XXXX Reserve Corps

The XXXX Reserve Corps was a corps level command of the German Army (German Empire)|Army] in World War I.

Formation

XXXX Reserve Corps was formed in December 1914. It was part of the second wave of new Corps formed in the early stages of World War I consisting of XXXVIII - XXXXI Reserve Corps of 75th - 82nd Reserve Divisions. The personnel was predominantly made up of kriegsfreiwillige who did not wait to be called up. It was still in existence at the end of the war in the 6th Army, Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht on the Western Front.

Structure on formation

On formation in December 1914, XXXX Reserve Corps consisted of two divisions. but was weaker than an Active Corps

the divisions were organised as triangular rather than square divisions with three infantry regiments rather than four, but had a brigade of two field artillery regiments
Reserve Infantry Regiments consisted of three battalions but lacked a machine gun company
Reserve Cavalry Detachments were much smaller than the Reserve Cavalry Regiments formed on mobilisation
Reserve Field Artillery Regiments consisted of two Abteilung of three batteries each, but each battery had just 4 guns

In summary, XXXX Reserve Corps mobilised with 18 infantry battalions, 2 cavalry detachments, 24 field artillery batteries, 2 cyclist companies and 2 pioneer companies.

Commanders

XXXX Reserve Corps had the following commanders during its existence:

From	Rank	Name
24 December 1914	General der Infanterie	Karl Litzmann
6 August 1918	Generalleutnant	Paul Grünert