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Hello, I just recently found a document that ordered that the 13.Pz.Div. be renamed FHH2. OKH/Gen.St.d.H./Org.Abt. Nr.I/1597/g.Kdo. v. 23.3.45. With reference to: OKH/Gen.St.dH/Org.Abt./I/1239/45 g.K.v.28.2.45 Betr. Umbenennung Pz.Div. Feldherrnhalle und 13.Pz.Div. 1.) the Fuehrer has ordered the fo...

Hello, Tracing W-SS units that had Jagdpanzer 38 is pretty difficult. As per a "Fuhrerprotokoll" in May '44, the Waffen-SS was supposed to get 25 Hetzer out of every 1000 completed by the factory. This often appears in other paperwork as "2,5% Abrechnen" or 2.5% deduction. All of...

Hello, Jagdpanzer 38 were not directly issued to the 12.SS Panzer Divison from the Heereszuegamt. The Hetzers that were reported in the April 15 '45 "Panzerlage" did not belong to HJ. The Hetzers likely belong to Kampfgruppe "Keitel" which was subordinated under the I.SS-Pz.Korps...

Hello, Theoretically, the 3.Kp./Pz.Jg.Abt."GD" should have been towed AT, but I think that the 21 Jagdpanzer IV L/70 were spread throughout the Abteilung in some manner. I do not know how many each Kp. got. Helmut Spaeter's History of the GD Vol.3 on pg. 133 summarizes their actions. In sh...

Hey David, The fighting there was very fierce. Panzerjaeger Abteilung "Grossdeutchland" was refitted at Tr.Ub.Pl.Mielau in mid-Jan '45, and it was sent to the Front toward the end of Jan '45. Despite having its full complement of 21 Pz.IV L/70 (V) that were shipped to the unit on Jan.10.45...

Hey David, The Heeres Panzerjaeger Abteilung 563 was formally deactivated on Feb.18.1945. I have the order calling for its deactivation, but no info on where the surviving crews were to go, likely lumped with the H.Pz.Jg.Abt.616, which was later sent to Milowitz to re-equip with Hetzer. John Nelson

Hey Doug,
Contact me offline, and I can get you a much more detailed answer to your questions. I have a number of doc from the BA, and NA.

John Nelson
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Hello, Here's some of what I have, I hope it useful. Jan 28 '42 - orders cut for the formation of a Pz. Abt for the LSSAH and another SS-Div (not specified). LSSAH was authorized 3 mittlere Kpn under K.St.N. 1175 v Nov.1.41 but due to the shortage of Pz.II only 3 Pz.II, and 10.Pz.IV were sent to eac...

Hello, Here's a short history of the W-SS StuG Abteilungen from the info that I have collected. Any corrections or additional information is welcome. SS-StuG Batterie LSSAH - Formed May 1940 w/ 6 StuG, sometime in '41 got a 7th StuG? SS-StuG Abteilung LSSAH - Formed Feb '42, from remnants of origina...

Hello, I have very little information on the SS-Pz.Jg.Abt.20. However, in a document dated 19.12.44, which is an overview of all the Divisional Pz.Jg.Abts, the SS-Pz.Jg.Abt.20 was listed as attached to the BdE (Commander of the Ersatzheeres), and was probably undergoing reorganization. Likely it was...

Hey David, Happy Holidays my friend! You always make me feel at home here. Hopefully the answers will come soon, I am going to Germany, and the archives at Koblenz, and Freiburg on Jan 8-24. Look for a new issue of "Nuts and Bolts Nr.17" 7,5cm Pak40/3 "Marder III" Ausf H und M so...

Hello, In a document from Heeresgruppe Weichsel, entitled "Unterlagen fuer Kriegsgliederungen 24.1-22.2.45" shows a "Jgd.Pz.Kp.14" likely this a Kompanie from the 14.SS WGD (ukr.Nr.1) as other similar documents show a Jgd.Pz.Kp.15, which was originally destined for the 15.SS-WGD ...

Hello,
Does anybody have the book that deciphers German manufacturing codes. I am looking for the followin enteries:
Ardeltwerke, Eberswalde
Ostlandwerke, Koenigsberg

I have the one for Gustloffwerke, Weimar. It is "bcd"

Thank you,

John Nelson

Hey David, The Org.Abt.d.OKH handed down an order on July 11 '44 to form an a StuG Abt ( remember Heeres StuG Abts were renamed Brigades) for the 551.ID from part of several deactivated partly formed StuG Brigades, (either the StuG Brigade 395 or 396.) The group arrived a the Tr.Ub.Pl.Mielau on Aug....

Hey Mark, Are you looking for "Aufstellungbefehl" or "Auffrischungbefehl" that were issued by the Organisation Abteilung d. SS-FHA? I have roll T-175-140 that has several that date from around December '44 to as late as March 26 '45, and covers several units (off the top of my he...