106 panzer brigade and schwere pzjgr abt 654

lebedo · Post by **lebedo** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:32 am

Hi!Does anybody know the Toe of these units in January 1945 when they were involved in the offensive against Strasbourg?Thanks

Ron Klages · Post by **Ron Klages** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:35 am

lebedo,

From unit Meldung I found the following:

Pannzer-Brigade 106

SdKfz 251/8 on 30 Dec1944=2 operational and 0 in maintenance
SdKfz 251/16 on 30 Dec1944=5 operational and 1 in maintenance
SdKfz 251/21 on 30 Dec1944=27 operational and 13 in maintenance
SdKfz 251/all other types on 30 Dec1944=38 operational and 8 in maintenance

Bergepanzer V on 15 January 1945 = 0 operational and 0 in maintenance and 1 in transit
Möbelwagen on 15 January 1945 = 2 operational and 1 in maintenance and 0 in transit
Panzer IV on 15 January 1945 = 2 operational and 0 in maintenance and 0 in transit
Panzer V on 15 January 1945 = 5 operational and 3 in maintenance and 0 in transit

The Meldungs for s Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654 showed

SdKfz 251/7 on 30 December 1944 = 3 operational and 0 in maintenance and 0 in transit
SdKfz 251/8 on 30 December 1944 = 1 operational and 0 in maintenance and 0 in transit
Jagdpanther on 30 December 1944 = 28 operational and 7 in maintenance and 10 in transit

Bergepanzer V on 15 January 1945 = 2 operational and 1 in maintenance and 1 in transit
Möbelwagen on 15 January 1945 = 4 operational and 0 in maintenance and 0 in transit
Wirbelwind on 15 January 1945 = 4 operational and 0 in maintenance and 0 in transit

Then from the book The Combat History of s PJA 654 by Karlheinz Münch there was the following for the Jagdpanthers:

1 January 1945 = 29 operational, 6 in maintenance and 9 in transit
6 January 1945 = 35 operational, 9 in maintenance and 0 in transit
10 January 1945 = 32 operational, 11 in maintenance and 0 in transit
18 January 1945 = 34 operational, 9 in maintenance and 0 in transit
25 January 1945 = 20 operational, 17 in maintenance and 10 in transit

Then from Jeff Dugdale's work I found the following. It is in December but it gives you a feel for Panzer-Brigade 106

On 8 December 1944 the following:
58 officers
451 NCOs
1561 enlisted men
6 officials
2076 total manpower

2 Panzer IVs
10 Panzer Vs
4 Jagdpanzer IVs
4 Möbelwagens
2 Bergepanzer Vs
90 SdKfz 251s all types
6 Kettenkrads
3 motorcycles with sidecar
19 motorcycles
54 field cars
45 cross country field cars
100 trucks
71 cross country trucks
16 Maultiers
11 8 to 18 ton prime movers

He also notes that in the fighting in December the brigade lost 2 Panzer Vs and over 150 men but by early January they could mmuster 2200 men.

The brigade was structured on 8 December 1944 as follows:

Panzer-Abteilung 2106
Panzergrenadier-Batallion 2106
Panzer-Pionier-Kompanie 2106

Hope this data helps.

Best regards,

Ron Klages

lebedo · Post by **lebedo** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:00 pm

Yes Ron,it helps me.Thanks a lot.

lebedo · Post by **lebedo** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:51 am

And what about KG von Luttichau?I heard that it reinforced for a time the brigade then was sent to northern Alsace,but I don't know what his Nashorner and Hetzer co's became.Did the KG took command of the SS PZJGR KIE 95,apparently a unit of RFSS begleit abt?Thanks for help.

lebedo · Post by **lebedo** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:04 am

Again for the TOE of these units,but in November 1944.Is it possible?Thanks

Ron Klages · Post by **Ron Klages** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:54 am

From Jeff Dugdale's work I found the following for Panzer-Brigade 106 on 1 November 1944

56 officers
464 NCOs
1401 enlisted men
6 officials
1927 total manpower

0 Panzer IVs
18 Panzer Vs
3 Jagdpanzer IVs
4 Möbelwagens
2 Bergepanzer Vs
107 SdKfz 251s all types
5 Kettenkrads
5 motorcycles with sidecar
21 motorcycles
76 field cars
41 cross country field cars
119 trucks
74 cross country trucks
17 Maultiers
4x 1 to 5 ton prime movers
11x 8 to 18 ton prime movers

Then from the book The Combat History of s PJA 654 by Karlheinz Münch there was the following for the Jagdpanthers:

1 November 1944 at Grafenwöhr Training area
39x Jagdpanther
4x Möbelwagens
4x Wirbelwinds

13 November 1944
6x Jagpanthers dispatched to unit

19 November 1944 Rail transport Alsace region

1 December 1944
25x Jagdpanthers

losses from 20 to 30 November 1944 were:
18x Jagdpanthers
2x Wirbelwinds

10x Jagdpanthers dispatched to unit on 25 December 1944

10x Jagdpanthers dispatched to unit on 27 December 1944

best regards,

Ron Klages

Lannes · Post by **Lannes** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:54 pm

lebedo wrote: Again for the TOE of these units,but in November 1944.Is it possible?Thanks

Hello,
I have F. Bruhns' history of PzBde 106. I'm somewhat busy right now, but if you send me a message next Friday I'll check over the weekend to see if there's anything to add to the information Ron has very generously (as always) posted.
best regards
Aris Kosionidis

lebedo · Post by **lebedo** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:25 pm

Thanks to both of you!!

Lannes · Post by **Lannes** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:58 am

Hello,
I checked the PBde 106 history. Although there is some detail of the actions, there's nothing to add to what Ron posted regarding strength and organisation. Sorry.
best regards
Aris Kosionidis

lebedo · Post by **lebedo** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:45 pm

Don't be sorry...Thanks for searching.

Lannes · Post by **Lannes** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:25 am

Actually I must apologise. Coming late into this thread, I had not noticed the original question was for January '45 and I only checked for November '44! The book contains a brigade report for 8.1.45:

Personel and Weapons:
Stab u. Stabs-Kp:10 Off, 39 NCO, 144 ORs, 23 leMG, 4 leMG (Bord), 2 2cm Flak (Bord)
Panzer-Abt : 18 Off, 163 NCO, 456 ORs, 3 Vierlingsflak (Sf), 4 3,7cm Flak (Bord), 2 PzIV, 12 PzV, 3 2cm Drilling
Panzergren-Btl: 25 Off, 234 NCO, 766 ORs, 51 leMG, 9 leMG (Bord), 12 mGrW, 8 sGrW, 28 Sdkfz 251/21
Panzer-Pio-Kp: 3 Off, 27 NCO, 147 ORs, 26 leMG, 10 leMG (Bord)
Gr.Kw.Kol: 1 Off, 8 NCO, 43 ORs, 6 leMG
Werkstatt: 3 Off, 23 NCO, 103 ORs, 3 leMG

"Soft" Vehicles:
Stab u. Stabs-Kp; Pkw(o):6/2/1, Pkw(gl):11/2/0,Lkw(o):1/5/1,Lkw(gl):0/6/0,1 Maultier, 1 Ambulance, Sdkfz 7
Panzer-Abt ; Pkw(o):10/5/0,Pkw(gl):12/4/0,Lkw(o):1/4/29,Lkw(gl):0/12/1,7 Maultier, 3 Ambulances, 3 Sdkfz 7
Panzergren-Btl; Pkw(o):26/0/0,Pkw(gl):12/5/0,Lkw(o):0/25/3,Lkw(gl):0/25/0,5 Maultier, 2 Ambulances, 5 Sdkfz 7
Panzer-Pio-Kp; Pkw(o):4/3/0,Pkw(gl):4/0/0,Lkw(o):0/7/1,Lkw(gl):0/7/0,1 Maultier, 1 Sdkfz 7
Gr.Kw.Kol; Pkw(o):2/0/0,Lkw(o):0/10/2,Lkw(gl):0/6/0,1 Maultier
Werkstatt; Pkw(o):4/0/0,Pkw(gl):1/0/0,Lkw(o):0/4/12,Lkw(gl):0/3/0,1 Sdkfz 9/1, 2 Sdkfz 9

The numbers for cars (Pkw) and trucks (Lkw) are given in the form lighht/medium/heavy.

Hope this helped.

Aris Kosionidis

lebedo · Post by **lebedo** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:28 pm

Thanks Aris...Great!

lebedo · Post by **lebedo** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:43 pm

Hello!Does anybody knows if the brigade received reinforcements during the month of November?Thanks.

John W. Howard · Post by **John W. Howard** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:59 pm

Hi Lebedo:
I sent you a PM; did you get it??

lebedo · Post by **lebedo** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:34 am

Hi John.I got your message and sent you one.Thanks.

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