Commanders
- General der Panzertruppen Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen (16 October 1939 - 20 February 1941)
- General der Panzertruppen Erich Brandenberger (20 February 1941 - 21 April 1941)
- Generalleutnant Walter Neumann-Silkow (21 April 1941 - 26 May 1941)
- General der Panzertruppen Erich Brandenberger (26 May 1941 - 8 December 1941)
- Generalleutnant Werner Hühner (8 December 1941 - 20 March 1942)
- General der Panzertruppen Erich Brandenberger (20 March 1942 - 6 August 1942)
- Generalleutnant Josef Schrötter (6 August 1942 - 10 November 1942)
- General der Panzertruppen Erich Brandenberger (10 November 1942 - 17 January 1943)
- Generalleutnant Sebastian Fichtner (17 January 1943 - 20 September 1943)
- Generalmajor Gottfried Fröhlich (20 September 1943 - 1 April 1944)
- Generalmajor Werner Friebe (1 April 1944 - 21 July 1944)
- Generalmajor Gottfried Fröhlich (21 July 1944 - 5 January 1945)
- Generalmajor Heinrich-Georg Hax (5 January 1945 - 8 May 1945)
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