Composition of Units

AHK · Post by **AHK** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:29 am

Anyone have OBs of the following during "Herbstnebel"?
44.Festungs-Machineengewehr Battalion
XIII/999 Festungs-Infanterie Battalion
501 schwere Panzerjager-Abteilung(Festungs)

Thanks,
AHK

Bryson C · Post by **Bryson C** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:02 pm

I may be able to post an OoB for s.Pz.Abt 501, but I am not sure what Herbstnebel is. I did a WWW search and:

History records two German military operations called Herbstnebel (Autumn Mist in German):

Operation Herbstnebel (Battle of the Bulge): A Plan created by Field Marshal Walther Model as an alternative to Martin and Wacht am Rhein. Never executed.
Operation Herbstnebel (Italy): A 1944 staff proposal to withdraw German troops in Italy behind the Po River. Rejected by Hitler.

Can you give me a date and location of Herbstnebel.

AHK · Post by **AHK** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:38 pm

Sorry, Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes Offensive.
Thanks,
AHK

Bryson C · Post by **Bryson C** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:48 pm

s.Pz.Abt 501 did not take part in the Ardennes counter-offensive. The 501 was deployed on the Eastern Front at this time.

Bryson C · Post by **Bryson C** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:00 pm

s.SS.Pz.Abt 501 (formerly 101) was deployed in the Ardennes. I guess it would be easy to confuse the Heers heavy battalion 501 with the SS heavy battalion 501.

On Dec. 2 1944 S.SS-Pz.Abt. 501 had 45 Tiger IIs the organization was:

Battalion HQ had 3 tiger IIs: 007, 008, and 009

1.st company 14 tiger IIs
Company HQ: 105, 104
Platoon 1: 111, 112, 113, 114
Platoon 2: 121, 122, 123, 124
Platoon 3: 131, 132, 133, 134

2.nd Company 14 Tiger IIs
Company HQ” 205, 204
Platoon 1: 211, 212, 213, 214
Platoon 2: 221, 222, 2223, 224
Platoon 3: 231, 232, 233, 234

3.rdCompany 14 Tiger IIs
Company HQ: 305, 304
Platoon 1: 311, 312, 313, 314
Platoon 2: 321, 322, 323, 324
Platoon 3: 331, 332, 333, 334

AHK · Post by **AHK** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:21 am

No, I am talking about a Panzerjager-Abteilung, not a Tiger unit.
Thanks,
AHK

Bryson C · Post by **Bryson C** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:47 am

AHK wrote:No, I am talking about a Panzerjager-Abteilung, not a Tiger unit.
Thanks,
AHK

I never heard of s.Pz.jager Abt. 501 before and can't find any thing on it on the WWW,I thought you must have meant s.Pz.Abt. Sorry for misunderstanding.

Jan-Hendrik · Post by **Jan-Hendrik** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:04 am

http://panzerjaeger-info.fuehr-online.de/html/WH2.html

Best one

Jan-Hendrik

Bryson C · Post by **Bryson C** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:36 am

Wow great link, I can't find 501 there, but there is.

Festungs-Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 511. But it was disbanded in 1940.

Bryson C · Post by **Bryson C** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:40 am

I also checked a book I have 'the German order of Battle' there is a chart listing the pz.Jg.Abt and which unit they were assigned to, but I can not find 501.

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