2nd Luftwaffe Field Division

The 2nd Luftwaffe Field Division (German: 2. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division) was an infantry division of the Luftwaffe branch of the Wehrmacht that fought in World War II. It was formed using surplus Luftwaffe ground crew in September 1942 at Troop Training Ground Gross-Born under Luftgau III. The unit's infantry complement contained no regimental headquarters, but did have four independently led Jager battalions. The Division's Artillery Battalion contained three batteries equipped with Czechoslovakian Škoda 75 mm Model 15 Mountain Guns. The Panzer-Jager Battalion contained 3 companies, one was a battery of Sturmgeschutz III 75mm L24 Assault Guns, one of 7.5 cm Pak 40 towed (by the Raupenschlepper Ost or Opel Blitz vehicles) anti-tank guns. And a Flak Company, that contained half track mounted Flak 37 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37 guns. In November 1942 the worsening situation on the Eastern Front forced the quick transfer of the partly trained division to the area of Army Group Centre, where it was employed in defensive positions around the city of Smolensk. It served from late 1942 to October 1943, when it was destroyed and later disbanded.