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by Rui Esteves
Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:45 am
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Zitadelle Armor: German T-34 & captured equip.; tanks & SPG
Replies: 30
Views: 17328

Re: Zitadelle Armor: German T-34 & captured equip.; tanks & SPG

With the recapture of Kharkov in March of 1943, by II.SS-Panzer Corps, were taken as Beutepanzers, about 50 T-34/76, to Das Reich were given 25, and to Totenkopf, 22 tanks. Seems that only DR, used them in Kursk. Between 12-20 operational tanks. (What happened to Totenkopf's T-34?) There is some ev...
by Rui Esteves
Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:39 am
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Zitadelle Armor: German T-34 & captured equip.; tanks & SPG
Replies: 30
Views: 17328

Re: Zitadelle Armor: German T-34 & captured equip.; tanks & SPG

Was there any T-34 still in service in Sept 1943 ? The 10./SS-Pz.Rgt.2/SS-Pz.Gren.Div "Das Reich" was disbanded on 01.August.1943. I don't know if their T-34 were all destroyed or passed to another company. Das Reich also had a 9. kompanie on the SS-Pz.Rgt.2 that used T-34. Both 9. and 10...
by Rui Esteves
Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:20 pm
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: 11th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade
Replies: 3
Views: 4336

Re: 89th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment

Another IS-II unit assaulting Berlin/Reichstag, was the 89th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment: November 1944: Formed in Moscow Military District, with IS-II late December 1944: 5th Shock Army, (until the end of the war) It support the infantry units of the 5th Shock Army during the advance on the center o...
by Rui Esteves
Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:10 pm
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: 11th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade
Replies: 3
Views: 4336

Re: 88th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment

About the 88th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment: 18 November 1944: Formed in Moscow Military District, (from 51st Tank Regiment), with IS-II December 1944: 1st Belorussian Front, war front. This Regiment supported various armies of the 1st Belorussian Front as a separate unit until the end of the war. Reg...
by Rui Esteves
Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:02 pm
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: 11th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade
Replies: 3
Views: 4336

Re: 11th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade

About the 11th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade had the following info about the period you mentioned: December 1944: 11th Guards Tank Brigade reformed as 11th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade in Moscow Military District with: - 90th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment = 21 IS-II - 91st Guards Heavy Tank Regiment = 21 IS-...
by Rui Esteves
Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:06 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Zitadelle Armor: German T-34 & captured equip.; tanks & SPG
Replies: 30
Views: 17328

BA-64B

The T-34 wasn't the only captured AFV at Kursk in 1943, there was also a BA-64B in Das Reich. (there is a photo showing a BA-64B with a DR Tiger): Robert C. Stern - SS Armor: A Pictorial History of the Armored Formations of the Waffen-SS (the same previous photo, but showing only the BA-64B): Werner...
by Rui Esteves
Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:31 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Zitadelle Armor: German T-34 & captured equip.; tanks & SPG
Replies: 30
Views: 17328

Re: Das Reich T-34

DR's T-34 tank aces during Zitadelle operation: 9.kompanie SS Hauptscharführer Zinn (company commander, KIA 07.07.1943) SS Oberscharführer Josef Naber (platoon commander) 10.kompanie SS Hauptscharführer Emil Seibold (platoon commander adjutant, 23 tanks were destroyed in July-August 1943) Regards Rui
by Rui Esteves
Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:28 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Zitadelle Armor: German T-34 & captured equip.; tanks & SPG
Replies: 30
Views: 17328

Re: Das Reich T-34

Das Reich T-34 status in July 1943: operational / in repair 04 July = 18 / 9 11 July = 15 / ? 12 July = 12 / ? 16 July = 11 / ? 18 July = 02 / ? 21 July = 17 / 1? Das Reich received 25 T-34 of various models (Model 1941; 1942; 1943) in May 1943. The DR's T-34 were divided between 9. and 10. Kompanie...
by Rui Esteves
Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:56 am
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Zitadelle Armor: German T-34 & captured equip.; tanks & SPG
Replies: 30
Views: 17328

Re: Zitadelle Armor: German T-34 & captured equip.; tanks & SPG

I also have data on operational AFV in DR:

July: 04 / 12 / 18
Pz III = 48 / 38 / 37
Pz IV = 30 / 20 / 56
Pz VI = 12 / 2 / 11
T-34 = 18 / 12 / 2
StuG = 33 / 25 / 24
Marder = 10 / 9 / 9


Regards
Rui
by Rui Esteves
Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:23 am
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Zitadelle Armor: German T-34 & captured equip.; tanks & SPG
Replies: 30
Views: 17328

Re: Zitadelle Armor: German T-34 & captured equip.; tanks & SPG

On 4 july ,Das Reich had the following operational: Mk III s 1 Mk III l 47 Mk IV l 30 Mk VI 12 T-34 18 Command 8 AG 33 Source:Tagesmeldungen vom 4-7-43,"Generalkommando II. SS-PzKorps,4.7.43,1845,in NAM T-354,roll 605 and 'Tagesmeldung" Cited from "Angelfire. Strengths and Losses Hi ...
by Rui Esteves
Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:45 pm
Forum: Weapons and Equipment
Topic: Forgotten Artillerie - The Official Werfer-Artillerie Thread
Replies: 28
Views: 39895

Re: Forgotten Artillerie - The Official Werfer-Artillerie Thread

Hi William, the K.St.N. or Kriegsstärkenachweisung is a theoretical organization of a unit, in men and equipment, each kind of unit had his specific K.St.N. In this document, is shown the number and the type of weapons, vehicles, trailers, horses, men, etc, inside the unit. During the war, some K.St...
by Rui Esteves
Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:59 pm
Forum: Weapons and Equipment
Topic: Forgotten Artillerie - The Official Werfer-Artillerie Thread
Replies: 28
Views: 39895

Re: Forgotten Artillerie - The Official Werfer-Artillerie Thread

According to Dr. Leo Niehorster, there was 3 K.St.N. that had the 15cm Panzerwerfer 42:

K.St.N. 633 - Battr. 15 cm Pz. Wrf. 42 - 15.02.43 (Behelf)
K.St.N. 633 - Battr. 15 cm Pz. Wrf. 42 - 01.11.43
K.St.N. 633 - Wfr. Battr. (Sfl) 15cm Nbl.W. - 01.10.44


Best regards,

Rui Esteves
by Rui Esteves
Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:57 am
Forum: Weapons and Equipment
Topic: Forgotten Artillerie - The Official Werfer-Artillerie Thread
Replies: 28
Views: 39895

Re: Forgotten Artillerie - The Official Werfer-Artillerie Thread

The 15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 batteries used the K.St.N. 633. K.St.N. 633 - Wfr. Battr. (Sfl) 15cm Nbl.W. - 01.10.44 1.Zug with 4 x 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 (15cm Nebelwerfer-Zehnling 42 auf Panzerwerfer (Sd.Kfz. 4/1)) 2.Zug with 4 x 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 (15cm Nebelwerfer-Zehnling 42 auf Panzerwerfer (Sd.Kf...
by Rui Esteves
Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:23 am
Forum: Weapons and Equipment
Topic: Forgotten Artillerie - The Official Werfer-Artillerie Thread
Replies: 28
Views: 39895

Re: Forgotten Artillerie - The Official Werfer-Artillerie Thread

According to Zetterling "Normandy 1944", there were Panzerwerfers in the following units at Normandy in 1944: Werfer Brigade 7 I./Werfer-Regiment 84, had 7 Panzerwerfer II./Werfer-Regiment 84, had 7 Panzerwerfer plus 1 Panzerwerfer in workshops. Werfer Brigade 8 Werfer-Lehr-Regiment 1, had...
by Rui Esteves
Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:22 am
Forum: Weapons and Equipment
Topic: Forgotten Artillerie - The Official Werfer-Artillerie Thread
Replies: 28
Views: 39895

Re: Forgotten Artillerie - The Official Werfer-Artillerie Thread

These prevoius photos, appears on Werner Regenberg & Horst Scheibert, Captured French Tanks under the German Flag, Schiffer Publishing. They are 28/32 cm Wurfrahmen (Sf) auf PzKpfw 39H (f) / auf Infanterie-Schlepper UE (f), based on the Hotchkiss H39 / Renault UE. And according to Regenberg / Sc...