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Helmut

you might find this informative - i.e. if you're able to understand German language.
http://www.panther1944.de/de/sdkfz-171- ... gt-22.html

Martin Block

Neill, a few men of the 4. Kp. helped with the 'Abholkommando' that picked up the 10 Panthers when they arrived arround Nov 5/6, 1944. Otherwise they spend the month of November with infantry training, training courses for signallers, drivers, traffic controlls in rear areas, watching movie shows, a...

Neill, according to its war diary the 4. Kp. saw no action during that time. It waited for new tanks, attended different training courses etc. until it was decided they were to take over the tanks ofthe 2 Kp. Martin Block Simon, I'm afraid you confused this with the new 4./Pz.Rgt. 4 which only came ...

Neill, according to the regimental history the I./Pz.Rgt. 24 blew up its last few Panthers (don't know exactly how many) on the northern outskirts of Lietzen (a small town some 100 km southeast of Salzburg) during the late afternoon of May 9, 1945. Lietzen lies just north of the river Enns which was...

14.-17.3.1945 attached to III. Pz.Korps 18.-20.3.1945 attached to 3. Pz.Div. (III. Pz.Korps) 20./21.3.1945 attached to 1. Pz.Div. (III. Pz.Korps) 21.-23.3.1945 attached to 23. Pz.Div. (III. Pz.Korps) 24.3.-14.4.1945 attached to IV. SS-Pz.Korps 15.4.-8.5.1945 attached to III. Pz.Korps and then rear a...

Can't tell when exactly the division received it first Sturm-Gewehr 44, but numbers appear to have been limited anyway. On 1.1.1945 the division reported having just 135 of them. In contrast to hat there were 578 other German machine pistols and 5465 rifles (including 26 Maschinen Karabiner 43). Mar...

This 'incident' has already been discussed on 'Feldgrau' some years ago
viewtopic.php?p=206659#p206659

Martin Block

Sorry, don't have data on that topic available.

Martin Block

Sorry, replace 100 with 115. Did I already mention my troubles with mathematics

Martin Block

On 30.4.1943 German Quartermaster General records for the first time distinguished between the Pz. IV with the L/43 and the L/48 gun. By that date all existing Pz. IV equipped units reported having only Pz. IV L/24 and L/43 on hand. None already had received any Pz. IV L/48, although a total of 105 ...

Hi Alan, Now that you mention it - I had plans to considerably update the 4 year old Sd.Kfz. 233 list, but due to given circumstances I didn't get that far until now. While I'm still pretty save with the other allocations mentioned there, it looks like I need to correct myself in the case of 2. SS.P...

Sorry for my poor mathematics above, it was late at night and ... :oops: Pz.Div. 44 = 215 heavy a/t weapons Pz.Gren.Div. 44 = 106 heavy a/t weapons Inf.Div. 44 (3. Glied.Art.) = 45 heavy a/t weapons and 98 Pz.Schreck. Differences in heavy a/t weapons: Pz.Div. 44 vs. Inf.Div. 44 = 170 (62 if Pz.Schre...

Gentlemen, A fully equipped Pz.Div. 1944 should have had: 79x 7,5 cm L/70 Kwk in Panther tanks 81x 7,5 cm L/48 Kwk in Pz. IV tanks 31x 7,5 cm L/48 Stuk in Pz.Jg. IV or Stu.Gesch. 12x 7,5 cm Pak 40 mot.Z. 12x 8,8 cm Flak mot.Z. i.e. 205 heavy a/t weapons capable of destroying enemy tanks at short, me...

Not authorized but just temporary attached. Read this:
viewtopic.php?p=192874#p192874

Martin Block

Hi Dave,

This link might be helpful

viewtopic.php?f=24&t=28046&p=196595&hil ... ck#p196595

Happy New Year

Martin Block