Typical German Infantry Division
Perspective chart of a German infantry division of about 17,000 officers and men, drawn as rows of tiny figures, horses, guns and vehicles under numbered unit flags, with a table of weapons per unit below. It is informational; the technique is faint, selective emphasis on size and equipment counts.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. War Department, Army Service Forces, Special Service Division (Army Orientation Course, NEWSMAP)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. War Department, Army Service Forces. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-857 (NAID 514351).
Text on the object
Typical GERMAN INFANTRY DIVISION Approximately 17,000 Officers and Enlisted Men. Not shown on this chart but included in the above figure are the Division Headquarters personnel, 152 Officers and Enlisted Men, and the Observation Battalion, 600 Officers and Enlisted Men. The Observation Battalion is attached to the Divisional Artillery. [signature: Sgt. T. Fetzinger] I INFANTERIE REGIMENT Infantry Regiment 99 Officers 3059 Enlisted Men (three times, identical) Light Machine Guns 115 Heavy Machine Guns 36 Light Mortars 27 Heavy Mortars 18 Anti-Tank Rifles .31 cal. 27 Anti-Tank Guns 37-mm 12 Light Infantry Howitzers 75-mm 6 Heavy Infantry Howitzers 150-mm 2 II ARTILLERIE REGIMENT Artillery Regiment 2100 Officers and Enlisted Men 105-mm Gun Howitzers 36 150-mm Gun Howitzers 8 105-mm Guns 4 Light Machine Guns 24 III AUFKLÄRUNGS ABTEILUNG Reconnaissance Battalion 575 Officers and Enlisted Men Light Machine Guns 24 Heavy Machine Guns 8 Light Mortars 3 Heavy Mortars 3 Anti-Tank Guns 37-mm 3 Infantry Howitzers 2 Armored Cars, Light 3 IV PANZERJÄGER ABTEILUNG Anti-Tank Battalion 599 Officers and Enlisted Men Light Machine Guns 18 Anti-Tank Guns, 37-mm 12 Anti-Tank Guns, 50-mm 18 V PIONIER BATAILLON Engineer Battalion 26 Officers 851 Enlisted Men Light Machine Guns 27 Anti-Tank Mines 1500 2 Companies, Partly Motorized 1 Company Motorized 1 Bridging Column VI NACHRICHTEN ABTEILUNG Signal Battalion 15 Officers 459 Enlisted Men Telephone Company Radio Company Motorized Light Signal Column VII VERSORGUNGSTRUPPEN Division Supply Force 2200 Officers and Enlisted Men Horse-Drawn Vehicles 30* Horses 218* Motorcycles 98* Trucks and Cars 325* *Approximate NEWSMAP Prepared and distributed by ARMY ORIENTATION COURSE, Special Service Division Army Service Forces, WAR DEPT., 2E580 Pentagon Bldg., Washington, D. C. [imprint: ★ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943 — 529110]
