14th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

German 14th Panzer Division
Unit insignia
Active	1940–45
Country	Germany
Allegiance	Wehrmacht
Branch	Heer
Type	Panzer
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Division

The German 14th Panzer Division (14. Panzer-Division) was an armoured division in the German Army during World War II. It was created in 1940 by the conversion of the 4th Infantry Division.

Commanding officers

Generalleutnant Erick-Oskar Hansen, 15 August 1940
Generalleutnant Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron, 1 October 1940
General der Panzertruppen Friedrich Kühn, 22 March 1941
Generalleutnant Ferdinand Heim, 1 July 1942
Generalleutnant Hans Freiherr von Falkenstein, 1 November 1942
Generalleutnant Johannes Bäßler, 16 November 1942 *Generalmajor Martin Lattmann, 26 November 1942
Generalleutnant Friedrich Sieberg, 1 April 1943
Generalleutnant Martin Unrein, 29 October 1943
Generalmajor Oskar Munzel, 5 September 1944
Generalleutnant Martin Unrein, 1 December 1944
Oberst Friedrich-Wilhelm Jürgen, 10 February 1945
Oberst Karl Gräßel, 15 March 1945

References

Sources

Rosado, Jorge; Bishop, Chris. German Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions 1939-1945.
Beevor, Antony. Stalingrad.
Winchester, Charles. Osterfront.

German Armoured Divisions of World War II

Heer
Panzer Divisions

Numbered Panzer Divisions	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 116th

Named Panzer Divisions	Panzer Division Clausewitz Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 1 Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2 Panzer Division Holstein Panzer Division Jüterbog Panzer Division Kempf Panzer Division Kurmark Panzer Lehr Division Panzer Division Müncheberg Panzer Division Tatra

Reserve Panzer Divisions	155th Reserve Panzer Division 179th Reserve Panzer Division 233rd Reserve Panzer Division 273rd Reserve Panzer Division

Waffen-SS
Panzer Divisions

SA
Panzer Divisions

Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle

Luftwaffe
Panzer Divisions

Hermann Göring Division

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 14th Panzer Division

Stab	Ferdinand Heim Oskar Munzel Peter Sauerbruch Martin Unrein¹ (Oak Leaves)

Divisions-Begleitkompanie 14. Panzer-Division	Ernst Grunau

Panzer-Regiment 36	Velten Arendt Friedrich Banach Robert Eichert Wolfgang Everling Hinrich Gerdes Curt von Jesser Hans-Jochen Kühn Willy Langkeit (Oak Leaves) Jürgen Freiherr von Maercken zu Geerath Karl-Theodor Molinari Wilhelm Ritter und Edler von Peter Bernhard Sauvant² (Oak Leaves) Erich Socke Karl-Friedrich Wittholz Wilhelm Wolff Gottfried Zepf Herbert Zimmermann

Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 103	Heinz Brandt Erich Domaschk Joachim Domaschk³ (Oak Leaves) Herbert Liebig Xaver Marzluf Werner Mummert⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Werner Plöntzke Ludwig Promesberger Heinz Schweitzer

Panzergrenadier-/Schützen- Regiment 108	Joachim Domaschk³ (Oak Leaves) Karl-Joachim Hofmann Heinrich Hollenweger Werner Kaessler Walter Knorr Siegfried Köhler Oskar Penkert Heinz Schmekel Herbert Stenzel Erich Storek Heinz Wittchow von Brese-Winiary (Oak Leaves)

Kradschützen-Bataillon 64	Helmut Lutze Erich Petermann

Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 40	Kurt Przyklenk

Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 14 (attached since 21 May 1943)	Ernst Rehm Karl-Friedrich Stoewaß Theodor Velten

Panzerpionier-Bataillon 13	Johannes Pörschmann Willy Ritter Fritz Schirrmacher

¹ Knight's Cross with Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 (6th Panzer Division). ² Oak Leaves with the 505th Heavy Panzer Battalion. ³ Knight's Cross with Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108, Oak Leaves with Panzergrenadier-Regiment 103. ⁴ Knight's Cross with Aufklärungs-Abteilung 256 (256th Infantry Division).

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