (1 LMGs)
1 Light (mot) Signals Supply Column
33rd (mot) Pioneer Battalion:
1 Armored Engineer Company (4 LMGs & 3 AT rifles)
1 Engineer Company (4 LMGs & 2 AT rifles)
1 Engineer Company (3 LMGs & 3 AT rifles)
1 Light (mot) Engineer Supply Column
33rd Panzerjäger Battalion:
1 HQ Section
1 (mot) Signals Platoon
1 28mm AT gun section
1 LMG Section (2 LMGs)

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 2 (mot) Panzerjäger Companies, each with:
1 AT rifle, 4 LMGs, 3-37mm AT guns, 7-50mm AT guns
1 (mot) Panzerjäger Company, with:
4 LMGs, 3 37mm AT guns, 7-50mm AT guns
Support Units:
33rd (mot) Field Post Office
33rd (mot) Military Police Platoon
1/,2/,3/33rd Ambulance Companies
2/33rd (mot) Medical Companies
36th (mot) Field Hospital
33rd (mot) Division Quartermaster Company
33rd (mot) Bakery Company
33rd (mot) Butcher Platoon
33rd Supply Battalion:
33rd (mot) Light Supply Company
1/,2/,3/33rd (mot) Maintenance Companies
1-7th Light (mot) Supply Columns
8-10th Heavy (mot) Fuel Supply Columns
12th Light (mot) Supply Column
2 (mot) Armored Replacement Platoons
1 Light (mot) Water Supply Column

15th Panzer Division Archives, The National Archives of the United

States, Microfilm T315-664, Copyright GFN 1992