What vehicles was this unit equipped with?
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OoB of Panzer Replacement Battalion 100 at the time of D-Day
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Martin Block
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The Gliederung closest to D-Day I could find in my available documents is one dated 18.5.1944. At that time Pz.Ers.u.Ausb.Abt. 100 is listed as subordinated to 91. Inf.Div. Its composition was as follows:
Stab & Stabskp.: Nachr.Zug, Werkst.Zug and Pz.Zug (3 French tanks armed with 3,7 cm kurz. Zetterling suggests they might have been FT-17s, while I tend towards Renault R 35 with the short L/21 gun)
1. Kp.: 2 Schützen-Züge (3 le.MG each) and 1 Pz.Zug (5 R 35)
2. Kp.: 1 platoon with 1 Somua S 35 and 4 R 35, 1 platoon with 1 Char B2 and 4 Hotchkiss H 38/39, 1 platoon with 1 Pz III and 4 Hotchkiss H 38/39 (the Pz III was armed either with a 3,7 or 7,5 cm gun, dificult to read)
3. Kp.: 2 Schützen-Züge (3 le.MG each) and 1 Pz.Zug (5 R 35)
Information found in KTB AOK 7 Ia - Kriegsgliederungen 7. Armee (NARA T312 R1566)
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Martin Block
Total strength: 664 Officers, NCOs and men
Stab & Stabskp.: Nachr.Zug, Werkst.Zug and Pz.Zug (3 French tanks armed with 3,7 cm kurz. Zetterling suggests they might have been FT-17s, while I tend towards Renault R 35 with the short L/21 gun)
1. Kp.: 2 Schützen-Züge (3 le.MG each) and 1 Pz.Zug (5 R 35)
2. Kp.: 1 platoon with 1 Somua S 35 and 4 R 35, 1 platoon with 1 Char B2 and 4 Hotchkiss H 38/39, 1 platoon with 1 Pz III and 4 Hotchkiss H 38/39 (the Pz III was armed either with a 3,7 or 7,5 cm gun, dificult to read)
3. Kp.: 2 Schützen-Züge (3 le.MG each) and 1 Pz.Zug (5 R 35)
Information found in KTB AOK 7 Ia - Kriegsgliederungen 7. Armee (NARA T312 R1566)
Hope that helped
Martin Block
Total strength: 664 Officers, NCOs and men