Werkstatt Kompanie Info

[Lemm]

Hi,

I have an award document for a gefreiter in Werkstatt-Kp 45 which is a workshop company attached to the 45th Infantry Division.
What I want to know is what exactly did a workshop company do and were they attached one to a division or did each regiment have one. The award document is for a KVK with swords 2nd class. Any information would be a great help. Thanks

Phil

[Lemm]

Anybody

Surely sombody out there knows the functions of a Werkstatt Company in a division.

Phil

[Admiraal]

Vehicle workshop, to maintenance and repair them.
I believe only one for each Division.
But i would assume it might be more for a fully armoured/motorized division.

There also existed special repair or spare-parts zug´s (platoons) etc., but i don´t know if they fell under such a werkstatt company or were stand alone.

I was resently looking for info about Kraftfahrzeug-Instandsetzungs park 523 and Kraftfahrzeug-Instandsetzungs-kompanie 554 but could not find any info.
Instandsetzungs means repair, so the first unit was a special vehicle repair pool, and the second a vehicle repair kompanie.
But i would assume they both were for the bigger repair jobs, which a normal Werkstatt can´t do.

[Lemm]

Thanks Rick much appreciated. The Werkstatt Kp I was interested in belongs to the 45th Infantrie Division and is in fact Werkstatt Kp 45. Cant find anything on it but do appreciate you comments.


Phil

[Simon O.]

The divisional workshop company wasn't just for vehicles (motorised or horsedrawn) but also 2nd line repair for weapons.

Rick's right, motorised\armoured divisions had two or three such companies.

[Lemm]

Thanks for that info Simon. So it would be probably safe to assume that soldiers working with a Werkstatt company would probably have some qualifications or trade ie mechanical, gunsmith that type of thing.


Phil

[Simon O.]

Yes, that's right

[Lemm]

Many thanks to you both for that information...cheers

Phil

[Simon O.]

I have a grouping to a waffenmeister oberfeldwebel who worked initially as waffenmeister with a regiment, then moved to the division's werkstatt kompanie

[Admiraal]

Thanks for the info, i learned some more