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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) The 16th Infantry Division of the German Army was formed in 1934. On 26 August 1939 the division was mobilized for the invasion of Poland (1939). It participated in the Battle of France in August 1940. The division was then split, resulting i ...
, 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 The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...
during World War I *
16th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō code name was the , and its military symbol was 16D. The 16th Division was one of four new infantry divisions raised by the Imperial Japanese Army in the closing stages o ...
, an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army *
16th Infantry Division (Poland) 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 Infant ...
, 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 during World War I. The division was a voluntary 'Service' formation of Lord Kitchener's New Armies, created in Ireland from the 'National Volunteers', i ...
, a voluntary 'Service' division of Kitchener's New Army raised in Ireland from the 'National Volunteers', initially in September 1914, after the outbreak of the Great War * 16th Division, National Guard division established in early 1917 consisting of Ohio and West Virginia; later 37th Infantry Division * 16th Division (United States), short-lived World War I division, established in 1918 and disbanded in March 1919


Armoured/cavalry divisions

* 16th Motorised Division Pistoia (Kingdom of Italy) * 16th Guards Cavalry Division (Soviet Union) * 16th Armored Division (United States), an armored division of the United States Army in World War II * 16th Armored Division of Qazvin


See also

* 16th Army (disambiguation) * 16th Wing (disambiguation) * 16th Group (disambiguation) * 16th Regiment (disambiguation) * 16th Brigade (disambiguation) * 16th Squadron (disambiguation) {{mil-unit-dis