When the regiment was renumbered in July, the battalions were redesignated as the first through third battalions, respectively, of the regiment.[4] All of the police regiments were redesignated as SS police units on 24 February 1943 and retained their existing organization and strength.[5] In late June, the 10th Police Panzer Company equipped with two platoons of ex-French Panhard 178 armored cars was attached to the regiment in Russia. On 23 August, the 11th Police Panzer Company was formed with two platoons of Panhards and a platoon of ex-French Hotchkiss H35 tanks.