3rd Cavalry Division (Reichswehr)

The 3rd Cavalry Division (3. Kavallerie-Division) was a unit of the Reichswehr, the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic.

It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 13th (Prussian), the 14th, 15th, 16th, and the 17th (Bavarian) and the 18th (Saxonian) Cavalry Regiments.

Its commanders were:


 * Generalleutnant Heinrich von Hofmann 1 June 1920 - 1 October 1920
 * Generalleutnant Johannes Koch 1 October 1920 - 16 June 1921
 * Generalleutnant Eginhard Eschborn 16 June 1921 - 30 September 1923
 * General of the Cavalry Paul Hasse 1 October 1923 - 28 February 1926
 * Generalleutnant Hans von Viereck 1 March 1926 - 1 March 1929
 * Generalleutnant Curt Freiherr von Gienanth 1 March 1929 - 1 November 1931
 * Generalmajor Wilhelm Knochenhauer 1 November 1931 - 1 December 1933

It was subordinated to Gruppenkommando 2.