273rd Reserve Panzer Division
The German 273rd Reserve Panzer Division was a reserve army division. After the Battle of Kursk the German 273rd Reserve Panzer Division was used for augmenting of 11th Panzer Division,Mitcham, p. 104-105 whereas their remaining forces were shifted to the Italian front.
Organization
Organization of the Division in 1943 (when it was formed):{{Cite book|title=German Order of Battle, Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS Division in WWII|pages=42 and 43}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/Units/UnitData?UniX=5259 |website=www.ordersofbattle.com |title=273 Reserve Panzer Division |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120043159/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/Units/UnitData?UniX=5259 |archive-date=2019-01-20 |access-date=2019-10-09}}
- Headquarters - Under Lieutenant general Helmuth von der Chevallerie
- 25th Reserve Panzer Battalion
- 35th Reserve Panzer Battalion
- 92nd Reserve Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 73rd Reserve Motorized Grenadier Regiment
- 167th Reserve Artillery Battalion
- 7th Reserve Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion
- 7th Reserve Tank Destroyer Battalion
- 10th Reserve Tank Destroyer Battalion
- 19th Reserve Panzer Engineer Battalion
- Reserve Panzer Division Supply Group
References
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Bibliography
- {{Cite book|last1=Mitcham|first1=Samuel W.|year=2000|title=The Panzer Legions|location=Mechanicsburg|publisher=Stackpole Books|isbn=978-0-8117-3353-3 }}
- {{cite book|last=Tessin|first=Georg|chapter=Die Landstreitkräfte 201—280|title=Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939—1945|volume=8|location=Frankfurt/Main|publisher=E.S. Mittler|year=1974|pages=312–313|language=de}}
{{German Armoured Divisions of World War II}}
Category:German panzer divisions
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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