The fallshimjager

[sovietsniper]

The fallshimjager were the german paratroopers of ww2. They were in my opinion the most elite troops of the war. Im currenty writing a long article about these troops and there war time experiance. However my knolage is not complete and i need some help.

1, Deployments both combat and "peace" time. Has any one got a conillogical list of where the divisions were posted during traning,combat and occupathions

2, Traning. How long did it last and what did it cover?

3,Tactics. Has anyone got info on this from sqad level up? What was the compesithion of a sgud.

4,Combat. Where did the unit go into combat,how long did it last and how feice was it?

5,Equpment. What was the standerd paratrooper equpted with. Coths,ammo,cooking a eating stuff ect

[Jan-Hendrik]

Organisation & Delployment you may find here :

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... erieLW.htm

http://www.diedeutschewehrmacht.de/Fall ... vision.htm



Jan-Hendrik

[Doktor Krollspell]

Hello Sovietsniper!

Here's another good website on the Fallschirmjäger and the different operations and battles they fought in:

http://www.eagle19.freeserve.co.uk


Regards,

Krollspell

[tigre]

Hello people a tiny story.

FJR 1 - The beginning.

End of september 1935, ObsLt Jakoby was ordered to form a Parachute infantry Battalion taking voluntiers from the "Hermann Goering" Regiment. The I/HG Regiment become FJB (Fallschirmjäger--Bataillon). This battalion was later designed as IV /HG Regiment. The organization was as follows:


Battalion Commanding Officer : Major Bruno Bräuer
Adjutant : Oberleutnant Vogel
Communications Officer : Leutnant Dunz
1. Company : Oberleutnant Walther
2. Company : Oberleutnant Kroh
3. Company : Oberleutnant Schulz
4. Company : Hauptmann Reinberger (Mechelen incident - jan 1940)

Later one Eng Company under ObLt Schulz was created.

Nevertheless, the birthday of the FJ Troops was 29 jan 1936, because on this day the Luftwaffe issued the order raising this new branch and the place of birth (and FJ School) was the airport of Stendal. Due to a new organization the battalion's number was changed again in 1938 to I/FJR1

The Army.

In 1936 was formed a Parachute Infantry Company, later in 1938 was raised to battalion level and the command of it was given to Major Richard Heidrich.

7. Flieger Division. (Aerial Division).

On 1 july 1938 General Major Kurt Student took command over the brand new unit and on 15 september 1938 the young division was called to duty in order to take part in the invasion of the Sudetenland. The OOB was as follows:

Parachute troops

FJR (ObsLt Sydow)
I/FJR1 (Brauer)
Heer FJBattalion (Heidrich)

Airborne troops

16 IR/22 ID (Oberst Kreysing)
SA--Regiment „Standarte Feldherrnhalle"

Glieder commando (Lt Kiess) with DFS 230.

Aerial Units

1 Aufklärungsstaffel
6 Transportgruppe (Ju 52)
1 Schlachtgeschwader mit 3 Stukagruppen
1 Jagdgeschwader mit 3 Gruppen

The operation was cancelled due to the Munich agreement.

1939.

On 1 jan 1939 the heer battalion was transfered to the Luftwaffe as II/FJR1; ObsLt Brauer took over the FJR1 and the III/FJR1 was raised (Hauptmann Karl-Lothar Schulz). Also the I/FJR2 and II/FJR2 were raised its OIC were Hauptmann Noster and Hauptmann Pietzonka (The FJR2 has neither OIC nor Staff).
The 16 IR retuned to its parents Unit (22 ID).
In the summer of 1938 the first airborne artillery battery has been raised (under Oberstleutnant Bruno Schram). With Skoda--howitzer 7,5 cm caliber.
Source: Die Geschichte der Fallschirmjäger Teil I und II Taken from http://www.fallschirmjaeger.de/Geschichte/gescht~1.htm

Regards. Tigre.

For actions in Poland see: http://www.feldgrau.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17121

[tigre]

Hello to all, a little more.

TACTICS.

Generally speaking there are two phases in one airborne operation.

- first the capture of an airhead.
- Second the capture and held of the objective assigned.

For that reason the German raised two different type of units: the fallschirmjager (7 FD) to carry out the first phase and the luftlande division (22 ID) for carrying out the second.

The troops can reach theirs objectives in 3 differents ways:

- By parachute.
- By gliders
- By plane

The first and second way are suitable in order to accomplish the first phase, the third to accomplish the second one.

There are three methods of attacking an objective:

1. Jumping or landing on top of the objective; (suited for attacking an objective which is relatively small and specially fortified against a ground attack, Eben Emael i.e.)
2. Jumping or landing near the objective; (used for the capture of a bridge or an airfield, Waalhaven i.e.)
3. Jumping or landing at a distance from the objective; (when the objective is so large that it can only be reduced by slow, systematic infantry attack).

Also, we can talk about two ways of dropping a force by parachute:

1. All elements of the unit in the same area.
2. All elements of the unit at the same time.

"To accomplish the landing of all elements in the same area, the troop carriers approach the drop zone in a deep, narrow formation and all paratroopers jump into the same small area. For a battalion of 600 men, a landing area measuring about 900 yards in diameter and a landing time of about 30 minutes will be normal".

"If all elements of a unit are to be landed at the same time, the troop carriers make their approach in wide formation to various drop zones situated close to each other and all paratroopers jump, as nearly as possible, at the same time. In such an operation, the landing area for a battalion of 600 men will usually measure at least 2,000 yards in diameter, with a landing time of less than 15 minutes."

TECHNIQUES.

The jumping: Two types of plane were available as troops carriers, the JU-52 and the HE-111. In the first the troops must jump thruogh the door and in the second through a hatch. 13 men (well trained) could leave the plane in more or less 8 seconds. With the planes flying at a speed of 100 to 120 miles per hour and at an altitude of about 330 feet (100 meters), there would be a distance of about 25 yards between men immediately after landing.

The jumping altitude: was made generally at a little more than 330 feet; the lowest jump was made at 200 feet. Casualties for injuries rose to a 20 %. For altitudes above 330 feet the ground dispersion increased.

Velocity of surface wind: not over 14 miles per hour.

Source: excerpts from "AIRBORNE OPERATIONS. A German Appraisal
CMH Pub 104-13

Best regards. Tigre.

[tigre]

Hello to all, a little sequence from the beginning to the jump.

Wearing the parachute.


Training


More training


At last, the Jump


Sources: Fallschirmjager. German paratroopers from glory to defeat 1939 - 1945 and Tercer Reich, tomo 16. La conquista de los Balcanes. Editorial Rombo. 1996.

Best regards. Tigre.

[desert_fox]

Hello Tigre.
Thanks for this short but enlightning story.

Regards

[tigre]

You're welcome desert_fox. Cheers. Tigre.

[tigre]

Hello to all , a little more on this....................

A Company descends from the sky..............

Sources: Army Fallschirmjaeger Photo Album. Viernes, 26 de Junio de 2009, 17:28:02

Cheers. Raúl M .

[tigre]

Hello to all ; something more here.........................

Equipment inspection?.

See below in the pictures the equipment allowed to a German paratrooper...What was the standard equipment assigned to a paratrooper?

Source: http://www.usmbooks.com/images/PARAalbum/

TIA. Cheers. Raúl M .