3rd MOTORISED INFANTRY DIVISION
Nick Name:
Kreuz mit 2 Balken (Cross with two beams)
Formed:
27th October 1940
Disbanded:
23rd June 1943 and renamed 3rd Panzergrenadier Division
Linage:
3. Infanterie Division
3. Infanterie Division (Mot)
Commanders:
Major Walter Nagel 27th October 1940 to 20th January 1941
Oberstleutnant Hans-Jürgen Dingler 20th January 1941 to 22nd December 1942
Major Hans-Helmut Von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach 22nd December 1942 to 27th January 1943
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Barbarossa
Luga
Operation Typhoon
Nava
Operation Fall Blau
Voronezh
Stalingrad
Served:
Russia
Unit Structure June-1942:
Divisional Staff
8th Infantry Regiment (Motorised)
29th Infantry Regiment (Motorised)
3rd Artillery Regiment (Motorised)
103rd Panzer Battalion
3rd Panzerjäger Battalion
53rd Motorcycle Battalion
3rd Pioneer Battalion (Motorised)
3rd Signals Battalion (Motorised)
3rd Supply Battalion (Motorised)
Administration and Medical Companies
