5th PANZER DIVISION
Formed:
15th November 1938
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Headquarters:
Oppein
Linage:
5th Panzer Division
Commanders:
Generalleutnant Heinrich Von Viettinghoff Genannt Scheel 24th November 1938 to 22nd October 1939
Generalleutnant Max Hartlieb Genannt Von Walsporn 23rd October 1939 to 22nd May 1940
General der Artillerie Joachim Lemelsen 22nd May 1940 to 24th November 1940
Generalmajor Gustav Fehn 25th November 1940 to 30th April 1942
Oberst Kurt Haseloff 1st May 1942 to June 1942
Generalleutnant Gustav Fehn June 1942 to 25th September 1942
Generalmajor Eduard Metz 25th September 1942 to 1st February 1943
Oberst Johannes Nedtwig 1st February 1943 to 7th May 1943
Generalmajor Ernst Felix Fäckenstedt 7th May 1943 to 31st August 1943
Oberst Eduard Crasemann 31st August 1943 to 7th September 1943
Oberst Karl Decker 7th September 1943 to 30 November 1943
Generalmajor Karl Decker 1st December 1943 to 29th December 1943
Oberst Heinrich-Walter Bronsart Von Schellendorf 30th December 1943 to 29th January 1944
Generalleutnant Karl Decker 30th January 1944 to 15th October 1944
Oberst Rolf Lippert 16th October 1944 to 31st December 1944
Generalmajor Rolf Lippert 1st January 1945 to 10th February 1945
Generalmajor Günther Hoffmann-Schönborn 18th February 1945 to 8th April 1945
Oberstleutnant der Reserve Hans Herzog 9th April 1945 to 18th April 1945
Generalmajor Karl Koetz 18th April 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Fall Weib
Lwów
Operation Fall Gelb
Lille
Dunkirk Brest
Operation Barbarossa
Courland
Served:
Poland
Belgium
France
Romania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Greece
Russia
East Prussia
Germany
Unit Structure Mid-1943:
Divisional Staff
31st Panzer Regiment
13th Panzergrenadier Regiment
14th Panzergrenadier Regiment
116th Panzer Artillery Regiment
288th Army Flak Battalion
2nd Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion
53rd Panzerjäger Battalion
39th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
77th Panzer Signals Battalion
85th Feld Ersatz Battalion
Supply Troop
Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
