273rd Reserve Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

The German 273rd Reserve Panzer Division was a reserve army division in case anything were to happen to the 1st Panzer Division. After the Battle of Kursk German 273rd Reserve Panzer Division was used for augmenting of 1st Panzer Division, whereas their remaining forces were shifted to Italian front.

References

Tessin, Georg (1974). Die Landstreitkräfte 201—280. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939—1945. 8. Frankfurt/Main: E.S. Mittler. pp. 312–313.

German Armoured Divisions of World War II

Heer
Panzer Divisions

Numbered Panzer Divisions	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 116th

Named Panzer Divisions	Panzer Division Clausewitz Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 1 Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2 Panzer Division Holstein Panzer Division Jüterbog Panzer Division Kempf Panzer Lehr Division Panzer Division Müncheberg Panzer Division Tatra

Reserve Panzer Divisions	155th Reserve Panzer Division 179th Reserve Panzer Division 233rd Reserve Panzer Division 273rd Reserve Panzer Division

Waffen-SS
Panzer Divisions

SA
Panzer Divisions

Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle

Luftwaffe
Panzer Divisions

Hermann Göring Division

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