36th MOTORISED INFANTRY DIVISION
Formed:
1st November 1940
Disbanded:
1st May 1943 and reverted back to infantry status as the 36th Grenadier Division
Headquarters:
Kaiserslautern
Linage:
36. Infanterie Division
36. Infanterie Division (Mot)
Commanders:
Generalleutnant Otto Ottenbacher 25th October 1940 to 15th October 1941
General der Infanterie Hans Gollnick 15th October 1941 to June 1943
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Barbarossa
Kelme-Siautenai
Kurland
Luga
Leningrad
Smolensk
Served:
Russia
Unit Structure January-1942:
Divisional Staff
87th Infantry Regiment (Motorised)
118th Infantry Regiment (Motorised)
36th Artillery Regiment (Motorised)
36th Panzerjäger Battalion
36th Motorcycle Battalion
36th Reconnaissance Battalion
36th Pioneer Battalion (Motorised)
36th Signals Battalion (Motorised)
36th Feld Ersatz Battalion
36th Supply Troop (Motorised)
