ASSAULT GUN Self-propelled (SP) gun with built-in armour mounted on Mark III tank chassis. Intended for close-support role with infantry. (See ‘regiment’.)
BRIGADE Roughly equivalent to British independent brigade group or U.S. regimental combat team. (The German equivalent of the British ‘brigade’ was a ‘regiment’—see below.)
MOTORIZED DIVISION Composed of motorized infantry—later redesignated Panzer Grenadier Division.
O.K.W. Oberkommando der Wehrmacht-—Supreme Command of the Armed Forces.
O.K.H. Oberkommando des Heeres—Army High Command.
O. K. L. Oberkommando der Luftwaffe—High Command of the Air Force.
O. K. M. Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine—High Command of the Navy.
PANZER CORPS Army corps consisting of panzer (armoured) divisions.
PANZER GRENADIER DIVISION See ‘motorized division’ above.
REGIMENT An infantry regiment consisted of 14 companies—usually nine rifle, three machine-gun, one assault-gun, and one anti-tank.
‘FRONT’ Approximately equivalent to an army group.
MECHANIZED CORPS Composed of three mechanized brigades and one tank brigade, plus artillery and special weapons. Establishment of a mechanized corps was 231 tanks and/or SP guns.
TANK CORPS Composed of three tank brigades and one motorized rifle brigade, plus artillery and special weapons. Establishment of tank corps was 231 tanks and SPs.
RIFLE DIVISION Roughly equivalent to a German infantry division.