TOE, German Cavalry Division, August 1914

This is a brief outline of the Table of Organisation and Equipment (TO&E) of the 11 German Cavalry Divisions that were established at the outbreak of World War I.

Table of Organisation and Equipment

• Division Staff
  • "weaker than an infantry division"^[1]
• 3 x Brigade Staffs
• 6 x Cavalry Regiments (each of 4 squadrons)^[2]
  • 36 Officers, 688 NCOs and other ranks, 709 riding horses, 60 draught horses, 2 bridge wagons, 1 telephone wagon, 1 medical wagon, 5 baggage wagons, 5 supply wagons, 5 fodder wagons.
• Horse Artillery Abteilung^[3]
  • 24 officers, 573 NCOs and other ranks, 780 horses, 55 vehicles / wagons, 12 guns organised as
  • Staff
    • 8 officers, 30 NCOs and other ranks, 36 horses, 1 observation wagon, 1 supply wagon, 1 baggage wagon
  • 3 x Horse Artillery Batteries
    • 4 officers, 133 NCOs and other ranks, 180 horses, 4 guns (each drawn by 6 horses), 9 vehicles
  • Light Ammunition Column
    • 4 officers, 144 NCOs and other ranks, 204 horses, 25 vehicles including 7 infantry small arms ammunition wagons designated for the cavalry
• Machine Gun Detachment^[4]
  • 2 officers, 115 NCOs and other ranks, 27 riding horses, 60 draught horses, 15 vehicles including 6 MGs drawn by 4 horses, 1 reserve MG and 3 small arms ammunition wagons, 1 field kitchen, 1 store wagon, 1 fodder wagon, 1 baggage wagon
• Pioneer Detachment^[5]
  • 2 officers, 46 NCOs and other ranks, 31 horses, 6 pioneer wagons
• Signals Detachment^[6]
  • Heavy Wireless Station (2 in the 4th and Bavarian Cavalry Divisions)
    • 1 station wagon, 1 wireless mast wagon, 1 store wagon
  • 2 x Light Wireless Stations
    • 1 station wagon, 1 store wagon
• Cavalry Motorised Vehicle Column

Notes

References

• Cron, Hermann (2002). Imperial German Army 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle [first published: 1937]. Helion & Co. ISBN 1-874622-70-1.