The 3rd Cavalry Division (''3. Kavallerie-Division'') was a unit of the
Reichswehr
''Reichswehr'' () was the official name of the German armed forces during the Weimar Republic and the first years of the Third Reich. After Germany was defeated in World War I, the Imperial German Army () was dissolved in order to be reshape ...
, the armed forces of Germany during the
Weimar Republic
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.
It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 13th (
Prussia
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n), the 14th, 15th, 16th, and the 17th (
Bavaria
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n) and the 18th (
Saxonian) Cavalry Regiments.
Its commanders were:
*
Generalleutnant
is the Germanic variant of lieutenant general, used in some German speaking countries.
Austria
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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 of the Cavalry 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)
It was subordinated to Gruppenkommando 2.
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Cavalry divisions of Germany
Military units and formations established in 1920
Military units and formations disestablished in 1933