2 Chevauleger Organization

Like all military organizations, the 2 Chevauleger had a prescribed organization. While often times a unit's actual strength was much lower than its paper strength, it still is relevant in that it gives an idea of the organization's capabilities. Below is an organization chart for the 2 Chevauleger and compared to infantry organizations of an equivalent level (i.e. regiment and company), the cavalry was a lot smaller.

In the cavalry, there was no battalion level but rather the individual eskadrons, or squadrons, reported directly to regimental headquarters (the squadron was the equivalent of a company). Essentially, the 2 Chevauleger, like all Chevauleger regiments, consisted of four field squadrons and one depot squadron or Ersatz Eskadron. The Ersatz Eskadron remained back at the regiment's home station which was Regensburg and was responsible for the processing and training of new recruits.

Each squadron consisted of four platoons or zugs and each zug consisted of four eight-man sections or gruppe. The gruppe was the lowest level of organization. We portray a Gruppe belonging to the 3 Eskadron.