16th SS Panzergrenadier Division

16 SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsfuhrer-SS
General Information
Type	Panzergrenadier Division
Leader(s)	SS-Gruppenführer Max Simon (3 Oct 1943 - 24 Oct 1944) SS-Brigadeführer Otto Baum (24 Oct 1944 - 8 May 1945)
Size	14,223 (Dec 1944)
Historical Information
Established	November 1943
Dissolved	1945
Affiliation	Germany
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The 16th SS-PanzerGrenadier Division "Reichsfuhrer-SS" was a Waffen-SS motorised division formed in September 1943 from the SS-Sturmbrigade "Reichsfuhrer-SS". A kampfgruppe was sent to fight at Anzio, while the rest of the division participated in the occupation of Hungary. It finally fought as a division in Italy in May 1944 in Italy. It surrendered to the British near Klagenfort at the end of the war

Order of battle

SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 35 SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 36 SS-Artillerie Regiment 16 SS-Panzer Abteilung 16 SS-Flak-Abteilung 16 SS-Panzer-Aufklärungsabteilung 16 SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 16 SS-Pionier-Bataillon 16 SS-Nachrichten-Abteilung 16 SS-Nachschub-Truppen 16 SS-Wirtschafts-Bataillon 16 SS-Instandsetzungs-Abteilung 16 SS-Sanitäts-Abteilung 16 SS-Feld-Ersatz-Btaillon 16 Feldgendarmerie-Kompanie Div.Kampfschule 16.SS-Pz.Gren.Div Div.Begleit-Kompanie

References

1. Axis History. 16. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Reichsführer-SS. Axis History, 2010, www.axishistory.com/axis-nations/119-germany-waffen-ss/germany-waffen-ss-divisions/1301-16-ss-panzergrenadier-division-reichsfuehrer-ss. Accessed 22 Dec. 2017.
2. Lexikon der Wehrmacht. 16. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Reichsführer SS". Lexikon der Wehrmacht, www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/PanzergrenadierdivisonenSS/16SSPGD.htm. Accessed 22 Dec. 2017.