The IV Reserve Corps () was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I.
Formation IV Reserve Corps was formed on the outbreak of the war in August 1914 as part of the mobilisation of the Army. It was initially commanded by General der Artillerie Hans von Gronau, who was recalled from retirement.The Prussian Machine Accessed: 29 February 2012 From 24 July 1916 to 19 December 1917, the Corps was known as Karpathenkorps (Carpathian Corps). The Corps was still in existence at the end of the war as part of the 2nd Army, Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht on the Western Front.
Structure on formation On formation in August 1914, IV Reserve Corps consisted of two divisions, made up of reserve units. In general, Reserve Corps and Reserve Divisions were weaker than their active counterparts Reserve Infantry Regiments did not always have three battalions nor necessarily contain a machine gun company About a third of Reserve Infantry Regiments formed in August 1914 lacked a machine gun company Reserve Jäger Battalions did not have a machine gun company on formation Active Jäger Battalions had a machine gun company with the exceptions of the 1st and 2nd Bavarian Jäger Battalions Reserve Cavalry Regiments consisted of just three squadrons Most active cavalry regiments had four squadrons, some were raised to six squadrons Reserve Field Artillery Regiments usually consisted of two abteilungen of three batteries each Active Divisions had a Field Artillery Brigade of two regiments Corps Troops generally consisted of a Telephone Detachment and four sections of munition columns and trains Active Corps Troops included a battalion of heavy howitzers (Foot Artillery), an Aviation Detachment, a Telephone Detachment, a Corps Pontoon Train, a searchlight section, 2 munition column sections, one Foot Artillery munitions column section and two Train sections
In summary, IV Reserve Corps mobilised with 25 infantry battalions, 4 machine gun companies (24 machine guns), 6 cavalry squadrons, 12 field artillery batteries (72 guns) and 3 pioneer companies.
22nd Reserve Division was formed by units drawn from the XI Corps District.
Corps Division Brigade Units IV Reserve Corps 7th Reserve Division 13th Reserve Infantry Brigade 27th Reserve Infantry Regiment 36th Reserve Infantry RegimentWithout a machine gun company 14th Reserve Infantry Brigade 66th Reserve Infantry RegimentWithout a machine gun company 72nd Reserve Infantry Regiment 4th Reserve Jäger Battalion 1st Reserve Schwere Reiter Regiment 7th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 4th Company, 4th Pioneer Battalion 7th Reserve Divisional Pontoon Train 4th Reserve Medical Company 22nd Reserve Division 43rd Reserve Infantry Brigade 71st Reserve Infantry RegimentWithout a machine gun company 94th Reserve Infantry RegimentJust two battalions 11th Reserve Jäger Battalion 44th Reserve Infantry Brigade 32nd Reserve Infantry RegimentWithout a machine gun company 82nd Reserve Infantry Regiment 1st Reserve Jäger zu Pferde Regiment 22nd Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 1st Reserve Company, 4th Pioneer Battalion 2nd Reserve Company, 4th Pioneer Battalion 2nd Reserve Divisional Pontoon Train 11th Reserve Medical Company Corps Troops 4th Reserve Telephone Detachment Munition Trains and Columns corresponding to theIII Reserve Corps
Combat chronicle On mobilisation, IV Reserve Corps was assigned to the 1st Army, which was on the right wing of the forces that invaded France and Belgium as part of the Schlieffen Plan offensive in August 1914.
Commanders IV Reserve Corps had the following commanders during its existence: From Rank Name 2 August 1914 General der Artillerie Hans von Gronau11 September 1915 Generalleutnant Arnold von Winckler7 August 1916 Generalleutnant Richard von ContaPromoted 18 August 1918 General der Infanterie
See also
German Army order of battle (1914) German Army order of battle, Western Front (1918)
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