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| Formation of the German Army Corps - Aug 1914 |
| Army Corps |
| 2 Infantry Divisions |
| Army Corps Headquarters: |
| Corps Commander = General or Generalleutnant |
| General Staff: |
| Chief of Staff |
| Ia - operations & tactics (1.GSO) |
| Ib - affairs behind the lines |
| Ic - intelligence services |
| Id - assistance for Ia |
| Adjutantur: administrative staff |
| IIa - Adjutants for particulars |
| IIb - 2x Adjutants for Commanding General |
| IIc - 2x Adjutants for reinforcements and equine affairs |
| Section III: field judicial officers |
| Section IVa: Corps Intendant for supply svcs w/ Field Intendance, finance, supply depot |
| Section IVb: Corps Medical Officer & staff |
| Section IVc: Corps Veterinary Officer & staff |
| Commandant of Headquarters: cavalry & infantry staff guard, field police, field P.O. |
| Assigned Commanders: munitions columns, trains, pioneer battalion, telephone det |
| * Corps HQ staff = 66 officers, 245 NCOs & other ranks |
| * 40 Army Corps (General Commands) active at Mobilization; 66 at Armistice |
| das Korps: organizational diagram of I. Army Corps |
| das Korps: wire diagram |
| die Armeekorps: history of the Imperial Army Corps |
| Armeekorps composed of: |
| Infanterie-Division (2x) |
| Infantry Division = 2 Brigades (Infanterie-Brigaden) |
| plus: Field Arty Brigade (Feldartillerie-Brigade), Cavalry Regiment (Kavallerie-Regiment) |
| Infanterie-Brigade (4x) |
| Infantry Brigade = 2 Regiments (Infanterie-Regimenter) |
| Infanterie-Regiment (8x) |
| Infantry Regiment = 3 Battalions (Bataillone) |
| plus: Machine-Gun Company (Maschinen-Gewehr-Kompanie) |
| Bataillon (24x) |
| Infantry Battalion = 4 Companies (Kompanien) |
| Kompanie (96x) |
| Infantry Company = 3 Platoons (Züge) |
| MG-Kompanie (8x) |
| Machine-Gun Company (MGK) = subordinate to Regimental HQ |
| Feldartillerie-Brigade (2x) |
| Field Artillery Brigade = 2 Field Artillery Regiments (Feldartillerie-Regimenter) |
| Kavallerie-Regiment (1-2x) |
| Cavalry Regiment = 4 Squadrons (Eskadrons) |
| Korps-Truppen |
| Heavy Howitzer Battalion, Aviation Detachment, Telephone Detachment, Searchlight Section, |
| Corps Pontoon Train, 2x Munitions Column Sections, Foot Artillery Munitions Column Section, |
| 2x Train Sections |
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Cron's Imperial German Army 1914-18 |
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and various sources |
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