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Mirko, thank you very much for the info ! I want to add two more points: 1.According to russian veteran's memories there was a great fear of nightfighting tanks among russian troops during "Konrad"-operations. Soviet units used big bonfires during nightime to "blind" german IR-eq...

16.PzD recived "factory-new" 98 PzIV's and 45 StuGIII's during the 2nd half of November'43. Hope this explains everything. I./PzR 2 was not used
in Italy - it was in action in the East during that time.

Have a nice day.

Kamen

Dear all,

according to the divisional history of 2.PzD StuG Abt "maj. Kossel" was
attached to this division during the Kursk battle. Niklas Zetterling told me yesterday that this Abt was probably StuG Abt 245 or 904. Any idea?

Kamen

Hi ! Paul statement, that no Panther with IR equipment was ever used against the Allies, is correct. I whant to apologize for the posting of incorrect information. When I wrote my message I used only my memory. I checked some files in my archive(various files of GenInspdPzTr and OrgAbt/GenStbH) and ...

Hi ! :D I believe that these Panthers belonged to 4./PzR 11. This company was equiped with PzV with infrared devices(Biwa). It saw action in the central sector of the Western front during April'45. According to records of GenInspPzTr, PzD "Cl" never recieved any PzV with Biwa. Also during ...

Hi ! :D I'm reserching the Panzer Divisions for many years and I came to conclusion that there very few people in the whole world with clear understanding about this topic. I'm not claiming that my person is among them, but, I keep trying. 8) First three panzer divisions were created during mid 30's...

Stab/PzGR 64, Stab/PzJgAbt 16 and small parts of various units -
aprox 4000 men, some of them - Hiwi.

Hope this helps.

Kamen

Hi, :D :wink: during Kharkov-battle 1.SS-PzR was organized as follows: -Stab -I.Abt: - Stab, StbKp - 1., 2., 3.Kp - le.Panz.Nachsch.Kol -II.Abt: - Stab, StbKp - 5., 6., 7.Kp - le.Panz.Nachsch.Kol -(13.)sPzKp -PzWerkKp -PiKp(gep.) The original OoB(early'43) which I have in my possession gives no deta...

Hi again ! Nafziger :evil: is a VERY GOOD SALESMAN AND A VERY BAD HISTORIAN. :evil: His statement(mentioned by you) has nothing to do with the truth. In fact during Dec 44 I./PzR GD was authorized to have the following organization: - Stab - StbKp w/3 BefPzV - Four(1.-4.) PzKp with 14 PzV each - Ver...

:wink: Both PzAbt'n of PzR HG were present during the Soviet January Offensive(1945). This PzR had been organized in typical way - I.(PzV) and II.(PzIV)Abt. On 15.01.45 the follwing strenght was reported by this Regiment: 45 PzV(38 operational), 35 PzIV(27 operational) and 3 BefPzIV. The regiment lo...