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Hello M. Clifton, I agree with you, the material situation certainly hindered training and the chronic shortage of experienced NCO has to be taken in account. The nice photo series, where a tramway pulled armored cars for lack of fuel during training comes to mind. Some opinions also point out that ...

Hello Peter, I am new to the list and this is my first posting. I hope someone out there can shed some light on the questions I have. I am interested in obtaining in depth info. on how the training and replacement battalions operated in the 12. SS Hitlerjugend Division during the initial training of...

Hello, I'm trying to find out more about a smaller engagement of minor importance during the first days of the Ardennes offensive. This is what is found in Chales B. Mc Donald's "A time for trumpets", p. 336: "The 18th VGD's Mobile Battalion had debouched from Wallerrode onto the high...

Hello We used exactly the same material in our Army so I can tell you that each set has 3 poles and 3 pegs and a Zeltschnur/cord. I could dig out some Dienstvorschriften that show you what funny things you can mount with enough Zeltbahnen besides the standard tent, really a most ingenious design. :w...

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Afaik the 10 Flammpanzer 38 used with 17th SS in the first phase of Nordwind belonged to Panzer-Flamm-Kompanie 353, which was not an SS-unit.

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Hans

Hello Phil, 1.9.1939: Kdr: Maj von der Decken Adj: Lt von Laer Stab: Hptm Paulus Lt Raithel 1. Kp: Hptm Freiherr von Ruepprecht Lt Szokoll Lt Behrens 2. Kp: Oblt Liermberger Lt Freiherr von Rüxleben Lt Pickenhahn 3. Kp: Hptm Creuznacher Lt Siegelmann 4. Kp: Hptm Rogalla von Bieberstein Lt Freiherr v...

Hello, I will add more to the confusion: Actually I think that the second armored battallion in LAH was II./PGR 1, not I./PGR 1. I come to this conclusion by looking at some of the Gliederungen found in the RH 10/312 file in the BA-MA. By comparing the Gliederung dated 30.5.44 with one of the Gliede...