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Hello ! My interpretation of the german term : >> ... sich gegenseitig wieder flottmachen ... << would be, that indeed some of the of the tanks got bogged down in the swampy terrain. While achieving to get those free, some of the helping tanks got bogged down, too. Those could finally got going agai...

Hello Doug ! One additional snippet of information : According to Keilig, Das deutsche Heer, 11, -216-, Br.Kol.B 657 (mot) was attached to 295th Inf.Div. at some time. (No date given). 295th Inf.Div. was directly involved in the fightings in the center of Stalingrad and finally destroyed in the caul...

Hello Richard ! My assumption is, that this term would refer to a : BL-Granate [official designation] Such a Blindladungs-Granate or Blinde Granate had exactly the same weight (14,81 kg) as a normal Spreng-Granate, but had no explosive power (in that sense it was blind). (The example is for a leicht...

Hello ! At least at the beginning of Barbarossa (according to Mehner, Die geheimen Tagesberichte, Vol. 3) until July, 27th, 1941 (see link below), the Brueckenkolonne B 657 should have been under XXXIX. AK(mot), Pz.Gr. 3. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/XXXIXKorps.htm From Sep...

Hello Mark ! This unit was subordinated to Infanterie-Ersatz-Rgt. 11, also in Bialystok in the timeframe you mentioned. A link can be found here : http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/InfErsRgt/InfErsRgt11-R.htm As a company-sized unit, there is no entry in Tessin nor in the Lexikon. Bes...

Hello Jennifer and John ! Most probably the M. is a shortcut for Marsch-Kp., while the Gen. stands for Genesenden-Kompanie. A typical scenario would be the following : The grandfather was wounded at the front and after receiving his treatment in a hospital, he would be sent to the Genesenden-Kp. of ...

Hello ! Here are my suggestions to those parts where I am pretty sure : SS Usch.A. K. ????? b. Gen. Kp. Kradsch. E. Btl. Ellwangen / Jagst In full length this should read as : SS Unterscharführer Anwärter K. ????? bei [der] Genesenden Kompanie [des] Kradschützen-Ersatz-Bataillons Ellwangen/Jagst. [S...

Hello Mike and vkun ! According to the Jagdkommando : I wasn't aware that the Bundeswehr is still training this kind of warfare ! (Thanks to vkun for the excellent infos) I think during WWII at the eastern front, this units were initially formed for anti-partisan warfare. Whether they were used late...

Hello ! Just three additional remarks to those Jagd-Kommandos, Jagd-/Jäger-Batl. : 1.) I forgot to mention the important point, that all this units were equipped with ski for winter-mobility. 2.) I found a piece of information that might underline the task force "thesis" 8) : In October 19...

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Have a look here, this should be the best "first stop" for such a search :
http://www.wwiidaybyday.com/emblems/heer/lions.htm

Maybe it is the 296. Inf.Div ?
If you couldnt't find it there, let me know. Maybe I can find something in one of my books...

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Hello hucks216 ! According to Tessin, Vol.1, the Jagd-Kommandos 1-9, 11, 12, were formed in winter 1941/42 for anti-partisan warfare. While Jgd.-Kdo.3 was incorporated into 205. ID end of May, 1942, most of these units (or at least parts of them) were around that time restructured into Jagd-Btl. and...

Hello AHK ! Yes, that is correct, no divisional sized unit ! From your question, I understand that you didn't know, what size to expect from this unit... It was the same to me, when I first came across it, while researching some of those Gneisenau-units. A whole army one has never heard about before...

Hello AHK ! Here is the Kriegsgliederung as of Dec., 5th, 1944 : Staff A.O.K. 24, Gen. d. Inf. Schmidt - Rgt. K/V (Oberstlt. Höflinger) with : -- Stabskompanie -- Nachrichtenzug [signal-platoon] -- Pionierzug [engineer-platoon] ( 6 light MG ) -- Radfahrzug [bicycle-platoon] ( 4 light MG ) -- Panzerj...

Hello ! I'm not sure how good you know the structure of the Lexikon. Therefore I'll provide the additional links for the 28. le.Div. and the 28. Jäg.Div. : http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/leichteDivisionen/28leDiv-R.htm http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagerdivision/...

Hello Piet ! I only can give you informations on the 5th Jg.Div.: If you refer to the divisonal history of 5. Jg.Div. by Adolf Reinicke, there is a detailed coverage of the Offiziers-Stellenbesetzung in June 1941. However, relating to June 1944, there are available only the Kommandeure of : Inf. / J...