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 World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
. 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
A German heavy tank battalion (german: "schwere Panzerabteilung", short: "s PzAbt") was a battalion-sized World War II tank unit of the German Army (1935–1945), equipped with Tiger I, and later Tiger II, heavy tanks. Originally intended to f ...
german: "schwere Panzerabteilung"
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List of Waffen-SS divisions
This is a list of divisions in the Waffen-SS. All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. Those with ethnic groups listed were at least nominally recruited from those groups. Many of the hi ...
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Panzer division
A Panzer division was one of the armored (tank) divisions in the army of Nazi Germany during World War II. Panzer divisions were the key element of German success in the blitzkrieg operations of the early years of World War II. Later the Waffe ...
References
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Tables of Organisation and Equipment