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I almost forgot that there are real blacksmiths out there. Few folks realize that this is a trade that is actually an art. What seems to be strictly functional requires an awful lot of skill, if you've ever tried to work with metal before. Bestens, ~D, the EviL (Oh yes, and modeling and writing book...

Hi Folk, no this is not the title of a new book and, if you're not in the mood to read a rant, please skip this topic. I was doing a search for some of the Concord paper-bound "At War " series, particularly the two books on the 4th Panzer Division. These are primarily valued for their phot...

From the accounts I've read, MG mounts for anti-aircraft defense were regarded as next to useless by panzer crews, but the it may be that the theory behind them as the general rule that infantry were supposed to fire at aircraft with their rifles: it wa better for morale if the troops at least were ...

Hi Prit, I my have confused it, but my recollection was that a troop of Luchs was sent to make contact with the 131st. I too will have to check at home. Actually, I blame you for supplying me with so much information to absorb! :D :D :D :D I can't wait for your book to clarify these matters!! :up: :...

:D :D :D :D Thanks Prit!!!! Hey, I was taking a shortcut by using the forum. Now I know that the 131st was pushed away from the 4th Panzer. I also have a plausible theory for a line in the 4th Pz.'s unit history that I never understood--something about A.A. 4 being assigned to "special duties&q...

Hi, just as a theoretical issue and only for an interesting debate:

Did the Soviet Union ever really recover from the German invasion in 1941?

Bestens,
~D, the EviL

Okay, guess I have to start at the bottom......

http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=2361

http://www.feldgrau.com/InfDiv.php?ID=99

Trying for more information on its time in 1945 in Prussia.

Bestens,
~D, the EviL

Sorry for the multiple posts but I just searched Abe Books U.S.A. , Abe Books DE. and Bookfinders.com with no results for the unit history. As I suspected, it is probably long out of print. At least Amazon.de gives some information on the book, including the ISBN. I'm surprised it runs to 359 pages:...

Ah, there is a unit history, though probably long out of print:

Helmut Breymayer - Das Wiesel: "Geschichte der 125. Infanterie Division 1940 bis 1944".

See:

http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=2358

Bestens,
~D, the EviL

And of course you've seen this: (scroll to nearly the bottom of the page)

http://www.feldgrau.com/InfDiv.php?ID=96

I don't know if there is a unit history on this Division.

Best,
~D, the EviL

Hi Folk, can anyone supply any details on the composition of this division in or after January 1945?

Bestens,
~D, the EviL

Hi Kelvin, I have meant to congratulate you for some time on the quality of your posts and research. I also admire your sheer energy. :D You wrote in an earlier post: I assume neither a Jagdpanzer nor PaK 43s are expected to be found in an Pz.A.A. So are these indeed organic to the battalion? Or is ...

Hi Folks, on another subject, when our good friends Hans Weber and Martin Block were trying to establish the exact distrbution of the 234 series, I postulated (Whoa! Didn't know I knew that word, did you?) that 4th Panzer had received Sd. Kfz. 234's meant for the surrounded 24th Panzer Division. I d...

Hi Folks, I explained to Tom in a PM that I was uncertain of the crew number for the Sd. Kfz. for three reasons: A. The number of crew varies from 3 to 4 depending on your source. B. I couldn't find either a Commander's seat or a gunner's seat in any plan or photo. C. In the earlier series of 8 whee...

Hi Tom, I'm working off of plans that were published in a magazine several years ago as well as interior photographs. The reason I asked the question is because any interior view will show that, due to the size of the long 75mm gun and the need to provide a station for the gunner, the fighting compa...