16th MOTORISED INFANTRY DIVISION
Formed:
6th August 1940
Disbanded:
23rd June 1943 and renamed 16th Panzergrenadier Division
Linage:
16. Infanterie Division
16. Infanterie Division (Mot)
Commanders:
General der Infanterie Friedrich-Wilhelm Von Chappius 12th August 1940 to 15th March 1941
General der Panzertruppen Sigfrid Henrici 16th March to August 1941
Generalleutnant Johannes Streich August to November 1941
General der Panzertruppen Sigfrid Henrici November 1941 to 13 November 1942
Generalmajor Gerhard Graf von Schwerin 13th November 1942 to 20th March 1943
Oberst Wilhelm Crisolli 20th March to 23rd June 1943
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation 25
Sarajevo
Operation Barbarossa
Kiev
Operation Fall Blau
Voronezh
Rostov
Mius
Served:
Yugoslavia
Russia
Unit Structure Mid-1942:
Divisional Staff
60th Infantry Regiment (Motorised)
156th Infantry Regiment (Motorised)
146th Artillery Regiment (Motorised)
116th Panzer Battalion
228th Panzerjäger Battalion
165th Motorcycle Battalion
341st Reconnaissance Battalion
175th Pioneer Battalion (Motorised)
228th Signals Battalion (Motorised)
66th Supply Troop (Motorised)
