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I MARCH 1945types of chiefs of arms and services: the inspectors(W’a.#cninspekfeure) in the ReplacementArmy and the chiefs of branches (Waflcugcrzerale)attached to the General Staff in theField Army. They are referred to either as inspectorates(Ins~ektioncrz—In) or as branches(Waffenabteilulzgen). Most of them have numbers,ranging between 2 and 13, but several havebeen upgraded to the status of a group (Amfsgruppe)and control two numbered branches./n 1, the Inspectorate of Cadet Schools (Inspektionder Kriegsschulcn), was in peacetime directlysubordinate to the Commander-in-Chief of.the Army; its function has now been taken overby the Inspector General for Potential Offcrrsand Noncommissioned officers (GJF). Thepresent inspectorates of arms and services are asfollows:(a) Infantry Branch — Inspectorate 2 (Infanterieabtcilulzg—Jn2) (160). Attached to theInfantry Branch is the Senior Infantry Officerfor Land Fortifications (Hijh Inf Offz fiir dieLandesbcf ) (161), who is directly subordinate tothe Chief of the General Army Office. He assiststhe Chief Engineer and Fortifications Officer(Inspector of Fortifications) (Insp Fesf) at theArmy General Staff in fortification matters concerningthe infantry. He is also responsible forthe uniform training of officers charged with thedefense of fortifications.(b) Riding-and Driving Branch—Insprctorafc3 (Abteilurig Reit- und Fahrwesen—Jn 3) (162).Concerned with the training of men who handlehorses as riders or drivers.(c) Artillery Group (Anztsgruppe Artilleric— -Ag Art)(163). Formed in July 1944 to controlthe following two inspectorates :Artillery Branch—Inspectorate 4 (Artillerieabt&lung—Jn4) (164).Army Antiaircraft Artillery Branch-—Inspectorate13 (Hceres-Flakartillcricabtetiluug—Ju 13)I165).((1) Engineer Branch — Inspectorate 5 (Piouierabteilung—Jn5) (166).(e) Inspectorate of Fortifications (Inspektionder Festungen—Jn Fest) (167). Concerned withthe training of fortress engineers.(f) Panzer Troop Branch — Inspectorate 6(Abteilung Panzertruppe—Jn 6) (168). Believedtransferred to the control of the InspectorGeneral of Panzer Troops (Gen Insp d Pz Tr)when that office was created in 1943.(g) Signal Group (Arntsgruppe Nachrz’chtcn-UNCLASSIFIEDTM-E 30-451zecscn) (169). Formed in December 1943 withthe expansion of Inspectorate 7. May be controlledby the Chief of Training (Chef Ausb) aswell as the General Army Office. It includes:Signal Cranch—Inspectorate 7 (N achrichtentruppen-Abteilung—Jn7) (170).Signal Equipment Branch (Nachrichtengeriit-Abtcilung—N. Gcr. Abt)(171)..1rmy Communications Branch (Heeresnaclz­~lchtc~~vcrbi~~d~r~~~ls-.3btrilung — HNV). Similarin function to the Armed Forces CommunicationsGroup in the OKW (Ag WNY)(172).(Ii) Supply Branch — Inspcctorate 8 (AbteilungNachschubtruppcn—Ju 8). (173). Attachcdto this branch is the Senior Officer of AdministrativeTroops (Hoh Off d Vera TY)(174), responsible for the uniform training ofthe administrative troops in the ReplacementArmy under the directives of the Chief of Training.(i) Chemical Warfare and Air Raid ProtectiojlBranch—Iusficctorate 9 (Abteiluug Nebeltruppe,Gasabwehr uud Luffschutz-—Jn 9) (175).(j) Rail-way Errginecs Branch—Impectorate10 (Eisenbahllpionier- rlbteilung—Jn 10) (176).(k) Branch for Tcchuical Troops-—inspectorate11 (Abtcilung Tcchnische Truppen—Jn(1) Group of the Chief Motor TransportOficcr (General dcs k’raftfnlr)‘~lcseI2s-—Gen dKfw) (178). Formerly called Chief of Motorization(G&n d Mot)(179). The Chief MotorTransport Officer, in addition to being responsiblefor all motor transport in the field, also controlsthe following agencies in the General Army Office :Motor Transport Branch—Inspectorate 12(ilbtcilung Kruftfahrwrseri—Ju 12) (180).Chief of Motor Repair (Chef des Instandsetzungsivcscn—cl~c~fInst) (181).Senior Motor Maintenance Troop Officer (H i i-Jicrcr Offizicr der Kraftfahrparktruppc—Hoh Offzd Kf Pk Tr)(1%). He supervises the trainingof motor maintenance troops in the ReplacementArmy and his position is equivalent to that of aninspector.(111) dfcdical Inspectnratc (Heeres-Saniti i tsinspektion—SJn)(183). This inspectorate alsocontains the staff of the Chief Army Medical Inspector(HSan lnsp) and is equivalent to a group.It includes:Personnel Branch (Personalabteilung—S Jn/Pevs)(184).l—27