List of German brigades in World War II
This is a list of German brigades in World War II. The list aims to include all brigade-level military formations of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS during World War II.
Brigades, in German army parlance prior to 1944, generally designated formations of two regiments from the same branch of arms. For instance, contained the Panzer Regiments 3 and 4. The usage of the term shifted in the army after 30 May 1944, when it was redefined to apply to singular strengthened regiments.
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Infantry brigades
The number of infantry brigades increased notably after 30 May 1944, when the previously-accepted meaning of brigade, group of two regiments of the same branch, was changed to instead designate a singular strengthened regiment. In such a fashion, the Grenadier Regiments 193, 308 and 503 in Finland became Grenadier Brigades. Grenadier Brigade 761 was an emergency formation formed from Finland veterans in Danzig in July 1944, and the Grenadier Brigades 1131 through 1136 were rapidly raised in various military districts in late July 1944, to be used as autonomous military formations.| German name | Translated name | Notes |
| Afrika-Brigade 999 | Formed on 6 October 1942 on Heuberg Training Area as a penal unit. It consisted of convicted political prisoners and violent criminals pressed into military service. Initially consisted of Afrika Riflemen Regiments 691 and 962 as well as the Signals Company 999. Upgraded to divisional status on 2 February 1943. | |
| Brigade 1005 | Active in the Upper Rhine area between 7 January and 8 April 1945. Staffed at times by customs officers and Volkssturm units as well as by the staff of Grenadier Regiment 726 of 716th Infantry Division. Dissolved on 8 April 1945, along with Brigade Baur, and used in the redeployment of 89th Infantry Division. Known initially as Brigade Hübner. | |
| Brigade Baur | Formed in February 1945 in the Upper Rhine area with two grenadier regiments. Dissolved on 8 April 1945, along with Brigade 1005, and used in the redeployment of 89th Infantry Division. | |
| Brigade Hübner | Formed in January 1945 from the staff of Reserve Grenadier Regiment 28 in German-occupied southwestern France; became Brigade 1005 almost immediately. | |
| Brigade Lötzen | Formed on 16 August 1939 from Landwehr formations in the Lötzen area in East Prussia for defensive purposes. Under command of 3rd Army during the Invasion of Poland, as part of Corps Brand. Participated in the Battle of Lomza by contributing the Landwehr Infantry Regiment 162 to the German attack on 10 September. Dissolved on 1 November 1939 and subsequently integrated into the 311th Infantry Division, along with the other elements of its ad-hoc formation. | |
| Brigade z.b.V. 100 | Formed in February 1945 in Lusatia from parts of Group Berger. Likely contained elements of Volksgrenadier Regiments 94 and 97 as well as Anti-Tank Company 100. | |
| Grenadier Brigade 92 | After 11 January 1945: Panzergrenadier Brigade 92, formed on 5 June 1944 from Grenadier Regiment 92, which in turn had been formed on 2 May 1943 from forces of Sonderverband 287. Spent most of the war under Army Group F in German-occupied Yugoslavia. | |
| Grenadier Brigade 193 | Formed by decree of 30 May 1944 from Grenadier Regiment 193, which as Infantry Regiment 193 had previously served with 16th Infantry Division. Later used as part of 69th Infantry Division in German-occupied Norway. | |
| Grenadier Brigade 388 | Formed on 30 May 1944 from the Reinforced Grenadier Regiment 388. Part of 20th Mountain Army. Participated in the German defense against the Sovet Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive as part of the 6th Mountain Division. | |
| Grenadier Brigade 503 | Formed in June 1944 from Luftwaffe Field Regiment 503. Part of 20th Mountain Army. | |
| Grenadier Brigade 761 | Sent to the Eastern Front in response to Operation Bagration; arrival on 7 July 1944 in Vilnius without heavy weapons or proper brigade-level equipment. Failed to keep Vilnius air port secure long enough to enable 16th Parachute Regiment to fully land in Vilnius. Part of Korps-Abteilung D. Dissolved on 10 September 1944 and remnant parts integrated into 56th Division as Grenadier Regiment 234. | |
| Grenadier Brigade 1027 | Redesignation of Grenadier Regiment 1027 on 30 May 1944. Dissolved on 1 July 1944 and integrated in Panzergrenadier Regiments 9 and 67 of 26th Panzer Division. | |
| Grenadier Brigade 1131 | Formed on 27 July 1944 as a valkyrie unit, eventually integrated into the 542nd Grenadier Division around November 1944. | |
| Grenadier Brigade 1132 | Formed on 28 July 1944 as a valkyrie unit, integrated on 22 September 1944 into Grenadier Regiment 130 as staff and 1st Battalion. | |
| Grenadier Brigade 1133 | Formed on 24 July 1944 as a valkyrie unit, integrated on 18 August 1944 into the 88th Infantry Division. | |
| Grenadier Brigade 1134 | Formed on 26 July 1944 as a valkyrie unit. Reduced on 1 September 1944 into Combat Battalion 1134 as a result of casualties; grouped under 359th Infantry Division. Dissolved on 18 September 1944. | |
| Grenadier Brigade 1135 | Formed on 27 July 1944 as a valkyrie unit. Dissolved on 28 August 1944 and integrated into 291st Infantry Division. | |
| Grenadier Brigade 1136 | Initially designated Gebirgsjäger Regiment 36. Formed on 27 July 1944 as a valkyrie unit. Dissolved on 14 September 1944. Remnants initially intended for 544th Volksgrenadier Division, but then used to form Division Fusilier Battalion 545 instead. | |
| Grenadier Training Brigade | Formed on 4 June 1944 from Infantry Training Regiment of Army Group C, intended first to become part of 98th Infantry Division as Grenadier Training Brigade 290 on 19 September and then to become part of 44th Infantry Division as Grenadier Regiment 131 on 17 October, but was instead integrated into 98th Infantry Division as Grenadier Training Regiment 117 on 18 October 1944. | |
| Infantry Brigade 599 | Formed in German-occupied Denmark. Part of the RLA. Spent the end of the war as parts of Division z.b.V. 614 and Regiment 1604. | |
| Croatian Training Brigade | Formed on 20 April 1943 in Stockerau from the Croatian Training Regiment 369 Infantry Division |369th with a total of 21 companies, including an officer training company, an infantry signals company, a German wounded soldiers recovery company, and two bicycle training companies. Also included an artillery training detachment and a mixed training detachment. Still in Stockerau in 1944, when it also included the Croatian-French-Arab Special Company Döllersheim. | |
| Training Brigade 900 | Formed on 17 June 1941 by Döberitz Infantry School, staffed with a motorized infantry regiment, as well as a Panzerjäger detachment, an artillery detachment, a pioneer battalion, a signals detachment and supply units, each designated with the ordinal number 900. Dissolved on 7 April 1942; staff reintegrated into Döberitz Infantry School. | |
| Machine Gun Ski Brigade Finland | Formed in July 1944 in Finland to serve as joint command for the Machine Gun Battalions 4, 13, and 14, all deployed in Finland. | |
| Ski Jäger Brigade 1 | Formed in September 1943 under Army Group Centre from six separate Jäger battalions under command of the army group. Consisted of two Ski Jäger Regiments and a heavy ski battalion. Fought between February and May 1944 as part of 2nd Army, first under XXIII [Army Corps |XXIII Corps] and then under LVI Corps. Expanded on 2 June 1944 into 1st Ski Division. |
Assault brigades
Gebirgsjäger brigades
Fortress brigades
Replacement brigades
Rifle/Panzergrenadier brigades
The Rifle Regiments and Cavalry Rifle Regiments of the Wehrmacht mobile troops, as well as the brigades overseeing them, had their own numbering, separate from the more conventional infantry forces.In the 1939 basic layout of a Panzer Division, each division was equipped with a Rifle Brigade, which in turn was the superior unit of one Rifle Regiment of three battalions and of a separate motorcycle battalion. This basic layout was overhauled in 1940; from then on, Rifle Brigades generally oversaw two Rifle Regiments instead of one, and each Rifle Regiment had two battalions each instead of three, thus bringing the number of total rifle battalions in a Rifle Brigade from three to four, but dropping the motorcycle battalion.
On 15 October 1942, the motorized infantry formations, including all previous Rifle Brigades, were given the new designation "Panzergrenadier", becoming Panzergrenadier Brigades.
| German name | Translated name | Notes |
| Führer Escort Brigade | Formed in November 1944 by upgrading the Führer Escort Battalion. Originally assembled in Rastenburg. Consisted of two Panzergrenadier Battalions, the Sturmgeschütz Brigade 200, a reconnaissance company, an artillery detachment and a field replacement battalion as well as a bicycle battalion. Upgraded on 26 January 1945 to divisional status to become the Führer Escort Division, assigned to the Eastern Front and destroyed in the Spremberg cauldron towards the end of April 1945. | |
| Führer Grenadier Brigade | Formed in July 1944 in East Prussia by upgrading the strengthened Führer Grenadier Battalion. Included a panzer detachment of Panther tanks. Upgraded on 26 January 1945 to divisional status to become the Führer-Grenadier-Division. Surrendered to American forces in Zwettl, later handed over to the Red Army. | |
| 1st Rifle Brigade | Formed on 12 September 1935, renamed on 5 July 1942. Part of 1st Panzer Division. Dissolved in summer of 1943. | |
| 2nd Rifle Brigade | Formed on 15 October 1935 to provide staff support to the rifle units of 2nd Panzer Division. Redesignated on 5 July 1943. Dissolved in summer 1943. | |
| 3rd Rifle Brigade | Formed on 15 October 1935 to provide staff support to the rifle units of 3rd Panzer Division. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Dissolved in November 1942. | |
| 4th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 1 November 1939 in Bamberg to provide staff support to the rifle units of 4th Panzer Division. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Became Brigade z.b.V. 4 on 7 November 1942. | |
| 5th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 1 November 1939 to provide staff support to the rifle units of 5th Panzer Division. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Dissolved in November 1942. | |
| 6th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 1 April 1939 to provide staff support for the rifle units of 1st Light Division. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Dissolved on 10 November 1942. | |
| 7th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 27 October 1939 to provide staff support for the rifle regiments of the 7th Panzer Division. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Likely effectively dissolved in November 1942, but present in German postal records until December 1943. | |
| 8th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 4 November 1939 from the staff of Cavalry Rifle Regiment 9 to provide staff support for the rifle regiments of 8th Panzer Division. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Dissolved in November 1942. | |
| 9th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 16 February 1940 in Wehrkreis XVII to provide staff support for the rifle regiments of 9th Panzer Division. Commanded by Wilhelm von Apell between 1941 and 1942. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Dissolved on 15 December 1942. | |
| 10th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 27 October 1939 in Wehrkreis IX to provide staff support for the rifle regiments of 10th Panzer Division. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Dissolved in 1943. | |
| 11th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 8 December 1939 as an autonomous Rifle Brigade for the Rifle Regiments 110 and 111. Participated in Operation Weserübung as part of XXXI Army Corps. Used to form the 11th Panzer Division on 1 August 1940; a formation by the previous designation is subsequently formed anew in the 11th Panzer Division. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Dissolved in 1943. Plagued by mobility problems while preparing offensive operations in 1943. | |
| 12th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 9 December 1940 in Wehrkreis II to provide staff support to the rifle regiments of 12th Panzer Division. Redesignated on 11 July 1942. Dissolved on 22 November 1942. | |
| 13th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 18 October 1940 in Wehrkreis XI to provide staff support for the rifle regiments of 13th Panzer Division. Staff sent to Romania on 8 November 1940 as "Training Infantry Staff R". Recalled to Germany on 20 May 1941 and redesignated 13th Rifle Brigade. Renamed to on 5 July 1942. Dissolved on 1 November 1942. | |
| 14th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 19 August 1940 to provide staff support for the rifle regiments of 14th Panzer Division. Redesignated on 18 July 1942. Dissolved on 15 November 1942. | |
| 15th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 15 October 1940 in Wehrkreis XII from elements of Rifle Regiments 104 and 115 to serve as a brigade staff for both. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Dissolved in 1943. | |
| 16th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 3 August 1940 in Wehrkreis VI from parts of the dissolved staff of 3rd Battalion, Rifle Regiment 4. Provided staff support to Rifle Regiments 64 and 79. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Dissolved in November 1942. | |
| 17th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 1 November 1940 in Wehrkreis VII for the rifle regiments of 17th Panzer Division. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Personnel used on 10 October 1944 to form part of the staff of the IV Panzer Corps. | |
| 18th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 26 October 1940 in Wehrkreis IV to provide staff support to the rifle regiments of 18th Panzer Division. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Later becomes Bicycle Infantry Brigade 10 in January 1945. | |
| 19th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 1 November 1940 in Wehrkreis XI to lead Rifle Regiments 73 and 74. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Used in June 1944 to form the staff of the 1st Ski Division. | |
| 20th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 1 November 1940 in Wehrkreis IX to provide staff support for the rifle regiments of 20th Panzer Division. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Dissolved in 1943. | |
| 22nd Rifle Brigade | Formed on 24 October 1941 in northern France under the supervision of 7th Army to provide staff support for the Rifle Regiments 129 and 140. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Dissolved in November 1942. | |
| 23rd Rifle Brigade | Formed on 15 October 1941 in Stuttgart to provide staff support for the rifle regiments of 23rd Panzer Division. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Dissolved in November 1942. | |
| 24th Rifle Brigade | Formed on 2 December 1941 in Stablack in East Prussia from personnel of Horse Brigade 1. Redesignated on 5 July 1942. Destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad. | |
| 26th Panzergrenadier Brigade | Formed on 27 July 1942 using personnel of 23rd Division in German-occupied France staff to provide staff support for the rifle regiments of 26th Panzer Division.. Dissolved on 10 November 1942. | |
| 92nd Panzergrenadier Brigade | 11 January 1945 redesignation of 92nd Grenadier Brigade. Reinforced on 31 January 1945 and strengthened by Artillery Detachment 192, Pioneer Battalion 192, and Panzerjäger Detachment 192. Placed under command of Army Group South. | |
| 190th Panzergrenadier Brigade | Staff marked up for deployment on German-occupied Sardinia with 90th Panzergrenadier Division in July 1943. Never actually saw deployment. |
Panzer brigades
In the initial formation and conception of the German Panzerwaffe, the Panzer Brigade played an administrative role in the concept of its respective superior unit, the Panzer Division. In the prewar discussions, advocates of the establishment of Panzer Division faced opposition by a set of officers that favored independent Panzer Brigades and opposed division-level armored units.To each Panzer Division was assigned a Panzer Brigade, which in turn contained two Panzer Regiments. Additionally, a 1939 Panzer Division was supposed to be equipped with a Rifle Brigade, a motorcycle battalion, a reconnaissance detachment, an engineer battalion, a panzer signals detachment, and a divisional services unit.
Only the original three Panzer Divisions |1st], 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Panzer Divisions did not contain Panzer Brigades at all, instead opting for a single Panzer Regiment with three instead of two Panzer Detachments.
The collapse of [Army Group Centre">6th Panzer Division ">6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Panzer Divisions did not contain Panzer Brigades at all, instead opting for a single Panzer Regiment with three instead of two Panzer Detachments.
The collapse of [Army Group Centre in 1944, soon followed by the collapse of Army Group South Ukraine, resulted in the emergency formation of several new Panzer Brigades, numbered 101 through 113.
| German name | Translated name | Notes |
| 1st Armored Brigade | Deployment begun in secret in February 1935 by absorbing three former cavalry regiments. Assembled officially on 1 October 1935 during the formation process of 1st Panzer Division. Dissolved by decree on 1 November 1942. | |
| 2nd Armored Brigade | Assembled on 15 October 1935 in Vienna to provide staff support for Panzer Regiments 3 and 4 during the formation process of 2nd Panzer Division. Dissolved by decree on 1 November 1942. | |
| 3rd Armored Brigade | Assembled on 15 October 1935 in Berlin to provide staff support for Panzer Regiments 5 and 6 during the formation process of 3rd Panzer Division. Commanded for some time by Georg Kühn. Contained the Panzer Training Detachment during the Invasion of Poland. Restructured on 15 January 1941 into the staff of the 5th Light Division. Commanded by Hans von Funck. | |
| 4th Armored Brigade | Assembled on 10 November 1938 in Stuttgart. Formed the staff of Panzer Division Kempf on 1 September 1939, the beginning of the Invasion of Poland. Panzer Division Kempf dissolved on 15 October 1939 and the staff was once again designated as, now part of 10th Panzer Division. Dissolved in winter 1941/42. | |
| 5th Armored Brigade | Assembled on 10 November 1938 in Bamberg to provide staff support for the Panzer Regiments 35 and 36 of 4th Panzer Division. Placed under command of 3rd Panzer Division on 27 January 1941. Dissolved on 21 February 1942. | |
| 6th Armored Brigade | Assembled on 10 November 1938 in Würzburg to provide staff support for the Panzer Regiments 11 and 25. Assigned to 2nd Light Division on 1 April 1939. Dissolved later in 1939. | |
| 8th Armored Brigade | Formed on 10 November 1938 in Sagan for the Panzer Regiments 15 and 31 of 5th Panzer Division. Staff became the staff of 100th Armored Brigade in 1942. | |
| 10th Armored Brigade | Formed on 27 June 1943 from the staff of Panzer Regiment 10 after previously having been listed in OKH reserves since 16 September 1942. Deployed to Reims in May 1945. Later becomes the staff of Panzer Division Döberitz. | |
| 18th Armored Brigade | Staff-only; staff formed on 15 February 1942 from the staff of Panzer Regiment 18. Subordinate to 18th Panzer Division. Dissolved on 4 January 1943. | |
| 21st Armored Brigade | Staff formed on 25 June 1943 near Orel on the Eastern Front from personnel of Panzer Regiment 21. Used in October 1943 to build the divisional staff of Panzer Division Norway. | |
| 100th Armored Brigade | Formed on 1 March 1941 from the staff of 8th Armored Brigade, to be used in German-occupied France. Contained the Beute Panzer Regiments 201 and 202, as well as the Panzer Detachment 301. Staff used in 1943 to become the staff of the General of Panzer Troops under OB West. Became Panzer Group Command West in winter 1943/44. | |
| 101st Armored Brigade | Formed twice, once in 1941 and once in 1944.
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| 102nd Armored Brigade | Formed on 20 July 1944 in Wehrkreis XI with Panzer Detachment 2102 and Panzergrenadier Battalion 2102. Placed under XXIII Army Corps in October 1944. Dissolved on 27 November 1944 and integrated into the 7th Panzer Division in Arys. Staff and Panzer Detachment sent to Neuruppin after transferring all tanks to Panzer Regiment 25. | |
| 103rd Armored Brigade | Formed on 26 July 1944 in Wehrkreis XIII from the remnants of 25th Panzer Division, which had been largely destroyed during heavy fighting in northern Ukraine. Staff elements were provided by Panzergrenadier Regiment 146. The brigade initially contained Panzer Detachment 1203 and Panzergrenadier Battalion 2103. Placed in the army reserves of 3rd Panzer Army, then 4th Army and 3rd Panzer Army again in 1944, then placed under LVII Corps in Silesia in early 1945. | |
| 104th Armored Brigade | Formed on 18 July 1944 in Wehrkreis XI with Panzer Detachment 2104 and Panzergrenadier Battalion 2104, as well as Brigade Units 2104. Placed under the Cavalry Corps |Cavalry Corps] in August 1944, under XX Corps in September 1944, and under XXIII Corps in October to November 1944. Dissolved on 6 November 1944 and integrated into 25th Panzer Division. | |
| 105th Armored Brigade | Formed on 28 July 1944 in Wehrkreis I at Mielau Training Area, partially drawn from the remnants of 18th Panzergrenadier Division, which had previously been destroyed near Bobruisk. Initially contained Panzer Detachment 2105, Panzergrenadier Battalion 2105, as well as the Brigade Units 2105. Redeployed from Mielau to Belgium on 31 August 1944. Under command of LXXXI Corps in September 1944. Moved into position forward of the Meuse river between 1 and 5 September, then fought forward of the river on 6 and 7 September. Withdrew across the Meuse and fought between it and the Westwall between 8 and 12 September, then defended the Westwall itself between 13 and 15 September. Defended Westwall fortifications at Stolberg between 15 and 23 September. Dissolved near the Lower Rhine on 23 September 1944 and used to reinforce the 9th Panzer Division, which had suffered heavy casualties during Operation Overlord. The Panzer Detachment was later used to form part of Panzer Regiment 10 under 8th Panzer Division. | |
| 106th Armored Brigade "Feldherrnhalle" | Formed on 28 July 1944 in Wehrkreis I at Mielau Training Area from the remnants of Panzer-Grenadier-Division Feldherrnhalle as well as Feldherrnhalle | |
| 107th Armored Brigade | Formed on 28 July 1944 in Wehrkreis I at Mielau Training Area from the remnants of 25th Panzergrenadier Division. Initially equipped with Panzer Detachment 2107, Panzergrenadier Battalion 2107, and Brigade Units 2107. Placed under LXXXVI Corps between September and November 1944. In mid-September, the brigade was sent to assist the German response against the Allied paradrops of Operation Market Garden, being the most important German panzer unit sent against American paratroopers. Dissolved on 7 November 1944 and used to strengthen the Kampfgruppe-strength 25th Panzergrenadier Division to full divisional strength. Staff and Panzergrenadier Battalion 2107 joined the Panzergrenadier Regiment 119; Panzer Detachment 2107 became Panzer Detachment 5. | |
| 108th Armored Brigade | Formed in July 1944 at Grafenwoehr Training Area. Parts of the personnel intended for the brigade staff were rerouted to SS Panzer Brigade Gross instead, then substituted by the staff of Panzer Regiment 39 instead. The brigade initially contained Panzer Detachment 2108, Panzergrenadier Battalion 2108, and Brigade Units 2108. The 108th Panzer Brigade was ordered vom Grafenwoehr to Gerolstein on 16 September 1944. Under command of II Parachute Corps in September 1944 and under I SS Panzer Corps in October 1944. Dissolved in November 1944. | |
| 109th Armored Brigade | Formed on 19 July 1944 on Estergom Training Area in Hungary from remnants of 25th Panzer Division and elements of 233rd Reserve Division. Initially contained Panzer Detachment 2109, Panzergrenadier Battalion 2109, and Brigade Units 2107. Dissolved in October 1944 and used for the formation of Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle. | |
| 110th Armored Brigade "Feldherrnhalle" | Formed on 19 July 1944 on Oerkeny Training Area in Hungary from personnel of Replacement Brigade Feldherrnhalle, as well as donations to the panzer detachment from Wehrkreis IV, V, VIII and XI. Initially contained Panzer Detachment 2110 and Panzergrenadier Battalion 2110. Dissolved in September 1944 and used to redeploy the 13th Panzer Division which had been destroyed in Romania. | |
| 111th Armored Brigade | Formed on 4 September 1944 as a valkyrie unit in Wehrkreis VI with Panzer Detachment 2111, Panzergrenadier Regiment 2111, and Brigade Units 2111. Strengthened by a Panther-equipped Panzer Detachment from 116th Panzer Division. Sent from Wehrkreis VI to Remiremont on 6 September 1944. Placed under command of XXXXVII Corps in September 1944. Decreed on 25 September 1944 to be dissolved and integrated into 15th Panzergrenadier Division, but instead integrated into 11th Panzer Division on 1 October 1944. Panzergrenadier Regiment 2111 was later used in December 1944 to form part of Panzer Regiment 9 of 25th Panzer Division. | |
| 112th Armored Brigade | Formed on 4 September 1944 in Wehrkreis V; initially equipped with Panzer Detachment 2112, Panzergrenadier Regiment 2112 and Brigade Units 2112. Redeployed from Wehrkreis V to Epinal on 6 September 1944 and placed under command of XXXXVII Corps of 5th Panzer Army. Dissolved as per a decree of 23 September 1944 and integrated into 21st Panzer Division. | |
| 113th Armored Brigade | Formed on 4 September 1944 as a valkyrie unit in Wehrkreis XII; initially equipped with Panzer Detachment 2113, Panzergrenadier Regiment 2113 and Brigade Units 2113. Strengthened by a Panther-equipped Panzer Detachment of Panzer Lehr Division. Redeployed from Wehrkreis XII to Kolmar on 6 September and from there to Saarburg on 16 September. Decreed on 23 September to be dissolved and integrated into 11th Panzer Division. Used instead on 1 October 1944 to reinforce the 15th Panzergrenadier Division. | |
| Armored Brigade 150 | Combined unit of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS; see SS panzer brigades | |
| Panzer Training Unit Baltic Sea | Formed on 28 March 1945 as part of Aktion Leuthen and gathered in Prenzlau. Although the formation was not nominally called "brigade", it would have reached brigade strength if all of its assigned subordinate units had properly gathered in full strength. Several of the assigned subordinate formations never joined the unit, and the Panzer Training Unit Baltic Sea consequently never reached proper brigade-level strength. The formation was assigned to Army Group Vistula. | |
| Armored Brigade Norway | Formed on 13 July 1944 from the downgraded Panzer Division Norway. Equipped with Panzer Detachment Norway and Panzergrenadier Battalion Norway. Placed under XXXVI Corps of 20th Mountain Army between January and April 1945. |
Panzerjäger brigades
Reconnaissance brigades
Wehrmacht reconnaissance forces were usually organized well below the brigade level, for instance in the form of Kradschützen Battalions or Panzer Reconnaissance Detachments. The sole exceptions were four formations that were largely based around the idea of bicycle infantry. Two such brigades, the Fast Brigades 20 and 30, were first deployed in the German occupation zones in Belgium and the Netherlands in May 1943.| German name | Translated name | Notes |
| Bicycle Reconnaissance Brigade Norway | Formed in July 1944 from the Bicycle Reconnaissance Regiment Norway. Placed under command of 20th Mountain Army. Underwent a major restructuring in February 1945. | |
| Bicycle Infantry Brigade 10 | Formed in January 1945, staff taken from staff personnel of Panzergrenadier Brigade 18. Consisted of three battalions with five companies each. Attached to VI Corps in February and March 1945 and used in the Braunsberg area in East Prussia. Attached to 131st Infantry Division in March 1945. Under Army East Prussia in April 1945. | |
| Fast Brigade 20 | Formed from Reserve Bicycle Regiment 20 in May 1943. Staff became Brigade Staff z.b.V. 20 after the bicycle detachments were reassigned to 245th Volksgrenadier Division and 246th Volksgrenadier Division. | |
| Fast Brigade 30 | Formed from Reserve Bicycle Regiment 30 on 7 March 1943. Dissolved on 5 September 1944 after suffering severe casualties during Operation Overlord. |
Cavalry brigades
Army artillery brigades
''Sturmgeschütz'' brigades
The army had fielded dedicated Sturmgeschütz units starting with the Sturmgeschütz Detachments that were first deployed on 7 February 1941. In February 1944, those Sturmgeschütz Detachments with three batteries received the designation of Sturmgeschütz Brigades. Some of those brigades were later again redesignated to become Army Assault Artillery Brigades.A Sturmgeschütz brigade contained three batteries, each typically with 10 to 14 assault guns.
| German name | Translated name | Notes |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 177 | Formed on 17 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 177. Used on 9 August 1944 to form Anti-Tank Detachment 69 under 3rd Cavalry Brigade. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 184 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 184. Became Army Assault Brigade 184 on 10 June 1944. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 185 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 185. Redesignated on 10 July 1944. Destroyed in Russia in 1944. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 189 | Formed on 10 June 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 189. Assigned to 78th Assault Division. Redesignated "Anti-Tank Detachment North" later in June 1944. | |
| Light Sturmgeschütz Brigade 190 | Formed on 14 January 1944 from Light Sturmgeschütz Detachment 190. Assigned to the 4th Army in the Mogilev sector. Close to Danzig at the end of the war. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 191 | Formed on 28 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 191. Strengthened on 29 July 1944 by the addition of forces from the Army Assault Artillery Brigade 201 to a total of four batteries. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 201 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 201. Integrated into other forces in 1945. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 202 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 202. Became Army Artillery Assault Brigade 202. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 203 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 203. Spent the end of the war under command of 1st Panzer Army in Silesia. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 209 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 209. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 210 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 210. Deleted from German military postal records in April 1945. Under command of the 1st Hungarian Army in northern Ukraine in 1944 and under 4th Panzer Army on the Vistula front towards the end of the war in 1945. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 226 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 226. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade 226. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 228 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 228. Suffered large casualties in the Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive in August 1944. Spent the end of the war with 8th Army. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 232 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 232. Placed under command of 3rd Panzer Army in East Prussia, then under 17th Army in Silesia. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 236 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 236. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade on 10 June 1944. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 237 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 237. Was split into the newly-found Assault Panzer Detachments 218 and 219 in September 1944. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 239 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 239. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade 239 on 10 June 1944. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 243 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 243. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade 243 in winter 1944/45. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 244 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 244. Joined the 9th Army at Babruysk in June 1944. After receiving reinforcements, redeployed from Altengrabow Training Area to Breda in the German-occupied Netherlands. Sent to Gerolstein on 10 December 1944. Participated in the Ardennes Offensive with 5th Panzer Army. Final assignment was to 15th Army in the Cologne area. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 245 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 245. Destroyed in June 1944 at Vitebsk. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 249 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 249. Under command of 4th Panzer Army in northern Ukraine in June 1944. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade 249 in 1945. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 259 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 259. Under command of the 6th Army in June 1944. Under command of the 4th Army in East Prussia towards the end of the war. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 261 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 261. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade 261 in winter 1944/45. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 270 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 270. Became Anti-Tank Detachment 152 under 1st Ski Division on 9 August 1944. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 276 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 276. Reinforced in Wehrkreis XX on 21 June 1944. Deployed near Danzig under 2nd Army towards the end of the war. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 277 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 277. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade 277 in winter 1944/45. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 278 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 278. Ordered on 15 November 1944 to be redeployed to the Western Front, but incapable of fulfilling the order due to high casualties taken in the Memelland. No deployments listed in the German records in 1945. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 279 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 279. Reinforced on 21 June 1944. Under command of 4th Army in East Prussia towards the end of the war. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 280 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 280. Reinforced in German-occupied Denmark in September 1944; subsequently deployed to the German-occupied Netherlands and placed under command of 15th Army. Sent to Colmar on 20 November 1944. Subordinate to 1st Army in the Saarpfalz region towards the end of the war. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 281 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 281. Mostly annihilated at Vitebsk in September 1944; remnants used for the assembly of Artillery Anti-Tank Detachment 1052. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 286 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 286. Deployed to Army Group South Ukraine in summer 1944, saw action near Chișinău in June. Recalled to Germany for reinforcement, then redeployed to the front in Slovakia in 1945 under command of 8th Army. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 300 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 300. Under command of 1st Panzer Army in June 1944. Deployed to the 17th Army towards the end of the war. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade 300 in April 1945. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 301 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 301. Sent to the Eastern Front in February/March 1944. Placed under command of 1st Panzer Army in June 1944; positioned near Brody. Still under command of 1st Panzer Army towards the end of the war. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 303 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 303. Sent in mid-1944 to assist Finnish forces in the Vyborg sector along with the German 122nd Infantry Division to assist Finland against the Soviet Union; later recalled to the German lines. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade 303 in autumn 1944. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 311 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 311. Equipped with StuGs at Altengrabow Training Area in March 1944. Under command of 1st Panzer Army and deployed near Brody in June 1944. Subordinate to 17th Army in Silesia towards the end of the war. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 322 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 322. Dissolved in winter 1944/45 and joined into the 210th. Belatedly removed from German military postal records in April 1945. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 325 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 325. Sent to Altengrabow Training Area in March 1944 to be equipped with StuGs. Subordinate to 4th Romanian Corps under 8th Army in southern Ukraine in June 1944. Still under 8th Army towards the end of the war. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 341 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 341. Sent from Toulouse to Rennes on 25 July 1944 to plug the breakout of the US third Army at Avaranches, fighting in Pontorson, Saint Malo/Dinard area, the final vehicles were destroyed at Mayenne during the capture of the important crossing of the Mayenne river on the 5th of August. The majority of the brigade were lost in the fighting retreat east to Chartes. Participated in the Ardennes Offensive in December 1944 as part of 15th Army. Still part of 15th Army towards the end of the war. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 393 | Formed on 10 March 1944 in Schweinfurt with three batteries. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade 393 in winter 1944/45. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 394 | Formed on 10 June 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 394. Assigned initially to 18th Artillery Division; subsequently part of 6th Panzer Army during the Battle of the Bulge and under command of 1st Parachute Army in 1945; deployed to Wesel towards the end of the war. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 395 | Formed on 1 May 1944 in Neiße with three batteries. Dissolved on 17 July 1944 and used to form the Sturmgeschütz Detachments 1550–1553, 1558, and 1559. Deleted from German military postal records in August 1944. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 396 | Formed on 22 March 1944 in German-occupied Denmark with three batteries. Dissolved on 17 July 1944 and used to form the Sturmgeschütz Detachments 1550–1553, 1558, and 1559. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 397 | Intended for deployment in March 1944 in Posen. Deployment never completed. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 398 | Intended for deployment in May 1944 in Posen. Deployment never completed. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 600 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 600. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade in autumn 1944. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 667 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 667. Became Assault Artillery Brigade 667 on 10 June 1944. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 720 | Intended designation for Sturmgeschütz Detachment 914, to be assigned on 14 February 1944. Designation never used; Sturmgeschütz Detachment 914 instead became Sturmgeschütz Brigade 914. Sturmgeschütz Brigade 720 never existed. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 901 | Listed in German records in 1945. Unlikely to actually have been deployed in reality. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 902 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from the Tours Sturmgeschutz training school France, Sturmgeschütz Brigade 902 officers and Ncos were drawn from Panzer Lehr ausbildung and sturmgeschutz brigade 247 members. Moved to the Normandy front on the 12th and attached to 91st Luftlande Division on the 19th of June. One company was attached to 247 Infantry Division and was trapped in Cherbourg after the Normandy landings. The remaining two companies fought with the 91st Luftlande Division in the lower Cotentin peninsula, were almost totally destroyed during operation Cobra, retreated through the Falaise gap. Subsequently redeployed to Holland for refit, then Germany; participated in the Battle of the Bulge as part of 15th Army. Part of 5th Panzer Army in the Lower Rhine region towards the end of the war. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 904 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 904. Deployed near Brest-Litovsk under command of 2nd Army in June 1944; subsequently withdrawn westwards to East Prussia. No record of combat in 1945. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 905 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 905. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade 905 in autumn 1944. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 907 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 907. Under 10th Army in 1944 and under 14th Army in 1945. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 909 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 909. Initially equipped with three batteries, but received a fourth battery on 30 July 1944. Deployed to 16th Army in June 1944 in the Polotsk region, subsequently withdrawn westwards to East Prussia. No record of military engagements in 1945. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 911 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 911. Deployed to 6th Army in the Chisinau area in June 1944. Temporarily withdrawn to receive reinforcements on 10 December 1944. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade 911 in winter 1944/45. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 912 | Formed on 14 February 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 912. Part of 16th Army and deployed to Daugavpils in June 1944. Became Army Assault Artillery Brigade 912 in winter 1944/45. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Brigade 914 | Formed in September 1944 from Sturmgeschütz Detachment 914. Subordinate to 14th Army in 1945. | |
| Sturmgeschütz Training Brigade 920 | Formed in September 1944 with a strength of four batteries. Fourth battery eventually reassigned to Sturmgeschütz Brigade 209. Temporarily redesignated "Tank Annihilation Detachment 303" in February 1945, then reassigned its original designation. |
Army assault artillery brigades
Army anti-aircraft artillery brigades
The army flak artillery had become its own branch of the Wehrmacht artillery on 15 June 1941, after first army flak artillery detachments had started to see deployment in February 1941. In January 1945, ten army flak artillery brigades, numbered 501 through 510, were established. Each of them consisted of two battalions, and several of them incorporated preexisting formations, the Infantry Flak Battalions.| German name | Translated name | Notes |
| Army Flak Artillery Brigade 501 | Formed on 15 January 1945 from Infantry Flak Battalions 821 and 824. Sent to the Western Front; active in the Eifel region. | |
| Army Flak Artillery Brigade 502 | Formed on 15 January 1945 from Infantry Flak Battalions 822 and 823. Placed under command of 7th Army on the Western Front; active in the Eifel region. | |
| Army Flak Artillery Brigade 503 | Formed on 15 January 1945 from Infantry Flak Battalions 825 and 826. Sent to the Western Front; active in the Eifel region. | |
| Army Flak Artillery Brigade 504 | Formed on 15 January 1945 from Infantry Flak Battalions 832 and 833. Deployment never fully completed; staff personnel last deployed to Göttingen. Some elements in combat near Cottbus. | |
| Army Flak Artillery Brigade 505 | Formed on 15 January 1945 from Infantry Flak Battalion 834 as well as an unknown battalion. Never saw action. Staff in Gotha and combat elements in Würzburg at the end of the war. | |
| Army Flak Artillery Brigade 506 | Formed on 15 January 1945 from Infantry Flak Battalions 835 and 836. Never saw action. Staff and some elements in Denmark, other elements under 1st Parachute Army at the end of the war. | |
| Army Flak Artillery Brigade 507 | Formed on 15 January 1945 in Wehrkreis II. Never saw action. | |
| Army Flak Artillery Brigade 508 | Formed on 15 January 1945 in Jüterbog. Still in deployment at the end of the war; tentatively assigned to 7th Army. | |
| Army Flak Artillery Brigade 509 | Formed on 15 January 1945 in Wehrkreis X. Never saw action. | |
| Army Flak Artillery Brigade 510 | Formed on 15 January 1945 in Ried. Never saw action. |
Rocket launcher brigades
Engineer brigades
This list includes engineer brigades, Volkspionier brigades, army construction engineer brigades, blockade brigades, engineer blockade brigades and railroad engineer brigades.| German name | Translated name | Notes |
| Railroad Engineer Brigade Staff 1 | Formed on 10 December 1942 through redesignation of Railway Engineer Regiment 3. Placed under command of Army Group A in 1944. | |
| Railroad Engineer Brigade Staff 2 | Formed on 1 January 1944 under command of Army Group Centre as a result of a decree dated 9 July 1943. | |
| Railroad Engineer Brigade Staff 3 | Formed on 1 October 1944 under command of Army Group North as a result of a decree dated 9 July 1943. Served with Army Group in 1944. Ended the war with Army Group Vistula in 1945. | |
| Army Construction Engineer Brigade 8 | Formed in December 1944 under command of Army Group A from Engineer Regiment Staff 8 and the Construction Engineer Battalions 81, 305, and 407. Placed under command of 4th Panzer Army. | |
| Army Construction Engineer Brigade 18 | Formed in December 1944 under Army Group A; staff formed from personnel of Emplacement Construction Engineer Staff 2, other elements from Construction Engineer Battalions 18, 523 and 538. | |
| Army Construction Engineer Brigade 106 | Does not appear in German military postal records, but is listed in the documents of 16th Army as a subordinate unit. | |
| Army Construction Engineer Brigade 107 | Formed in November 1944 under command of Army Group South; three battalions formed from the former Construction Engineer Battalions 109, 24, and 63. Deployed to the Eastern Front. Subordinate of 8th Army in Slovakia towards the end of the war. | |
| Army Construction Engineer Brigade 153 | Formed in November 1944 under Army Group A; staff formed from Emplacement Construction Engineer Staff 5, battalions formed from the Construction Engineer Battalions 153, 214, and 414. Sent to Galicia and later Upper Silesia on the Eastern Front; subordinate to 17th Army towards the end of the war. | |
| Army Construction Engineer Brigade 155 | Formed in November 1944 from Army Group A; staff formed from the staff of Engineer Regiment 522; battalions formed from the Construction Eingeer Battalions 155, 410, and 723. Sent to the Vistula and later to Silesia; placed in the Oder region under command of 9th Army towards the end of the war. | |
| Army Construction Engineer Brigade 549 | Formed on 10 August 1944 under command of Army Group A from elements of Engineer Regiment Staff z.b.V. 549 as well as Construction Engineer Battalions 679, 724, and 733. Sent to Bohemia-Moravia for reinforcements in 1945. | |
| Army Construction Engineer Brigade 686 | Formed in July 1944 under command of Army Group A from elements of Engineer Regiment Staff z.b.V. 686 as well as Construction Engineer Battalions 402, 722, and 726. Fought on the Eastern Front, in German-occupied Poland and later in Silesia. | |
| Army Engineer Brigade 42 | Formed in November 1944; staff formed from the staff of Engineer Regiment 677, the two battalions formed from Engineer Battalion 42 and Engineer Training Battalion 1. Staff and 1st Battalion deployed to the 17th Army, whereas the 2nd Battalion was detached and separately subordinate to the 9th Army. | |
| Army Engineer Brigade 44 | Not listed in German military postal records, but appears in reports related to Engineer Battalion 44 under Army Group Courland and the Courland Pocket. Actual deployment questionable. | |
| Army Engineer Brigade 47 | Formed in November 1944; staff formed from the staff of Engineer Regiment 512, the two battalions formed from Engineer Battalion 47 and from Engineer Training Battalion 2. Became later in 1944. | |
| Army Engineer Brigade 52 | Formed in November 1944 under command of Army Group South from the staff of Engineer Regiment 520 as well as the Engineer Battalions 52 and 666. Deployed in Hungary as part of the 6th Army. | |
| Army Engineer Brigade 62 | Staff listed in German records as formed in July 1944 from the staff of Engineer Regiment 517. Full conversion from regiment to brigade probably never conducted. | |
| Army Engineer Brigade 70 | Staff formed from 18 June 1944 from the regimental staff of Artillery Regiment 70. Sent to the Eastern Front; deployed to East Prussia towards the end of the war. | |
| Army Engineer Brigade 127 | Formed in November 1944 in Wehrkreis V; staff formed from the staff of Engineer Regiment 511, two battalions formed from the Engineer Battalions 127 and 651. | |
| Army Engineer Brigade 655 | Formed in November 1944 from Engineer Battalions 655 and 676. Placed under command of 4th Panzer Army; finished the war near Görlitz. | |
| Army Engineer Brigade 687 | Formed in January 1945 in Wehrkreis III with two bicycle-based battalions. Sent on 16 February 1945 from Rathenow to SS Brigade Dirlewanger to strengthen the Dirlewanger Brigade into the 36th SS Division; became part of 36th SS Division on 1 March 1945. | |
| Army Engineer Brigade 688 | Formed in January 1945 in Wehrkeis IV with staff and one battalion. Never saw action; last present in Weißenfels. | |
| Army Engineer Assault Brigade 46 | Formed in November 1944; deleted from German military records soon after. Appears in records regarding Army Group B. | |
| Army Engineer Assault Brigade 627 | Formed in October 1944; staff taken from Engineer Regiment Staff 669, battalions integrated by absorbing Engineer Assault Battalion 627, 501, and 500. | |
| Engineer Blockade Brigade 1100 | Started to undergo deployment at the Ersatzheer in April 1945. Never finished deployment. | |
| Blockade Brigade 1 | Formed in German-occupied Poland in 1944. Placed under command of XXXXVI Corps in West Prussia in January 1945. |
Supply brigades
Security brigades
Kriegsmarine
Naval infantry brigades
As the Kriegsmarine was not initial designed to field centralized large-scale naval infantry formations, German naval infantry was usually organized below brigade level prior to 1944. Two exceptions existed: Naval Brigade Weber was formed in August 1944 to enable naval infantry forces in German-occupied southwestern France to withdraw and to escape the Allied invasion forces. Subsequently, the formation of compact naval infantry formations was prepared at the division level. To that end, a short-lived brigade, the Naval Rifle Brigade North, was formed in November 1944. It was eventually integrated into the first of the newly-formed naval infantry divisions in early 1945.| German name | Translated name | Notes |
| Naval Brigade Weber | Formed in August 1944 in Bordeaux with three naval infantry regiments. Formed for the purpose of withdrawing from France to Germany. Dissolved in September 1944. Remnant elements integrated into 1st Marine Division in February 1945. | |
| Naval Rifle Brigade North | Formed in November 1944 in Husum for the purpose of coastal defense in the North Sea coast area. Initially equipped with Naval Rifle Regiments 1, 2, 3, and 4, each with four Naval Rifle Battalions. Naval Rifle Regiment 3 was subsequently sent to the Eastern Front to fight on the Vistula front, whereas the other three regiments were used to form the 1st Marine Division in Stettin in February 1945. Naval Rifle Brigade North subsequently ceased to exist. |
Naval anti-aircraft brigades
Luftwaffe
Air force infantry brigades
Air force ''Fallschirmjäger'' brigades
Air force mobile brigades
Air force parachute ''Sturmgeschütz'' brigades
Flak brigades
Air force air space protection brigades
Air force construction brigades
Air force NSKK brigades
Two brigades of the National Socialist Motor Corps were formed under the supervision of the Luftwaffe.| German name | Translated name | Notes |
| Air Force NSKK Brigade 1 | Staff formed in summer 1941 to serve as leadership institution for NSKK Regiments. After 1943: NSKK Brigade z.b.V., without an ordinal number. | |
| Air Force NSKK Brigade 2 | Staff formed in summer 1941, dissolved in winter 1943/44. |
Schutzstaffel (SS)
SS infantry brigades
SS Panzergrenadier brigades
SS cavalry brigades
SS panzer brigades
SS rocket launcher brigades
SS construction brigades
The SS construction brigades were formed from forced laborers starting in late 1942. These brigades were frequently sent to major German cities damaged by war for clearance wars, and satellite camps of the concentration camps they were originally interned in were often formed to house them.| German name | Translated name | Notes |
| SS Front Workers Construction Brigade | Staff-only formation that appears in the German records in February 1944. Likely temporarily in service with Army Group Courland. | |
| 1st SS Construction Brigade | Formed in Sachsenhausen concentration camp in October 1942 from around 1,000 concentration camp inmates. Initially used in Düsseldorf and Duisburg to remove rubble after Allied bombing attacks. Sent in early 1943 to Lager Sylt on Alderney to construct coastal fortifications against a potential Allied invasion. Arrived on Alderney on 23 February 1943, headed by Maximilian List and his deputies Kurt Klebeck and Georg Braun, with some 1060 prisoners. Recalled on 24 June 1944 to the European mainland, where the forced laborers had to construct infrastructure for ballistic missiles near the prewar Franco-Belgian border. | |
| 2nd SS Construction Brigade | Assembled from inmates of Neuengamme concentration camp in October 1942; 750 inmates sent to Bremen and 250 to Osnabrück for rubble-clearance operations. Another unit of some 175 inmates existed in Wilhelmshaven between early 1943 and November 1943. 930 inmates sent to Hamburg for clearance operations between 7 August 1943 and April 1944. In mid-April 1944, the brigade was sent from Hamburg to Berlin. As part of this transfer, the subordination of 2nd SS Construction Brigade was transferred from KZ Neuengamme to KZ Sachsenhausen. | |
| 3rd SS Construction Brigade | Formed in September 1942, mainly from inmates of Messelager Köln to conduct construction and rubble clearance labor. Parts sent to Krupp in Essen for forced labor in heavy industry. Elements sent to the camp in Wieda in early May 1944 to assist railway construction as part of the Helmetalbahn project. Such labor included direct railway construction but also the cutting-down of trees. Until late October 1944, the brigade was placed under the supervision of Buchenwald concentration camp, before being transferred to the supervision of Mittelbau concentration camp. Most of the inmates of Wieda concentration camp were forced into a death march into the Harz mountains on 7 April 1945. Many were massacred by German forces in the Gardelegen massacre on 13 April 1945. | |
| 4th SS Construction Brigade | Formed from forced laborers of Buchenwald concentration camp; used in German cities for rubble-clearing starting in August 1943. Participated in the construction of KZ Königshöher Weg in August 1943. Remained in Wuppertal until May 1944; subsequently sent to Ellrich, where they participated in the construction of the Helmetalbahn project. The brigade's laborers were forced on a death march between 6 and 10 April 1945 in response to approaching Allied forces. While many inmates were freed in mid-August 1945 by United States forces, a group of some 350 forced laborers of 4th Brigade were massacred along with many forced laborers of 3rd SS Construction Brigade in the Gardelegen massacre. | |
| 5th SS Construction Brigade | Staff formed in March 1944. Initially assembled in Cologne and then sent to German-occupied northern France, where the brigade took headquarters at Doullens. The forced laborers were tasked with assisting the assembly of V-2 rocket ballistic missile sites for the Luftwaffe. Last listed as deployed in Osnabrück. Dissolved in late 1944; forced laborers either sent to 3rd and 4th SS Construction Brigades or used to form the 5th SS Railway Construction Brigade. | |
| 6th SS Construction Brigade. | First appears in the German records in February 1945. |