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Thank you for your quick response Christoph. The numbering would therefore be: 1.Gruppe - 1.Zug - 1.Kompanie - I.Bataillon - Inf.Rgt.1. 2.Gruppe - 1.Zug - 1.Kompanie - I.Bataillon - Inf.Rgt.1. 3.Gruppe - 1.Zug - 1.Kompanie - I.Bataillon - Inf.Rgt.1. 4.Gruppe - 1.Zug - 1.Kompanie - I.Bataillon - Inf....

Dear All, The Wehrmacht used Roman numerals to identify battalions i.e. I and II etc. They used numbers to identify the Kompanie, 1 to 4 being I Battalion, 5 to 8 II Battalion, 9 to 12 III Battalion then additional Kompanies 13 onwards for support weapons. However did they use numbers to identify in...

Don't know if this has been discussed before, but at what point did the German War Effort become unsustainable. Assuming that the front could have be stabilised, both East and West (and in Italy), at which point would the German Army run short of raw materials (eg. rare metals?)for defeat to become ...

Dear All, The defeat of General Konev's 2nd Ukrainian Front's offensive, aimed at capturing Targul Frumos and Iassi during May 1944, by Army Group Wohler has been quoted as being used by NATO as a wargame/training scenario (presumably in the 1960s or 1970s) as an exercise as to how to combat Soviet ...

Can anyone given me details of the Aufklarungsabteilung for SS Division Das Reich during the battle for Kharkov. I need to know the number of Kompanies, their commanders and equipment levels. All I have at present is the commander SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Hans Weiss and that 2Kp. was SPW kompanie presuma...

Thanks to everyone, schpam, von moltke and those who e-mailed, For those who are interested I have 1.Kp SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Herbert Kuhlmann 2.Kp SS-Obersturmfuhrer Karl Heinz Lorenz 3.Kp SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Herbert Zimmermann 4.Kp unknown 5.Kp SS-Obersturmfuhrer Norbert Elfering or Hans Pavelka ???...

Dear Schpam Sorry I did not make myself clear. The 'book' version for 2nd SS Panzer is I Abt containing 2 light and one medium Panzer Kps and II Abt containing the same plus 8.Kp that was composed of Pz VIs (Tigers)and Pz IIIs. The Kps were supposedly numbered 1Kp to 3Kp and 4Kp to 6Kp. But the numb...

Can anyone give me details of the number and types of tank in each Kompanie and if possible the Kompanie commanders. So far I have the tank strengths at the start of the campaign as 66 Pz III and 60 Pz IV. 12 of these Pz IIIs were in 8.Kp with the Tigers. I have photographic evidence for Pz IIIs in ...

Dear mk2 This may help-tank strengths for July 1942 Tank 3rd Panzer Division 13th Panzer Division 23rd Panzer Division 16th mot Division 29th mot Division SS Wiking Pz II 25 15 27 10 12 12 Pz III L/48 66 41 50 0 0 12 Pz III L/60 40 30 34 35 36 24 Pz IV L/24 21 12 17 0 18 4 Pz IV L/48 12 0 10 8 12 0 ...

Thank you one and all for your replies. First of all the 3 Zug or 4 Zug per company for 12 SS Pz II Abt. I have 14 photos of tanks from this Abt : 5th Kp 526, 535, 536, 538 6th Kp 604, 615, 616, 618, 625, 626, 635 7th Kp none 8th Kp 837 9th Kp 948, 94- Apart from 9th Kp there are no - 4- numbers. Li...

Well done Roger and Piet I can accept that the Stabskompanie may number its tanks with the prefix 9 as 12 SS Pz division had a novel numbering system anyway for its tanks, but if 9th Kp is Pionier what is the Pionier Company commander Obersturmfuhrer Buetttner doing running around in a Pz IV tank as...

Dear Roger and Piet Thank you for your replies thus far. Sorry it has taken me a few days to reply but I have done some further research. Here is what I have so far: 1st SS and 12th SS Panzer Regt had 9th Companies organised on the same lines. 9th Company 12th SS Pz Regt 7 June 1944 SE of Franquevil...

Can anyone provide me with details of this Company's combat history in Normandy 1944? I would also appreciate a breakdown of its equipment and vehicles. So far I have it as a halftrack Pionier Company with 40 lmgs and 6 flamethrowers (Nafziger) commanded by SS-Hstuf Rumpf. Presumably the halftracks ...

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Can anyone provide me with details of this Company's combat history in Normandy 1944? I would also appreciate a breakdown of its equipment and vehicles. So far I have it as a halftrack Pionier Company with 40 lmgs and 6 flamethrowers (Nafziger) commanded by SS-Hstuf Rumpf. Presumably the halftracks ...