18th PANZER DIVISION
Formed:
26th October 1940
Disbanded:
29th September 1943
Headquarters:
Chemnitz
Linage:
4th and 14th Infantry Divisions
18th Panzer Division
Commanders:
Generalmajor Walther Nehring 26th October 1940 to 26th January 1942
Generalmajor Karl Freiherr Von Thüngen 26th January 1942 to 24th April 1942
Oberst Albert Praun 25th April 1942 to May 1942
Generalmajor Karl Freiherr Von Thüngen May 1942 to 15th September 1942
Generalmajor Albert Praun 15th August 1942 to 20th August 1942
Oberst Walter Gleiniger 21st August 1942 to 14th September 1942
Generalmajor Erwin Menny 15th September 1942 to 24th December 1942
Generalleutnant Karl Freiherr Von Thüngen 25th December 1942 to 31st March 1943
Oberst Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben 1st April 1943 to 6th September 1943
Generalmajor Karl Thoholte 7th September 1943 to 29th September 1943
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Barbarossa
Smolensk
Bryansk
Tula
Operation Citadel
Served:
Germany
Russia
Unit Structure Late-1943:
Divisional Staff
18th Panzer Regiment
52nd Panzergrenadier Regiment
101st Panzergrenadier Regiment
88th Panzer Artillery Regiment
6th Reconnaissance Battalion
88th Panzerjäger Battalion
98th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
88th Panzer Signals Battalion
88th Feld Ersatz Battalion
88th Supply Troop
88th Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
