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3rd Cavalry Division (Reichswehr)

Field	Value
unit_name	3rd Cavalry Division
native_name	3. Kavallerie-Division
dates	19211934
disbanded	October 1934
country	Weimar Republic
branch
type	Cavalry
size	Division
command_structure	Gruppenkommando 2
garrison	Weimar
notable_commanders	Maximilian von Weichs

The 3rd Cavalry Division (3. Kavallerie-Division) was a unit of the Reichswehr, the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic. It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 13th (Prussian), 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th (Bavarian), and 18th (Saxon) Cavalry Regiments. It was subordinated to Gruppenkommando 2.

Divisional commanders

Generalleutnant Heinrich von Hofmann (1 June 1920 - 1 October 1920)
Generalleutnant Johannes Koch (1 October 1920 - 16 June 1921)
Generalleutnant Eginhard Eschborn (16 June 1921 - 30 September 1923)
General der Kavallerie Paul Hasse (1 October 1923 - 28 February 1926)
Generalleutnant Hans von Viereck (1 March 1926 - 1 March 1929)
Generalleutnant Curt Freiherr von Gienanth (1 March 1929 - 1 November 1931)
Generalmajor Wilhelm Knochenhauer (1 November 1931 - 1 December 1933)
Generalleutnant Maximilian von Weichs (1 December 1933 - 15 October 1935)

Garrison

The divisional headquarters was in Weimar.

References

Pipes, Jason. "Feldgrau: 3.Kavallarie-Division".

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