16th PANZER DIVISION
Formed:
1st November 1940
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Headquarters:
Wuppertal
Linage:
16th Infantry Division
16th Panzer Division
Commanders:
Generalleutnant Hans-Valentin Hube 1st November 1940 to 15th September 1942
Generalmajor Günther Angern 15th September 1942 to 30th September 1942
Generalmajor Günther Angern 1st October 1942 to 2nd February 1943
Oberstleutnant Burkhart Müller-Hillebrand 2nd February 1943 to 4th May 1943
Oberst Rudolf Sieckenius 5th May 1943 to 31st May 1943
Generalmajor Rudolf Sieckenius 1st June 1943 to 1st November 1943
Oberst Hans-Ulrich Back 1st November 1943 to 30th January 1944
Generalmajor Hans-Ulrich Back 31st January 1944 to 11th August 1944
Generalmajor Dietrich Von Müller 12th August 1944 to 31st November 1944
Oberst Theodor Kretschmer 1st December 1944 to 31st January 1945
Generalleutnant Dietrich Von Müller 2nd February 1945 to 31st March 1945
Oberst Dr. Albrecht Aschoff 1st April 1945 to 18th April 1945
Oberst Kurt Treuhaupt 19th April 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Kiev
Kharkov
Operation Fall Blau
Stalingrad
Salerno
Naples
Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket
Rogau
Served:
Germany
Romania
Bulgaria
Poland
Russia
France
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Unit Structure 22nd April 1944:
Divisional Staff
2nd Panzer Regiment
64th Panzergrenadier Regiment
16th Artillery Regiment
16th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion
16th Panzerjäger Battalion
16th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
16th Panzer Signals Battalion
Medical and Administration Companies
