Aufklärungs-Abteilung 13 - Poland 1939
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:33 am
Hello folks some info about this Unit I've found in the web.
Aufklärungs-Abteilung 13.
was raised in Stendal, Wehrkreis XI, in October of 1937 as the reconnaissance battalion of the newly motorized 13. Infanterie-Division (mot.). When mobilized for the campaign in Poland in September of 1939, it was organized with:
Battalion Commander: Major von Scheele
Battalion Staff with Signals Platoon (Abteilungs-Stab mit Nachrichten-Zug)
1. Armored Scout Car Company (Panzerspähwagen-Kompanie) with:
Company Troop (Kompanietruppe)
Armored Radio Section 4 x Sd.Kfz. 232 (Funk)
Heavy Platoon (schwere Zug)
6 x Sd.Kfz. 233
2 x Light Platoon (leichte Zug)
4 x Sd.Kfz. 222 [armed with a 2.0cm KwK 38 L/55]
4 x Sd.Kfz. 223 (Funk) [radio versions armed only with an MG-34]
2. Motorcycle Rifle Company (Kradschützen-Kompanie)
Company Troop (Kompanietruppe)
3 x Motorcycle Rifle Platoon (Kradschützen-Zug)
3 x Motorcycle Rifle Squads [2 x leMG-34 each]
Light Mortar Section [1 x 5.0cm leGrW 36]
Heavy Platoon (schwere Zug)
4 x Heavy Machine Gun Sections [1 x sMG-34 each]
The battalion was supposed to have three instead of two companies, but the three-company organization had still not been completed by the outbreak of the war. For both the Polish and French Campaigns the battalion would operate with only two companies. The third company, a heavy company, would only be added before the invasion of the Soviet Union.
Kradschützen of 1. Schwadron deploy in a woods in Poland in September 1939. Most of the men are wearing riding goggles and all are wearing rubberized rain coats to protect them from the elements while riding their motorcycles at high speed. Both the coat and goggles were standard issue to Kradschützen.
Source: http://www.angelraybooks.com/diewehrmac ... y/aa13.htm
Regards. Tigre.
Aufklärungs-Abteilung 13.
was raised in Stendal, Wehrkreis XI, in October of 1937 as the reconnaissance battalion of the newly motorized 13. Infanterie-Division (mot.). When mobilized for the campaign in Poland in September of 1939, it was organized with:
Battalion Commander: Major von Scheele
Battalion Staff with Signals Platoon (Abteilungs-Stab mit Nachrichten-Zug)
1. Armored Scout Car Company (Panzerspähwagen-Kompanie) with:
Company Troop (Kompanietruppe)
Armored Radio Section 4 x Sd.Kfz. 232 (Funk)
Heavy Platoon (schwere Zug)
6 x Sd.Kfz. 233
2 x Light Platoon (leichte Zug)
4 x Sd.Kfz. 222 [armed with a 2.0cm KwK 38 L/55]
4 x Sd.Kfz. 223 (Funk) [radio versions armed only with an MG-34]
2. Motorcycle Rifle Company (Kradschützen-Kompanie)
Company Troop (Kompanietruppe)
3 x Motorcycle Rifle Platoon (Kradschützen-Zug)
3 x Motorcycle Rifle Squads [2 x leMG-34 each]
Light Mortar Section [1 x 5.0cm leGrW 36]
Heavy Platoon (schwere Zug)
4 x Heavy Machine Gun Sections [1 x sMG-34 each]
The battalion was supposed to have three instead of two companies, but the three-company organization had still not been completed by the outbreak of the war. For both the Polish and French Campaigns the battalion would operate with only two companies. The third company, a heavy company, would only be added before the invasion of the Soviet Union.
Kradschützen of 1. Schwadron deploy in a woods in Poland in September 1939. Most of the men are wearing riding goggles and all are wearing rubberized rain coats to protect them from the elements while riding their motorcycles at high speed. Both the coat and goggles were standard issue to Kradschützen.
Source: http://www.angelraybooks.com/diewehrmac ... y/aa13.htm
Regards. Tigre.