The SS Panzer Division (german: SS-Panzerdivision, short: SS-PzDiv) was an
SS formation
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during
World War II
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. The table below shows the order of battle to which an SS Panzer division aspired.
[Willamson, Gordon (1994). ''The SS Hitler´s Instrument of the Power''; appendix, p. 249, "Organisation of a SS Panzer Division", Brown Packaging Books Ltd., London.]
The
12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" was organized according to the above table, and served as a standard for all other SS panzer divisions during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. The average complement was approximately 19,000. However, only two out of seven SS panzer divisions contained that strength. In the second half of the war in Europe, in particular close to the end of war, some divisions achieved only the complement of regiment sized units.
See also
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German heavy tank battalion german: "schwere Panzerabteilung"
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List of Waffen-SS divisions
*
Panzer division
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Organiasatio of SS Panzer Division
Tables of Organisation and Equipment