116th PANZER DIVISION

116th PANZER DIVISION
116th PANZER DIVISION

Nick Name:
Windhund-Division (Greyhound Division)

Motto:
Schnell wie ein Windhund, Zäh wie Leder, Hart wie Kruppstahl, Windhund Vor (Fast as a greyhound, tough as leather, hard as Krupp steel, Greyhound forward)

Formed:
28th March 1944

Disbanded:
30th April 1945

Linage:
16th Infantry Division
16th Panzergrenadier Division and 179th Reserve Panzer Division
116th Panzer Division

Commanders:
Oberst Günther Von Manteuffel 28th March to 30th April 1944
Generalleutnant Gerhard Graf Von Schwerin 1st May to 7th August 1944
Oberst Walter Reinhard 7th August to 11th August 1944
Oberst Gerhard Müller 11th August to 23rd August 1944
Generalleutnant Gerhard Graf Von Schwerin 24th August to 14th September 1944
Oberst Heinrich Voigtsberger 15th September to 19th September 1944
Generalmajor Siegfried Von Waldenburg 19th September 1944 to April 1945

Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Normandy
Faliase
Aachen
Hürtgen Forest
Operation Wacht am Rhein
Ruhr Pocket

Served:
France
Belgium
Germany

Unit Structure Mid-1944:
Divisional Staff
16thPanzer Regiment
60th Panzergrenadier Regiment
156th Panzergrenadier Regiment
146th Panzer Artillery Regiment
281st Army Flak Battalion
116th Reconnaissance Battalion
228th Panzerjäger Battalion
675th Pioneer Battalion
228th Signals Battalion
66th Supply Troop