Order of Battle:
Hauptkwartier / Headquarters (Opel Blitz truck)
Hauptkwartier / Headquarters (Opel Blitz truck)
8. Panzer-Regiment / 8th Armoured regiment
- Abteilung I (Panzer III N)
- Abteilung II (Panzer IV G)
115. Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment / 115th Panzergrenadier regiment
- Bataillon I (Sd.kfz. 251/1 C + Afrika Korps Infantry)
- Bataillon II (Afrika Korps Infantry)
- Bataillon III (Afrika Korps Infantry)
33. Artillerie-Regiment / 33rd Artillery regiment
- Abteilung I (105mm LeFH 18)
- Abteilung II (105mm LeFH 18)
- Abteilung III (150mm SFH 18)
33. Panzerabwehr-Abteilung / 33rd Tankhunter battalion (Sd.kfz. 139 'Marder' III)
33. Aufklärungs-Abteilung / 33rd Reconnaissance battalion (?)
33. Pionier-Bataillon / 33rd Engineer battalion (?)
33. Flak-Regiment / 33rd Flak regiment (88mm Flak 36)
33. Flak-Regiment / 33rd Flak regiment (88mm Flak 36)
Notes:
Although the Jerries named some units Abteilung and others Bataillon, they were more or less equally sized. I translated both words to English using 'battalion'. You'll also notice that many battalions are numbered 33. Before the division became a tank division, it was an infantry division: the 33rd. As such it participated in the Invasion of France and after a reorganization it received a tank regiment, which made the division 'armoured'.
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