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On page 237 in the English version of Spielberger's 'Sturmgeschutz and its Variants', the number of StuG in Russian on 18 June 1942 is given as 210. In a post by the later Ron Klages using the same source, tthe fiugre is given as 406 for 28 June 1942. Is the figure of 406 given in the German version...

This is a tricky one. Under K.St.N. 716 (behelf) dated 6th March 1940m each Pioneer-Battalion of a Panzer Division was to have Abwurfvorrichtungen Pz.Kpfw. I (explosive chage dropping devices). Eventually, 11 PzKpfw.I Ausf.B were placed in the 3.Kompanie of each battalion. The 17 Panzer Divisions at...

Dave

Thanks for this. I did eventually manage to confirm the 23 Pz I on a visit to the Imperial War Museum, but I did not have 18 June.

Regards

Daniel.

I have always been intrigued at the different sets of statistics produced about tanks on the Eastern Front. Take Barbarossa, for instance. The panzer inventory for 1 June 1941 included 877 Panzer I (excluding Befehlswagon). Many sources give 180 Panzer I involved in Barbarossa and others give up to ...

The sources I have are as follows: History of the Second World War: The Meditte4anean and Middle East, volume IV, by I.S.O. Playfair and J.C.Molony - page 460. United States Army in World War II: Northwest Africa – Seizing the Initiative in the West, by George F. Howe – page 675. Etudes Statistique ...

I noticed that you did not get a full reply to your query. According to the American official history of the Tunisian campaign, French casualties were 1,100 killed, 8,080 wounded and 7,000 missing, a total of 16,180. The British official history gives, 2,156 killed, 10,276 wounded and 7,007 missing,...

Rich Thank you very much for this further comprehensive reply. You have certainly given me plenty to think about, although I still think some of your estimates are on the high side. Be that as it may, you have ensured that I am much better informed than I was before. I'm going to look at the numbers...

Dear Rich Thank you very much for your considered and informative response. As usual, you share information that others have such difficulty obtaining. The only overall figure of German casualties appears to be that given by von Bonin, who wrote after the war that the total German casualties in kil...

I am trying to find some firm figures on German casualties on Sicily. The figure often quoted is 32,000, which compares poorly to the Allied 20,624. Carlo D’Este, for example, gives casualties as: Italian 2,000 Killed, 5,000 Wounded, 137,000 Prisoners; German 5,000 Killed, 14,772 Wounded, 5,523 Pris...

Dear Hans Thank you very much for sharing this amazing piece of information. It seems that we have really been able to bring together both official notes and personal accounts of this tragedy. A wonderful post. Well worth your efforts. The 1,400 men your source mentions matches well with Halder's 1,...

Thanks for the clarification. Between us all, I think we have shed quite a bit of light on a very obscure incident.

Best wishes

Daniel.

Not sure if this will be any help to you, but this is a table and quote from Stolfi, HITLER'S PANZERS EAST Table 11. Barbarossa Concentration of Forces (Aufmarsch) * German Wave and Time Divisions Wave 1, 2 February ? 14 March 1941 9 Wave 2, March 1941 18 Wave 3, 8 April ? 20 May 1941 17 Wave 4a, 23...

I noticed that you had no response to your question. You may already have seen this, but here is the content of an earlier post by Ron Klages, which may help. Regards Daniel Kane. The III/G and the III/H were the first variants to utilize the 5cmKwK L/42 gun. The prior IIIs used the 3.7cm Kwk. The I...

Very interesting post, Juha. I take it the figures refer to officers, NCOs and men? Is any information given about actual vehicle losses?

Daniel.

Interesting discussion all. The figure of men lost comes from the Halder Diary, but I suspect that this may have been the number of men carried. A large number of men were picked up fromthe Greek islands such as Kephalonia. As for the tanks, I do not believe (following Halder) that any were lost at ...