Order of Battle On February 23, 1918
The most significant wartime structural change in the divisions of this wave was the reduction from two field artillery regiments to one. Over the course of the war, other changes took place, including the formation of artillery and signals commands and the enlargement of combat engineer support to a full pioneer battalion. The order of battle on February 23, 1918 was as follows:
- 79.Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 261
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 262
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 263
- Maschinengewehr-Scharfschützen-Abteilung Nr. 12
- 3.Eskadron/Husaren-Regiment Kaiser Franz Josef von Österreich, König von Ungarn (Schleswig-Holsteinisches) Nr. 16
- Artillerie-Kommandeur 79
- Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 63
- II.Bataillon/Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 20
- Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 379
- Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie Nr. 81
- 1.Ersatz-Kompanie/Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 24
- Minenwerfer-Kompanie Nr. 279
- Divisions-Nachrichten-Kommandeur 479
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