Chapter IV: Fortifications

=ARTICLE 180.=--All fortified works, fortresses, and field works situated in German territory to the west of a line drawn fifty kilometers to the east of the Rhine shall be disarmed and dismantled.

Within a period of two months from the coming into force of the present treaty such of the above fortified works, fortresses, and field works as are situated in territory not occupied by Allied and Associated troops shall be disarmed and within a further period of four months they shall be dismantled. Those which are situated in territory occupied by Allied and Associated troops shall be disarmed and dismantled within such periods as may be fixed by the Allied High Command.

The construction of any new fortification, whatever its nature and importance, is forbidden in the zone referred to in the first paragraph above.

The system of fortified works of the southern and eastern frontiers of Germany shall be maintained in its existing state.

=TABLE NO. 1.=

=State and Establishment of Army Corps Headquarters Staffs and of Infantry and Cavalry Divisions.=

These tabular statements do not form a fixed establishment to be imposed on Germany, but the figures contained in them (number of units and strengths) represent maximum figures, which should not in any case be exceeded.

+----------------------+----------+----------------------------+ |Unit | Maximum| Max. Strength of Each Unit | | | No.| | | +----------+----------------------------+ | |Authorized| Officers.| N.C.O.'s| | | Division.| | Men.| +----------------------+----------+---------------+------------+ |Army corps hdq. staffs| 2| 30| 150| |Total for hdq. staffs | ..| 60| 300| +----------------------+----------+---------------+------------+

2. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INFANTRY DIVISION.

+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | |Maximum No.| | | | of Such | | | |Units in a | Max. Strength of Each Unit | | | Single +-----------+-----------------+ | Unit | Division | Officers| N.C.O.'s and Men| +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ |Hdqrs. of inf. div. | 1| 25| 70| | | | | | |Hdqrs. of divisional inf. | 1| 4| 30| | | | | | |Hdqrs. of divisional art. | 1| 4| 30| | | | | | |Regiment of inf. | 3| 70| 2,300| | | | | | |(Each regiment comprises 3| | | | |battalions of infantry. | | | | |Each battalion comprises 3| | | | |companies of infantry and | | | | |1 machine-gun company.) | | | | | | | | | |Trench mortar company | 3| 6| 150| | | | | | |Divisional squadron | 1| 6| 150| | | | | | |Field artillery regiment | 1| 85| 1,300| | | | | | |(Each regiment comprises 3| | | | |groups of artillery. Each | | | | |group comprises 3 | | | | |batteries.) | | | | | | | | | |Pioneer battalion | 1| 12| 400| | | | | | |(This battalion comprises | | | | |2 companies of pioneers, 1| | | | |pontoon detachment, 1 | | | | |searchlight section.) | | | | | | | | | |Signal detachment\ | 1| 12| 300| | | | | | |(This detachment comprises| | | | |1 telephone detachment, 1 | | | | |listening section, 1 | | | | |carrier pigeon section.) | | | | | | | | | |Divisional Med. Service | 1| 20| 400| | | | | | |Parks and convoys | ..| 14| 800| | | | | | |Total for infantry div. | ..| 410| 10,830| +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+

3. ESTABLISHMENT OF A CAVALRY DIVISION.

+------------------------------------+----------+--------+---------+ | | Maximum Strength | | | of Each Unit | | +----------+------------------+ | |[31]Units.|Officers.|N.C.O.'s| | | | |and Men.| | | | | | |Headquarters of a cavalry division | 1| 15| 50| | | | | | |Cavalry regiment | 6| 40| 800| | | | | | |(Each regiment comprises four | | | | |squadrons.) | | | | | | | | | |Horse artillery group (three | 1| 20| 400| |batteries) | | | | | | | | | |Total for cavalry division | ..| 275| 5,250| +------------------------------------+----------+---------+--------+

[31] Maximum number of such units in single division.

=TABLE NO. 2.=

=Tabular statement of armament establishment for a maximum of seven infantry divisions, three cavalry divisions, and two army corps headquarters staffs.=

+--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+ |Materials. | Inft.| For 7| Cav.| For 3| Total| | | Div.| Inft.| Div.| Cav.|Columns| | | | Divs.| | Divs.| 2 & 4| +--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+ |Rifles | 12,000| 84,000| ...| ...| 84,000| | | | | | | | |Carbines | ...| ...| 6,000|18,000| 18,000| | | | | | | | |Heavy machine guns | 108| 756| 12| 36| 792| | | | | | | | |Light machine guns | 162| 1,134| ...| ...| 1,134| | | | | | | | |Medium trench mortars | 9| 63| ...| ...| 63| | | | | | | | |Light trench mortars | 27| 189| ...| ...| 189| | | | | | | | |7.7 cm. guns | 24| 168| 12| 36| 204| | | | | | | | |10.5 cm. howitzers | 12| 84| ...| ...| 84| +--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+

Army corps headquarters staff establishment must be drawn from the increased armaments of the divisional infantry.

=TABLE NO. 3.=

=Maximum Stocks Authorized.=

+----------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+ |Material. | Maximum | Estab- | Maximum| | | Number of |lishment | Totals,| | | Arms |Per Unit,| Rounds.| | |Authorized.| Rounds. | | +----------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+ |Rifles | 84,000 } | 40 | 40,800,000| | | | | | |Carbines | 18,000 } | | | | | | | | |Heavy machine guns | 792 } | 8,000 | 15,408,000| | | | | | |Light machine guns | 1,134 } | | | | | | | | |Medium trench mortars | 63 | 40 | 25,200| | | | | | |Light trench mort's | 189 | 800 | 151,200| | | | | | |Field artillery-- | | | | | | | | | |7.7 cm. guns | 204 | 1,000 | 204,000| | | | | | |10.5 cm. howitzers | 84 | 800 | 67,200| +----------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+