Moderator: Tom Houlihan
At which point I think it took over command of 26 Inf.Div., 131 Inf.Div., 253 Inf.Div., 342 Inf.Div., and the 1 Ski-Jager Div. (which attained full “division” status, I believe, on 02 June 1944).Piet Duits wrote:On June 1 1944, the LVI. Panzerkorps had the following organisation:
From June 13 onwards, the Panzerkorps was no longer part of the 2. Armee (HGr. Mitte), because it was transfered to the 4. Panzerarmee (HGr. Nordukraine).
Was it not subordinated to AG Nordukraine already at 30 May?From June 13 onwards, the Panzerkorps was no longer part of the 2. Armee (HGr. Mitte), because it was transfered to the 4. Panzerarmee (HGr. Nordukraine).
As you can see above, it formed a considerable fighting force, even if it did not have large quantities of Panther tanks (the II. Panzer-Abteilungen of the 4. and 5. Panz.Div. were equipped with Panzer IV's)
It had its manpower swelled up by using people from the Soviet Union. In May 1944 the corps reported that 4697 men and 1590 women worked in the ZADA labour battalions of its subordinated divisions, and 1566 civilians for the corps.As you can see above, it formed a considerable fighting force, even...
I think they were talking about the effect on the whole of AG Mitte. IIRC, 3 PzArmee had a Nashorn batalion as well.50% of the Nashorns? Nope, without the LVI., the 2. Armee lost 100% of it's Nashorns. The schw. Panz.Jäg.Abt. 655 was the only unit within the 2. Armee who had those vehicles.
I know that 4th Panzer was in the midst of transitioning it's 2nd Bn into Panther tanks (the 1st Bn becoming the 2nd Bn), however I was under the impresion that all panzer divisions had 1 Bn of Mk V's and 1 of Mk IV's!Piet Duits wrote:On June 1 1944, the LVI. Panzerkorps had the.... From June 13 onwards, the Panzerkorps was no longer part of the 2. Armee (HGr. Mitte), because it was transfered to the 4. Panzerarmee (HGr. Nordukraine).
As you can see above, it formed a considerable fighting force, even if it did not have large quantities of Panther tanks (the II. Panzer-Abteilungen of the 4. and 5. Panz.Div. were equipped with Panzer IV's)