4th PANZER DIVISION
Formed:
10th November 1938
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Headquarters:
Würzburg
Linage:
4th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
Commanders:
Generaloberst Georg-Hans Reinhardt 1st September 1939 to 5th February 1940
Generalleutnant Ludwig Ritter Von Radlmeier 5th February 1940 to 8th June 1940
Generalleutnant Johann Joachim Stever 8th June 1940 to 24th July 1940
Generalleutnant Hans Reichsfreiherr Von Boineburg-Lengsfeld 24th July 1940 to 8th September 1940
General der Panzertruppen Willibald Freiherr Von Langermann und Erlencamp 8th September 1940 to 27th December 1941
General der Panzertruppen Dietrich Von Saucken 27th December 1941 to 2nd January 1942
General der Panzertruppen Willibald Freiherr Von Langermann und Erlencamp 2nd January 1942 to 6th January 1942
General der Panzertruppen Heinrich Eberbach 6th January 1942 to 2nd March 1942
Generalleutnant Otto Heidkämper 2nd March 1942 to 4th April 1942
General der Panzertruppen Heinrich Eberbach 4th April 1942 to 14th November 1942
Generalleutnant Erich Schneider 14th November 1942 to 31st May 1943
General der Panzertruppen Dietrich Von Saucken 31st May 1943 to 6th January 1944
Generalleutnant Hans Junck 21st January 1944 to 7th February 194
General der Panzertruppen Dietrich Von Saucken February 1944 to 1st May 1944
Generalleutnant Clemens Betzel 1st May 1944 to 27th March 1945
Oberst Ernst-Wilhelm Hoffmann 27th March 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Fall Weib
Warsaw
Bzura
Operation Fall Gelb
Dunkirk
Bethune
Operation Barbarossa
Kiev
Operation Typhoon
Orel
Operation Citadel
Radzymin
Courland Pocket
East Prussia
Served:
Poland
Belgium
France
Russia
Lithuania
Unit Structure Mid-1943:
Divisional Staff
35th Panzer Regiment
12th Panzergrenadier Regiment
33rd Panzergrenadier Regiment
103rd Panzer Artillery Regiment
290th Army Flak Battalion
4th Reconnaissance Battalion
49th Panzerjäger Battalion
79th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
79th Panzer Signals Battalion
84th Feld Ersatz Battalion
84th Supply Troop
84th Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
