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Generalleutnant Richard Koll

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Evening all,

Can someone please interpret what Koll's role as Wehrmacht-Kraftfahrzeugwesens at O.K.W. was? The closest I can get to it is some sort of Military Vehicle Association, but this seems a bizarre posting for a highly experienced Panzer Regiment commander for almost the last two years of the war (With a brief command of 1st Panzer at the beginning of 1944.

Regards from the Park,

Richard
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Hello to all :D; after a long while and just in case...................

General der Motorisierung, später (later) General der Kraftfahrwesens im OKH.

In the OKH, the directorade was classified according to its function as a weapons inspection. The service controlled the Department of Motor Vehicles and Army Motorization (In 12), later Motorized Troops, of the whole Army departments. At the end of 1942, the department was assigned a senior officer of the motor park troops in the position of infantry commander, who from March 1944 was in personal union head of department of In 12 and shortly before the end of the war became inspector of the motorized troops park.

The service deals with war strength of all motorized units (except armored vehicles); Motor vehicle needs assessment, requirement and distribution to all branches; Technical evaluation of experience reports, trials, trials Technical equipment of mobile workshop facilities; fuel, tires, Reich Performance Law, organization, mobilization and demobilization work; motor vehicle administration, terms of use, identification, separation, collection point for Wehrmacht vehicle papers; Accidents, Laws, Liability, Insurance, Fire Damage.

Chef des Wehrmachtkraftfahrwesens

General der Panzertruppe Friedrich Kuhn († 1944): from the formation until February 1944.
Generalleutnant Richard Koll: February 1944 to the end of the war

Source: https://www.archivportal-d.de/item/P5YL ... 2WU3RKSPOP
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_der_Motorisierung

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Hello to all :D; a complement...........................

Panzer-Regiment 11 - early times.

Sources: http://www.jerzygolczyk.cba.pl/index.ph ... ielun-1939

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From left to right: Major Richard Koll (Kommandeur II Abteilung / Panzer-Regiment 11) and Major Friedrich Stephan (Kommandeur I. Abteilung / Panzer-Regiment 11).............................
From left to right: Major Richard Koll (Kommandeur II Abteilung / Panzer-Regiment 11) and Major Friedrich Stephan (Kommandeur I. Abteilung / Panzer-Regiment 11).............................
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Hello,
I agree with Raul, who's pic is very nice.
Here is a link to the carreer of Richard Koll:
https://ww2gravestone.com/people/koll-richard/
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Thank you very much for that link Prosper :wink:. Cheers.Raúl M 8).
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