3rd Panzer Group (Germany)
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The 3rd Panzer Group was an army size unit which served as part of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
3rd Panzer Group was a part of Operation Barbarossa under Army Group Center. Later it served in Operation Typhoon, where it was placed under operational control of the Ninth Army.
[edit] Orders of battle
At the start of Operation Barbarossa the Group consisted of the XXXIXthe and LVIIth Army Corps (mot.).
[edit] 2 October 1941
- Commander: Colonel General Hermann Hoth
- Chief of Staff: Colonel Walther von Hünersdorff
- XXXXI Motorized Corps under General of Panzer Troops Georg-Hans Reinhardt
- 1.Panzer-Division under Lieutenant General Friedrich Kirchner
- 36.Infanterie-Division (Mot.) under Lieutenant General Otto Ottenbacher
- LVI Motorized Corps under General of Panzer Troops Ferdinand Schaal
- 6.Panzer-Division under Major General Franz Landgraf
- 7.Panzer-Division under Major General Freiherr von Funck
- 14.Infanterie-Division (Mot.) under Major General Friedrich Fürst
- VI Corps under General of Engineers Otto-Wilhelm Förster
- 6.Infanterie-Division under Lieutenant General Helge Auleb
- 26.Infanterie-Division under Major General Walther Weiss
- 110.Infanterie-Division under Lieutenant General Ernst Seifert
