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16th Infantry Division (Egypt)
16th Division or 16th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 16th Division (German Empire), a unit of the Prussian/German Army * 16th Reserve Division (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I * 16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), of the German Army was created in 1934 as ''Kommandant von Münster'' * 16th Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece), a major mechanized infantry formation of the Hellenic Army * 16th Indian Division, British Indian Army during World War I * 16th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army * 16th Infantry Division (Poland), a military unit of the Polish Army * 16th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), a formation in the Red Army created during the Second World War * 16th Division (Spain), a unit of the Spanish Republican Army during the Spanish Civil War * 16th (Irish) Division The 16th (Irish) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, raised for service durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Division (German Empire)
The 16th Division (''16. Division'') was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed as the 15th Division on September 5, 1818, in Koblenz from a troop brigade. It became the 16th Division on December 14, 1818, and moved its headquarters to Trier. The division was subordinated in peacetime to the VIII Army Corps (''VIII. Armeekorps''). The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. It was mainly recruited in the densely populated Prussian Rhine Province, mainly along the Rhine and the cities and towns along the Moselle River. Combat chronicle The 16th Division fought in the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, seeing action in the Battle of Königgrätz. In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, the division fought in the Battle of Spicheren, the Battle of Mars-la-Tour, the Battle of Gravelotte (also called the Battle of Gravelotte-St. Privat) and the Siege of Metz, and then in the battles of Amiens, Hallue, and St. Quentin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Division (United States)
The 16th Division was an infantry division of the United States Army raised during World War I. It was the second formation of that name raised in the United States, the first being renamed to 37th Division in 1917. History The division was organized in 1918 as a regular army and national army division for World War I, and was commanded by Major General David C. Shanks, with Stephen J. Chamberlin, later a lieutenant general, as division Chief of Staff. Its two Infantry brigades, the 31st and 32nd, were commanded by Peter Weimer Davison and Walter Cowen Short. The division's 16th Field Artillery Brigade was commanded by Daniel W. Hand. The Armistice occurred before the 16th Division departed for France; under the command of Guy Carleton, it was briefly considered for inclusion in American Expeditionary Force Siberia, but that conflict also ended before the division could embark. It did not go overseas and demobilized in March 1919 at Camp Kearny, California. Because the 16th D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Regiment (other)
16th Regiment or 16th Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery * 16th Alpini Regiment, a short lived light Infantry training regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat * 16th Punjab Regiment (Pakistan) * 16th Infantry Regiment (South Korea) * 16th Regiment Royal Artillery, a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army * 16th The Queen's Lancers, a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1759 * 16th Infantry Regiment (United States), a regiment in the United States Army * Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, British Army regiment formerly designated the 16th Regiment of Foot United States American Revolutionary War regiments * 16th Massachusetts Regiment, a unit of the American Massachusetts Line American Civil War regiments * 16th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, nicknamed "The Twins", an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War * 16th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Group (other)
16th Group may refer to: * 16th Carrier Air Group, a formation of the United Kingdom Royal Navy * 16th Military Police Brigade (United States), a unit of the United States Army * 16th Air Expeditionary Wing (16th Bombardment Group), a unit of the United States Air Force * Chalocgens, 16th group of the Periodic Table See also * 16th Army (other) * 16th Wing (other) * 16th Division (other) * 16th Brigade (other) * 16th Regiment (other) 16th Regiment or 16th Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery * 16th Alpini Regiment, a short lived light Infantry training regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat * 16th Punjab ... * 16th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Wing (other)
16th Wing may refer to: * 16th Air Expeditionary Wing, a formation of the United States Air Force * 16th Bombardment Wing (World War II), a formation of the United States Air Force * 1st Special Operations Wing (16th Special Operations Wing), also formerly known as "16th Pursuit Group", is a formation of the United States Air Force See also * 16th Army (other) * 16th Group (other) * 16th Division (other) * 16th Brigade (other) * 16th Regiment (other) 16th Regiment or 16th Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery * 16th Alpini Regiment, a short lived light Infantry training regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat * 16th Punjab ... * 16th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Army (other)
16th Army may refer to: * 16th Army (Wehrmacht), a unit of the German Army in World War II * 16th Army (RSFSR), a unit of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War * 16th Army (Soviet Union). a unit of the Soviet Army during World War II * Western Army (Russia) (16th Soviet Army), a unit of the Soviet Army during World War II * 16th Army (People's Republic of China), a currently-existing unit of People's Republic of China * Sixteenth Army (Japan), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army See also * 16th Wing (other) * 16th Group (other) * 16th Division (other) * 16th Brigade (other) * 16th Regiment (other) 16th Regiment or 16th Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery * 16th Alpini Regiment, a short lived light Infantry training regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat * 16th Punjab ... * 16th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Armored Division Of Qazvin
The 16th Armored Division of Qazvin is an armored division of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, first formed during the reign of the Shah Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of .... References Armored divisions of Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army Qazvin {{iran-mil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Armored Division (United States)
The 16th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. In its one and only combat operation, the 16th Armored Division liberated the city of Pilsen in western Czechoslovakia (modern Bohemia in the Czech Republic), an operation that influenced the landscape of post-war Europe. History The division was activated on 15 July 1943 at Camp Chaffee in Arkansas. They performed all of their training at Camp Chaffee until they received their staging orders. They staged at Camp Shanks at Orangeburg, New York on 28 January 1945, until got their port call. They sailed from the New York Port of Embarkation on 5 February 1945. The 16th Armored Division arrived in France in stages between 11 and 17 February 1945, and processed into the European Theater of Operations. They had been assigned to the Fifteenth United States Army on 29 January 1945, but were waiting for an assignment to a unit actually involved in fighting. The division was assigned to Thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Guards Cavalry Division
16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 16 is a composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being , , and . In English speech, the numbers 16 and 60 are sometimes confused, as they sound very similar. Sixteen is the fourth power of two. For this reason, 16 was used in weighing light objects in several cultures. The British have 16 ounces in one pound; the Chinese used to have 16 ''liangs'' in one ''jin''. In old days, weighing was done with a beam balance to make equal splits. It would be easier to split a heap of grains into sixteen equal parts through successive divisions than to split into ten parts. Chinese Taoists did finger computation on the trigrams and hexagrams by counting the finger tips and joints of the fingers with the tip of the thumb. Each hand can count up to 16 in such manner. The Chinese abacus uses two upper beads to represent the 5s and 5 low ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Motorised Division Pistoia
16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 16 is a composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being , , and . In English speech, the numbers 16 and 60 are sometimes confused, as they sound very similar. Sixteen is the fourth power of two. For this reason, 16 was used in weighing light objects in several cultures. The British have 16 ounces in one pound; the Chinese used to have 16 ''liangs'' in one ''jin''. In old days, weighing was done with a beam balance to make equal splits. It would be easier to split a heap of grains into sixteen equal parts through successive divisions than to split into ten parts. Chinese Taoists did finger computation on the trigrams and hexagrams by counting the finger tips and joints of the fingers with the tip of the thumb. Each hand can count up to 16 in such manner. The Chinese abacus uses two upper beads to represent the 5s and 5 low ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
37th Infantry Division (United States)
The 37th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. It was a National Guard division from Ohio, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division". Today, its lineage is continued through the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, with battalions from Ohio, Michigan, and South Carolina. World War I It was initially activated as the 16th Division, a National Guard formation from Ohio and West Virginia in 1913. It was federally activated in August 1917 as a National Guard Division from Ohio. It was sent overseas in June 1918 and fought at the Meuse-Argonne and at Ypres-Lys offensives Order of battle * Headquarters, 37th Division * 73rd Infantry Brigade ** 145th Infantry Regiment ** 146th Infantry Regiment **135th Machine Gun Battalion *74th Infantry Brigade ** 147th Infantry Regiment ** 148th Infantry Regiment **136th Machine Gun Battalion *62nd Field Artillery Brigade ** 134th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) **135th Field Artillery Regiment (75&nbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Reserve Division (German Empire)
The 16th Reserve Division (''16. Reserve-Division'') was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 as part of VIII Reserve Corps. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was recruited primarily in the Prussian Rhine Province. At the beginning of the war, it formed the VIII Reserve Corps with the 15th Reserve Division. Combat chronicle The 16th Reserve Division fought on the Western Front, participating in the opening German offensive which led to the Allied Great Retreat, fighting at Sedan in late August 1914. It fought in the First Battle of the Marne. Thereafter, it remained in the line in the Champagne region and fought in the Second Battle of Champagne in September–October 1915. It fought on the Aisne until October 1916, and then joined the Battle of the Somme. Its next major engagement was the Second Battle o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
