x 4 x 6

116th

Artillery

Regiment

14th

Infantry

Regiment

x 9 x 13

55th

Motorcycle

Battalion

x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1

5th Panzer Division September 22, 1941

Panzer

Battalion

x 2

x 2

x 2

2/55

Anti-Aircraft

Company

31st

Panzer

Regiment

13th

Infantry

Regiment

x 5 x 10 x 2 x 3

704th

Infantry Gun

Company

x 1 x 1 x 1 x 2 x 3

x 9 x 1 x 1 x 1

Infantry

Battalion

x 2

x 15 x 1 x 2

x 1 x 1 x 1 x 2 x 3

x 9 x 1 x 1 x 1

Infantry

Battalion

x 1

x 3 x 1 x 12 x 2

x 9 x 1 x 1 x 1

Infantry

Battalion

x 1

x 15 x 1 x 2

x 2 x 6

53rd

Anti-tank

Battalion

x 8

8th

Recon

Battalion

89th

Engineer

Battalion

x 1 x 9 x 8 x 1 x 3

x 1 x 1 x 1 x 3 x 3 x 2 x 4

75th Light

Anti-Aircraft

Battalion

(attached) x 2 x 1 x 1

The 5th Panzer Division took part in the invasion of Greece in April and was still being refitted when the

Russian Campaign began. The division was finally committed to action in October of 1941 and was part

of XXXXVI Corps in 4th Panzergruppe in Army Group Center operating in the area of Vyazma and

Moscow until the end of the year.

By Greg Moore

gregpanzerblitz.com

July 2007