18th MOTORISED INFANTRY DIVISION
Formed:
1st November 1940
Disbanded:
23rd June 1943 and renamed 13th Panzergrenadier Division
Headquarters:
Legnica
Linage:
18. Infanterie Division
18. Infanterie Division (Mot)
Commanders:
Generalleutnant Friedrich-Karl Cranz 1st November 1940 to 24th March 1941
General der Infanterie Friedrich Herrlein 24th March to 15th December 1941
General der Infanterie Werner Von Erdmannsdorff 15th December 1941 to 23rd June 1943
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Barbarossa
Vitebsk
Smolensk
Leningrad Front
Tikhvin
Demyansk Pocket
Served:
Russia
Unit Structure November-1940:
Divisional Staff
30th Infantry Regiment (Motorised)
51st Infantry Regiment (Motorised)
18th Artillery Regiment (Motorised)
18thPanzerjäger Battalion
38th Motorcycle Battalion
18th Reconnaissance Battalion
18th Pioneer Battalion (Motorised)
18th Signals Battalion (Motorised)
18th Feld Ersatz Battalion
18th Supply Troop (Motorised)
