16th_SS_Police_Regiment
16th SS Police Regiment
Military unit
The 16th SS Police Regiment (German: SS-Polizei-Regiment 16) was initially named the 16th Police Regiment (Polizei-Regiment 16) when it was formed in 1942 from existing Order Police (Ordnungspolizei) units for security duties on the Eastern Front. It was redesignated as an SS unit in early 1943.