3rd PANZER DIVISION
Motto: Berliner Bärendivision (Bear Division from Berlin)
Formed:
15th October 1935
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Headquarters:
Berlin
Linage:
Elements 1st and 3rd Kavallerie
3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
Commanders:
Generalleutnant Ernst Feßmann 15th October 1935 to 30th September 1937
Generalleutnant Leo Freiherr Geyr Von Schweppenburg 12th October 1937 to 26th September 1939
Generalmajor Horst Stumpff 27th September 1939 to 14th December 1939
Generalleutnant Leo Freiherr Geyr Von Schweppenburg 15th December 1939 to 14th February 1940
Generalmajor Horst Stumpff 15th February 1940 to September 1940
Generalmajor Friedrich Kühn September 1940 to 4th October 1940
Generalmajor Horst Stumpff 4th October 1940 to 14th November 1940
Generalleutnant Walter Model 15th November 1940 to 21st October 1941
General der Panzertruppen Hermann Breith 22nd October 1941 to 1st September 1942
Oberst Kurt Freiherr Von Liebenstein 1st September 1942 to 24th October 1942
Generalleutnant Franz Westhoven 25th October 1942 to 20th October 1943
Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein 20th October 1943 to 4th January 1944
Oberst Rudolf Lang 5th January 1944 to 25th May 1944
Generalleutnant Wilhelm Philipps Dipl. Ing. 25th May 1944 to 20th January 1945
Generalmajor Wilhelm Söth 20th January 1945 to 19th April 1945
Oberst Volkmar Schöne 19th April 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Sudetenland
Operation Fall Weib
Brest-Litovsk
Operation Fall Gelb
Brussels
Operation Barbarossa
Kiev
Operation Typhoon
Kharkov
Operation Fall Blau
Operation Citadel
Served:
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Belgium
France
Russia
Romania
Hungary
Unit Structure Mid 1943:
Divisional Staff
6th Panzer Regiment
3rd Panzergrenadier Regiment
394th Panzergrenadier Regiment
75th Panzer Artillery Regiment
314th Army Flak Battalion
2nd Reconnaissance Battalion
543rd Panzerjäger Battalion
39th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
33rd Panzer Signals Battalion
83rd Feld Ersatz Battalion
83rd Supply Troop
83rd Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
